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American Ginseng

Plants American GermanderAmerican holly

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Araliaceae / Genseng American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
American Ginseng is also known as Genseng and Sang. ...

 


American ginseng at Kew
Several specimens of American ginseng root are held in the behind-the-scenes Economic Botany Collection at Kew, and made available to researchers by appointment.

Tendencies: American ginseng is cooling and slightly moistening while the Asian ginseng is warming due to the processing of the herb.

Alternate name:
American Ginseng
Family:
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Panax quinquefolia(American ginseng), Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian ginseng), Panax spp.
MEDICINAL: Ginseng stimulates the body to overcome all forms of illness, physical and mental.

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Other roots are substituted for it, notably that of Panax quinquefolium, distinguished as American ginseng, and imported from the United States.

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The true ginseng (Panax ginseng), long prized by the Chinese for its medicinal qualities, was in such demand that a North American ginseng, P. quinquefolius, was imported in large quantities as a substitute.

See also: Ginseng, Green, Aralia, Medic, Tea

Plants American GermanderAmerican holly

 
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