Asian ginseng

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Close-up of a Panax ginseng plant with broad, green compound leaves and a small cluster of red berries at the center, growing among forest ground cover.

A pile of fresh ginseng roots with tangled, thin rootlets displayed for sale at a Korean market.

Asian ginseng

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Also known as: Panax ginseng

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Araliaceae
Ginseng root, from Panax ginseng, has long been used by the Chinese in the treatment of various diseases; its American relative, Panax quinquefolium (see photograph), is used in the United States as a stimulant. Hari-giri, or castor aralia (Acanthopanax ricinifolius), is used in Japan in building and in…
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Ginseng root, from Panax ginseng, has long been used by the Chinese in the treatment of various diseases; its American relative, Panax quinquefolium (see photograph), is used in the United States as a stimulant. Hari-giri, or castor aralia (Acanthopanax ricinifolius), is used in Japan in building and in…
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ginseng
The root of Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng), native to Manchuria and Korea, has long been used as a drug and is made into a stimulating tea in China, Korea, and Japan. American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), native from Quebec and Manitoba southward to the coasts of the
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The root of Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng), native to Manchuria and Korea, has long been used as a drug and is made into a stimulating tea in China, Korea, and Japan. American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), native from Quebec and Manitoba southward to the coasts of the
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