Ginseng
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Posted by admin | Posted in Medicinal and useful plants | Posted on 24-05-2007
Tags: anti aging treatment, ginseng elixir, ginseng root, red ginseng, white ginseng

Description
Ginseng is a perennial plant, from genus Panax and family Araliaceae, native of Eastern Asia, Siberia and North America. Ginseng root has a forked shape, very alike a man foot, thus the etymology of the term.
There is more than one type of Ginseng (American Ginseng, Chinese Ginseng, Siberian Ginseng etc.) and each Ginseng species has its particularities. Not all of them are medically efficient.
By Traditional Korean/Chinese Medicine, Panax Ginseng (Asian Ginseng) promotes Yang energy, improves circulation, increase blood supply, revitalizes and aids recovery from weakness after illness, stimulates the body. There are two types of Panax Ginseng: white ginseng and red ginseng. Read the rest of this entry »
