American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) is a perennial plant and grows wild in deciduous forests of the eastern United States. American ginseng is an erect plant that reaches a height of 0.3 to 0.7 meters and has fusiform roots, white flowers, red berries and green. And often branched roots or roots and forked, and they bring a higher price if they resemble a human form. Wild ginseng once thrived along the east coast most of the country, from Maine to Alabama and west to Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. American ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) at once and is abundant in all mountainous regions in the United States. However, it has been exploited in the 1970s, and later became known as an endangered species. Now, let ginseng harvesters only allowed to dig for the wild ginseng root.
He was one of the herbs from ginseng harvested for marketing in the United States. He was one of the first export of wild ginseng great Minnesota. In 1860, shipping more than 120 tons of dried ginseng roots from Minnesota to China. American ginseng is similar to Asian ginseng, Panax ginseng, L. Which grows wild in northern Manchuria were harvested there for thousands of years. At present, 18 countries grant export licenses. In Wisconsin and several other states where ginseng is cultivated, a permit is not required to export artificially propagated ginseng.
Ginseng also commonly cultivated. It is relatively easy to grow. Root takes approximately 5 years to reach harvest maturity. What typically American ginseng plants from seeds. Seedlings or root grafts are available in the market but are rarely used. Seeds are planted in the fall and grow in the spring.
American Ginseng is not a drug and should not be taken as such. Was ranked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a "food safety generally recognized" (GRAS).
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