Wild ginseng

Panax, or ginseng, as it is commonly known, has carved a new niche in the international market. This herbaceous perennial has been traded for the last 5,000 years, however, in recent years, it has suddenly grown in popularity. This is because people are discovering the various benefits of this plant. This plant has always been known in ancient Eastern cultures for it various curative properties. Ginseng is famous for its ability of assisting the body to battle disease and stress. It is used for treating anemia, gastritis, diabetes, and other ailments. This plant is therefore fast gaining acceptance in Western countries in the health food industry.

This plant has many other names, like Redberry, San, Root of life, five fingers, and divine root. There are even variations of the word ‘ginseng’, Schin-seg or Fin-chen, which translates to likeness to man or man root, because this unusual root looks like the human figure.

Wild American Ginseng: Ginseng is also found on the American continent, and is known as the Wild American Ginseng. Also cultivated in America, the farmed American Ginseng is weaker than the wild variety. Wild American ginseng roots have considerable shen and qi. They are very expensive, but not as much as their Chinese counterparts. Regarded as a powerful yin tonic, the Wild American Ginseng nourishes and moistens all the tissues and organs of the body.

The United States supervises all ginseng trade, whether cultivated or wild, within their borders and also for export. It is necessary that all wild ginseng dealers or ginseng growers register with the regulatory agency in their respective states. Every state has certain regulations on collecting ginseng seed from the wild strands. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provide a list of state agencies that regulate ginseng selling.

Wild Ginseng plant Pictures: There are various books with valuable information for collectors and growers of ginseng, about the medicinal properties of the leaves, bark, roots, etc. Similarly there are books on how to cultivate wild ginseng plants. There are ginseng pictures to help you to get a better idea about how the plant looks.

Wild Ginseng Dealers: Ginseng is better known as an aphrodisiac. Growing wild ginseng is not easy. In the past, landowners who scattered ginseng seeds in the woods in the hope of getting rich failed miserably. Today, the wild ginseng market is not organized. Ginseng production has turned impractical in certain areas due to the threat of human theft. There have been regular reports of low prices being paid for cultivating ginseng crops grown in Wisconsin. Wild ginseng is sold for over 0 for a pound, and the demand for the wild roots in the Asian market is enormous.

Experienced buyers of ginseng can tell the difference between cultivated and wild ginseng roots. Apart from the regular wild ginseng there is the wild simulated ginseng. Their cultivation technique is different from the regular ginseng. Using this production system, landowners create naturalized populations of wild American ginseng on the forest floor of their privately owned woodlands. If cultivated the right way, these natural strands of ginseng can be perpetual. Wild ginseng’s natural strand, if undisturbed, renews itself by self-seeding.