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What is ginseng?
Ginseng is listed as an adaptogen. Hans Selye, a listedexpert on stress, defines an adaptogen as a "non-toxic substancewhich reinforces the bodys ability to react to stress".It isoffered in a variety of species each yielding a differentresponse.
Constituents
A large amount of starch and gum, some resin, a very smallamount of volatile oil and the peculiar sweetish body, Panaquilon. Thisoccurs as a yellow powder, precipitating with watera white, amorphoussubstance, which has been calledPanacon.
Medicinal Action and Uses
Panax is not official in the British Pharmacopoeia, and itwas dismissed from the United States Pharmacopceia at a late revision.It is cultivated almost entirely for export to China.
In China, both varieties are used particularly for dyspepsia,vomiting and nervous disorders.
A decoction of 1/2 oz. of the root, boiled in tea or soupand taken every morning, is commonly held a remedy for consumptionand other diseases.
In Western medicine, it is considered a mild stomachic tonic andstimulant, useful in loss of appetite and in digestive affectionsthat arise from mental and nervous exhaustion.
A tincture has been prepared from the genuine Chinese or Americanroot, dried and coarsely powdered, covered with five times itsweight of alcohol and allowed to stand,well-stoppered, in a dark, cool place, beingshaken twice a day. The tincture, poured off andfiltered, has a clear,light-lemon colour, an odour like the root and a taste at firstbitter, then dulcamarous and an acidreaction.
The ginseng extact can beadded to the porridge , making the porridge delicious andnutritive.
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