{"id":362,"date":"2012-10-23T03:25:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T03:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=362"},"modified":"2013-01-17T04:30:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T04:30:39","slug":"american-ginseng-panax-quinquefolius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"American Ginseng ~ Panax quinquefolius"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Ginseng\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Latin name<\/em>: Panax quinquefolius<\/h5>\n

Family<\/em>: Araliaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: Eastern hardwood forests<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: saponin glycosides (ginsenosides), glycans, volatile oil<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: sweet, slightly bitter<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: adaptogen, rejuvenative, general tonic, antispasmodic, nervine, supports nervous and endocrine systems, enhances metabolic activity in the brain<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antioxidant, antifatigue, anti-ulcer, demulcent, immune system stimulant<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: enhances performance, stamina, and memory; general weakness, impotence, forgetfulness, chronic fatigue<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: cerebral ischemia, anemia, decreases susceptibility to illness, muscular tension, cough<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 tsp\/cup water; tincture: 20-60 gtt 1-4x\/day (tincture not traditional preparation- Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: concurrent use with phenelzine<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: relatively safe long-term<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span>; http:\/\/www.herbalists.on.ca\/resources\/freeman\/PANAXQUI.html<\/p>\n

Class lecture notes October 24th, 2012<\/span><\/h4>\n

99% exported to Asia. Mostly from Wisconsin – grown as agri-business.<\/p>\n

Grown Wild or semi wild in the forest from North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Slide 57 shows a map of where ginseng has been found (not by density)<\/p>\n

White Ginseng means not processed<\/p>\n

Ginseng: Tonic for endurance, oxygen saturation, mood, fatigue, and blood sugar levels<\/p>\n

Ginseng is the most widely used herb on the planet<\/p>\n

TCM says American Ginseng (white) is cooling and Asian Ginseng (red) is warming.<\/p>\n

In America, Ginseng is grown in the woods under natural conditions – semi wild or wild.<\/p>\n

Woods growing starts are grown in the first year, then planted in the forest.<\/p>\n

Prime of life is 7 years<\/p>\n

Wild Manchurian Ginseng goes for $1,000\/ounce<\/p>\n

Not much fungicide in Ginseng anymore.<\/p>\n

end of slide 87<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Ginseng Latin name: Panax quinquefolius Family: Araliaceae Part used: root Habitat: Eastern hardwood forests Main constituents: saponin glycosides (ginsenosides), glycans, volatile oil Energetics: sweet, slightly bitter Main herbal actions: adaptogen, rejuvenative, general tonic, antispasmodic, nervine, supports nervous and endocrine systems, enhances metabolic activity in the brain Minor herbal actions: …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,70,39,1,90,296,78,46,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adaptogen","category-antispasmodic","category-bitter","category-module1","category-nervine","category-rejuvenative-tonic-properties","category-sweet","category-tonic","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}