General information about Panax Ginseng
The Far East Ginseng
The Far East Ginseng is a symbol of Life on the Earth. The relict is
sprouting up since the Tertiary Period over one million years ago. It
has managed to go through sharp changes of a climate shaking the nature
of a planet and to be kept in taiga up to now.
Legends about Panax Ginseng
And a lot of legends were distributed about Ginseng in the World! One
of them informed that the Ginseng arises from a lightning. If the lightning
will strike in a transparent water of a mountain spring, the spring
leaves under the ground and on its place «The Root of Life» appears
- a Ginseng which harbours a force of heavenly fire...
Brief historical information about Ginseng
There is no other plant on our planet as a Ginseng which would use
so huge glory of the best healing means. What kind of names were not
given to it in the East: «Gift of gods», «the Miracle of the Nature»,
«Salt of the Ground», «Spirit of the Ground», «the Divine grass», "Hundred-Vigour"
and many others...
Ginseng's distribution and its biological features
The ginseng belongs to AraliaÓÅÁÅ which is ancient group of the plants
distributed mainly in tropical and subtropical zones. The ginseng is
the Relict. The natural alive sanctuary is kept from the Tertiary Period.
Ginseng is very exacting to surroundings therefore it is easily cultivated
only in natural climatic conditions.
Fresh roots of Panax ginseng
Fresh roots of ginseng are suitable for cultivation, for preparations
of alcoholic extract and honey extract. Roots should be washed from
a soil by cool water. An application of a smooth brush (like a tooth-brush)
is suitable. Use brush carefully so that don't break integrity of a
root and don't break off thin fuzz. Prepare 10 % tincture. The tincture
of ginseng is ready to use later 2 weeks.
Ginseng's cellular culture
Living tissue of a ginseng cultivated in an artificial environment
in darkness grows in some times faster than a root of ginseng in taiga
but concedes to natural ginseng in pharmacological properties. One gramme
of natural root corresponds to 67 conditional stimulating units of action
and 1g dry weight of the tissue cultivated corresponds to 35 only...
The cellular culture of ginseng is widely applied in cosmetology, the
perfumery industry and medicine.