A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings
A young three prong shoots up from previous plantings.
A young three prong shoots up from previous plantings.
Ginseng has quite the reputation. Did you know that Rasputin used ginseng to treat the hemophilia of the last Czar of Russia’s son? Or that ginseng’s scientific name Panax means all-healing in Greek? Now researchers are looking at ginseng to treat COPD and boost cancer-treatment drugs. Wisconsin farmers who cultivate the plant are hopeful that…
Sam Lindemann researches in the field.
Ever since the kids and I found ginseng, we’ve been fascinated by it. Finding it, studying it, seeing shapes in the physical roots, and drinking it in tea. But we’re also worried about ginseng. For one thing, it gets stolen and too frequently the thieves don’t respect the “take” failing to plant the berries into…
Bob Beyfuss digs another root from the ginseng bowl area.
Blue Cohosh growing within a ginseng patch.