Large Four-Prong Ginseng Plant with Green Berries
Large four-prong Ginseng plant with green berries.
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Wild American Ginseng and the Chinese Doctor
Dr. Iris Gao has moved from mainland China to Middle State Tennessee University in order to study Wild American ginseng. It just so happens that we have a lot of the root at Coal Creek farm in Eastern Tennessee. Dr. Gao visited recently with her colleague Dr. Elliot Altman (aka the hemp doctor) and Andrea Bishop, who…
Ginseng and the Trade War with China
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…
Blue Cohosh
Blue Cohosh growing within a ginseng patch.
Large Four-Prong with 21 Leaflets
Large Four-Prong with 21 Leaflets
George Lindemann Showing Wild Ginseng Locations to Dr. Gao and Research Team
George Lindemann Showing Wild Ginseng Locations to Dr. Gao and Research Team
On Male White Rhinos and Ginseng
The last Male Northern White Rhino died yesterday. Like rhinos, wild American Ginseng is protected by CITES (convention on international trade in endangered species). Male White Rhinos are now extinct. Is Ginseng next? Wild American Ginseng is the last truly wild root on the planet. It is considered an indicator species for the health of…