The difference between American ginseng and American ginseng

American ginseng is a kind of perennial herb belonging to Panax ginseng of Araliaceae. American ginseng is also a common ginseng in people's life. I believe many people are very confused about these two kinds of ginseng. I don't know what's the difference between these two kinds of ginseng. Let's take a look!

The difference between American ginseng and American ginseng

There is no difference between American ginseng and American ginseng. In fact, American ginseng and American ginseng are the same kind of ginseng, and if you have to say the difference is that they come from different places, those made in Canada are called American ginseng and those made in the United States are called American ginseng, because the early imported American ginseng is packed with the design of the American flag, so it is called American ginseng.

Efficacy and function of American ginseng

Sweet, bitter, cold.

Heart, lung and kidney meridians.

[efficacy] tonifying qi and nourishing yin, clearing heat and invigorating fluid.

Treatment of lung deficiency and chronic cough, blood loss, dry pharynx and thirst, deficiency heat and tiredness.

Identification method of Panax quinquefolium

1. Wild American ginseng: wild American ginseng is cylindrical, long spindle-shaped, 2-6 cm long, 0.5-1.1 cm in diameter, without Reed head, fibrous root and branch root, without peeling, the surface is yellowish yellow or quasi-white, peeled is white, with powder.

2. Imported American ginseng: the main root of imported American ginseng is round or spindle-shaped, the Reed head remains or has been removed, the residual one is slightly to one side, the surface is light yellow or yellowish white, the skin pattern is delicate, with protruding transverse lenticels, the texture is full and strong, the folded section is slightly horny, there are often small fissures between the skin and the wood or center, the cross section is pink and white, and the skin can be seen to form a brown layer ring, with reddish brown spots scattered inside and outside the ring. It has a strong taste of hard work and penetrates the throat.

3. Domestic American ginseng: domestic American ginseng has long cylindrical shape, stout branches, large Reed head, smooth surface, black color, obvious longitudinal grain, light texture, like red brick just out of kiln, poor powder, few cracked cracks, only bitter taste, little or no sweet taste, and cotton floss feeling after chewing for a long time.

4. Sun ginseng: raw ginseng is the dried root of ginseng of the same family, which is processed as American ginseng, cylindrical or fusiform, with Reed head and whisker root, the upper part or all of the main root has intermittent ring-shaped transverse pattern, the cross-sectional chrysanthemum heart is not obvious, light brown to light grayish brown, 5cm long, 1cm in diameter, light texture, light gas, slightly bitter after initial taste.

5. Inferior American ginseng: inferior American ginseng is the same family and genus, but the active ingredients have been extracted artificially, and then after drying, it is pseudo-authentic American ginseng, the shape is the same as American ginseng, the folded section is gray-white, the forming layer ring spreads into a dark brownish red, and the phloem can still see reddish brown dots, dry but not oily, stiff texture, light smell, bitter at the beginning of chewing, and then tasteless after several swallows.