Tuesday, April 27, 2010

What is Ginseng (Ginseng Supplements)

Introduction of Ginseng
Ginseng is derived from the schin seng, fork-zine, or low-shen, which means that the human body. This is because equality of the roots with the human body. In addition, ginseng is also known as 'Green Gold' due to the expensive price. Ginseng is the Latin or scientific name Panax read by botanists. Panax in Latin means a perfect cure for all diseases (Cure all). Panax is derived from the family Araliaceae, and has close links with famali Panacea. Apart from the Chinese, the local people of North America (Native North American) ginseng is also used in medicine. There are many natural ginseng, or more commonly known as wild ginseng that grows in the North American continent and is known as Panax quinquefolium.


Physical Structure And Habitat of Ginseng 
 Ginseng is a long-lived plants that can grow to hundreds of years. Herbal body is short and the whole body embedded in the ground. Normally the natural habitat in the valley, ginseng is a steep ravine and take shelter in the dense forest. A mature ginseng has five leaves on the handle. Ginseng flowers every spring. Ginseng flowers gray and it will turn into clusters of dark red fruit in late summer. Ginseng will continue to grow until its size reached 7-21 inches. Body ginseng roots are 100% bright yellow. Ginseng roots are branched and long.
  

Ginseng Contents
 The most valuable part of a ginseng root that is shaped like the human body. Ginseng root contains 16 types of 'ginesenasida, triester, panaxtriol, carbohydrates, cellulose, minerals, and others that can activate the hormonal glands and regulates the function of the brain and body. In the 1960s, researchers in Moscow and Tokyo found a compound in ginseng, and they named it as' terpenidol glycosides. They conducted an experiment with mice in the study found that the compound is able to supply more energy to the rats. Researchers to detect compounds that consist of sugar molecules and the molecules' terpenoids. 'Terpenoids' is a hormone found in plants, similar to the hormones in animals. Later, terpenodol glycosides were named as' ginesenosides. 'Ginesenosides "role of a ginseng is known as' drugs of all diseases."


Types of Ginseng
American ginseng is said to be cooling the body to fight the Asiatic ginseng that will warm the body is due to the belief of the Chinese principle of polarity is concerned with the Yin Yang. American ginseng contains ginsenosides which is higher than the Asiatic ginseng is said to have medicinal value higher. However, there is some kind of Asiatic ginsenosides contained in ginseng are not found in American ginseng.

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