What is the differenciation between Panax ginseng and Ginsengs,How to use Panax Ginseng,Chemistry and Pharmacology,Substitutes?

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Difference between Ginsengs.

Panax Ginseng Extract INCI Name Panax Ginseng Extract CAS 84650-12-4 EINECS ELINCS No 283-493-7 Radix Ginseng Extract Asian Ginseng Extract Ginsenosides Fructus Panax Ginseng Folium Panax Ginseng Radix Panax Ginseng photo picture image American Ginseng - Panax quinquefolium
 Chinese Ginseng - Panax ginseng
 Siberian Ginseng - Eleutherococcus senticosus
 NOTE: Panax ginseng is different from American ginseng and Eleuthero (formerly Siberian ginseng). They are not interchangeable.

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 Ginseng refers to species within Panax, a genus of 11 species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots, in the family Araliaceae. They grow in the Northern Hemisphere in eastern Asia (mostly northern China, Korea, and eastern Siberia), typically in cooler climates; Panax vietnamensis, discovered in Vietnam, is the southernmost ginseng found. This article focuses on the Series Panax ginsengs, which are the adaptogenic herbs, principally Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius. Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides.

 The name panax is derived from Panacea, the Greek goddess able to 'heal all'. Ginseng has been used in China for over 5000 years. It was known to 9th century Arab physicians, Marco Polo was familiar with it and, when a delegation from the King of Siam visited Louis XIV, they presented him with a root of gintz-aen. The Chinese renshen means 'man root', named after the shape of its thick taproot, and those roots resembling the human form are highly prized, and the best grade roots are worth more than gold. Wild ginseng, particularly that from Manchuria, is considered the best.
 Panax Ginseng Extract INCI Name Panax Ginseng Extract CAS 84650-12-4 EINECS ELINCS No 283-493-7 Radix Ginseng Extract Asian Ginseng Extract Ginsenosides Fructus Panax Ginseng Folium Panax Ginseng Radix Panax Ginseng photo picture image
 Panax, the generic name, is derived from the Greek Panakos (a panacea), in reference to the miraculous virtue ascribed to it by the Chinese, who consider it a sovereign remedy in almost all diseases.
 It was formerly supposed to be confined to Chinese Tartary, but now is known to be also a native of North America, from whence Sarrasin transmitted specimens to Paris in 1704.

 Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) is not a ginseng at all. It is another adaptogen, but a different species named "Siberian ginseng" as a marketing ploy; instead of a fleshy root, it has a woody root; instead of ginsenosides, eleutherosides are present

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last edit date:10th,June.2009.