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|  Baby ginseng is too young to use but there are many products in sale on the market so people have to check the year first.
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Ginseng is separated to three types, fresh raw ginseng, white ginseng, and red ginseng.
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- Fresh ginseng is just a raw ginseng which was just pulled out from ground.
- White ginseng is same as fresh ginseng but dried by air on ambient temperature.
- Red ginseng is specially processed ginseng with only 6 year old ginsengs. The process is steaming and drying with certain temperature and pressure conditions. While this process, 6 year old white ginseng loses some (about 5 or 6 out of 25) saponins and gain more special (about 15) saponins(Ginsenoside) which enhance efficacy with no side effect. Also you can keep it for over ten years.
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Cheong-kwan-jang
Korean Red Ginseng |
Korean White Ginseng |
American Ginseng
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Chinese Ginseng( Sanshii -Sam) |
Saponin
(Ginsenoside) |
30 types |
22 types |
14 types |
15 types |
| Ginseng Ploysaccharides |
7.47% |
3.16% |
2.09% |
2.25% |
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| Common Name(Scientific Name) |
No. of Leaflets |
Root Appearance |
Origin |
| Korean Ginseng(Panax ginseng) |
5 |
Human Body |
Korea, Manchuria |
| American Hwagisam(Panax quinquefolium) |
5 |
Spindle-shaped |
North America |
| Chinese Sanchiisam(Panax notoginseng) |
7 |
Small Carrot |
Yunnan(China) |
| Japanse Bamboosam(Panax japonicum) |
5 |
Bamboo |
Japan, Yunnan(China) |
| Dwarf Ginseng(Panax trifolium) |
3 |
Spherical |
Northeastern America |
| Himalayan Ginseng(Panax pseudoginseng) |
5 |
Bulbous |
Nephal |
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American Ginseng roots form a spindle haped main root and a rootlet comes out from the rhizome to form another section. Generally the main root is thinner and onger than the Korean Ginseng, however ootlets are not fully developed. Although |
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Korean Ginseng, its hypertrophy or flesh is not substantial nd the branch length ranges from
3-50 cm. On the average, there re four to five upper compound leaves in the mid-section of he branch made up of five petioles and the petioles are in needle shapes with its sides are serrated
and the end of the leaf is narrow. |
The color of a mature fruit is scarlet and there are one to hree seeds inside the berry. To discern
the Korean Ginseng, orean Ginseng has a smooth texture and easier to chew with its own
unique strong smell. However, American Ginseng doesn't reak apart easily when chewed and
the texture is highly iberous and tastes like raw medicine. |
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Form: The root is overall straight with umps on its main root. It is dark and it is in a aby carrot shape and about three to four centimeters long. The subterranean stem is hort and straight with oval, obovoid, or eedle shaped petioles. |
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In the middle of the branch is three to four upper compound eaves made up of five to seven
petioles. It is called sanchiisam" because it has seven petioles on a single compound leaf.
The fruit is oblong and when matured it is red and has wo seeds inside.
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Form: Subterranean stem grows horizontal nd it is called
"bamboosam" because it has short joints like bamboos.
The branch has an upper compound leaf in the middle with five
petioles and the peduncles stem from the top of the branch
with several Ginseng inflorescences on a single peduncle. |
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The dwarf ginseng is extremely small spherical roots and Himalayan ginseng with its round irregular and bulbous branches off the main
rootare not harvested for medicinal purposes. |
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