Enlarge PhotoRadix Panacis Quinquefolii

1 Marked with dense horizontal wrinkles.

2 Hard and solid, heavier.

3 Taste sweet and bitter.

Enlarge PhotoRadix Ginseng

1 Marked with sparse horizontal wrinkles.

2 Puffy, lighter.

3 Taste slightly bitter, sweet.

Radix Panacis Quinquefolii and Radix Ginseng
Root of Panax quinquefolium L. (Araliaceae). Root of Panax ginseng C.A. Mey. (Araliaceae).
Invigorating qi to stop haemorrhage; clearing away heat to promote production of body fluid. Invigorating qi, spleen to nourish kidney; promoting fluid production and tranquilizing the mind.
Chronic cough, haemoptysis; thirst, irritability and debility. General weakness, palpitations, forgetfulness; thirst and hyperhidrosis, anorexia; all kinds of chronic disease, posthaemorrhagic shock, collapse.
Top grades are hard and solid, with dense fine surface wrinkles; distinctive fragrance. Top grades are big pieces, hard and intact.
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Xi Yang Shen (Radix Panacis Quinquefolii) is also called “Hua Qi Shen” (花 旗參) because it was first produced in Nor th America (“Hua Qi” means America national flag in Chinese), and was first recorded in the Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi. Today, it is cultivated in northern parts of China. The functions of Xi Yang Shen and Bai Gan Shen (Radix Ginseng) are different; the former is sweet and bitter, the latter tastes sweet, slightly bitter and grassy.

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