Ginseng Root, 1oz.

Ginseng, also known as Man's Health, Five Fingers, and Tartar Root, is a creeping perennial plant that enjoys the cooler climates of the northern hemisphere. Ginseng is not one herb but three: Chinese of Korean (P. ginseng), American (P. quinquefolius), and Siberian (E. senticosus). The Siberian plant is not a true ginseng, but it contains similar active chemicals, and studies show it has similar effects.

The American Indians learned about ginseng from the Jesuits and used it to combat fatigue, stimulate appetite, and aid digestion. Some tribes mixed it into love potions.

*America's 19th-century Eclectics called ginseng a stimulant for "mental exhaustion from overwork" and prescribed it for loss of appetite, indigestion, asthma, laryngitis, bronchitis, and tuberculosis.