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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Panax ginseng

Common Name
Jen Shen Chiu; Ren Shen; Jen Shen; Shen Ts'Ao; Shen Lu; Otane-Ninzin

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Anemia China *
Anodyne Russia *
Apertif China *
Aphrodisiac China *
Aphrodisiac China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Aphrodisiac China Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Cachexia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cachexia China *
Cancer(Breast) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Stomach) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Cancer(Stomach) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Cardiotonic Russia *
Cough China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Death China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Debility China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Debility China *
Diabetes Russia *
Diabetes Elsewhere *