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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
Nausea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Nausea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Neurasthenia China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Palpitation China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Palpitation China *
Polyuria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rectocele China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Respiratory China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Restorative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Shortwindedness China *
Sialogogue China *
Sore China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Spermatorrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Spleen China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stimulant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Stimulant US *
Stimulant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stomachic Japan* ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Sweating China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Swelling China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.