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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Panax quinquefolius

Common Name
American Ginseng; Ginseng

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Tonic US(Appalachia) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Tonic China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tonic USSR Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Worry China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.