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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Panax quinquefolia

Common Name
Ginseng, Ginseng Americain

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Aphrodisiac US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Restorative US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Restorative French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stomachic US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.