A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings
A young three prong shoots up from previous plantings.
A young three prong shoots up from previous plantings.
George Lindemann Showing Wild Ginseng Locations to Dr. Gao and Research Team
Bob Beyfuss digs another root from the ginseng bowl area.
Ginseng has quite the reputation. Did you know that Rasputin used ginseng to treat the hemophilia of the last Czar of Russia’s son? Or that ginseng’s scientific name Panax means all-healing in Greek? Now researchers are looking at ginseng to treat COPD and boost cancer-treatment drugs. Wisconsin farmers who cultivate the plant are hopeful that…
Large four-prong Ginseng plant with green berries.
Bob Beyfuss dug up this two prong to prove how old it was, and then replanted it.
Ever since the kids and I found ginseng, we’ve been fascinated by it. Finding it, studying it, seeing shapes in the physical roots, and drinking it in tea. But we’re also worried about ginseng. For one thing, it gets stolen and too frequently the thieves don’t respect the “take” failing to plant the berries into…