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Ｈｉｇｈｌｙ Ｒｅｇａｒｄｅｄ Ｍｅｄｉｃｉｎｅ
作者：佚名
The Korean peninsula is thebest place to grow ginseng,becauseginseng has stringent requirementsfor the plant's growth.Korea has theideal temperature zone,plenty of rainin the summer, proper coldness in thewinter, etc.
The value of Korean ginseng hasbeen known in the world since the 4thcentury B.C.Books written in this eradocumented ginseng as emergentmedicine and tonic for long life.Ginseng was first mentioned as a tonicas early as 48-33 B.C.in Interpretationof Creatures by You Shi of ancientChina.
Moreover, Shen Nung Pen-Tsao-ching,the world's oldest extantChinese medicinal book,describedthe quality and production areaof ginseng,medicinal effects ofginseng,and showed that high qualityginseng mainly came from the Koreankingdom of Kokuryo.
Russian botanist C.A.Meyernamed it panax ginseng in 1843.Thegenus name,panax means 'cure all' inGreek(pan meaning alI,Axos meaningheal),therefore,true ginseng meansKorean ginseng.
The state-invested Agricultural& Fishery Marketing Corporationdeveloped the Ginseng Character inFebruary 1999 in order to publicizethe history of Korea as the home ofKorean Ginseng and differentiateKorean ginseng from otherginsengs.
The flowers,leaves and rootsof The Character are shaped tosymbolize the inherent and distinctivequality of Korean Ginseng.The colortone of its red flowers,green leavesand yellow roots presents a cheerfuland lively image expressing 'a healthylife and vitality' resulting from KoreanGinseng.