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作者：佚名
The Korean peninsula is the bestplace to grow ginseng, because ginsenghas stringent requirements for the plant sgrowth. Korea has the ideal temperaturezone, plenty of rain in the summer,and proper coldness in the winter, etc.The value of Korean ginseng has beenknown in the world since the 4th centuryB.C. Books written in that era documentginseng as an emergent medicine andtonic for long life.Ginseng was firstmentioned as a tonic as eady as 48-33 B.C.in Interpretation of Creatures written byYou Shi of ancient China.
Moreover, Shen Nung Pen Ts aoChing, the world s oldest extant Chinesemedicinal book, describes the quality,production areas,and medicinal effectsof ginseng. It declares that high qualityginseng mainly comes from the Koreankingdom of Kokuryo. Russian botanist C.A.Meyer named it panax ginseng in 1843.The genus name, panax means cure allin Greek(pan meaning all, Axos meaningheal).Therefore, true ginseng meansKorean ginseng.
According to Zhong Cao YaoXue(Traditional Chinese Herbal Medica),ginseng possesses the properties ofinvigorating physical power, regulatingthe condition of the spleen and releasingstresses on the heart. Shen Nong PenTs ao Ching declares on the heart. ShenNong Pen Ts ao Ching declares thatginseng is the primary medicine to beadministered for promoting vitality of thefive viscera (liver, heart,lungs,kidneyand spleen), and that it helps to restorecomposure,remove causes of illnessto the five viscera, improve eyesight,accelerate learning, quiet nerves andpromote longevity when consumed over aprolonged period of time. Another famousbook Pen Ts ao B Kang Mu furtherexplores the efficacy of ginseng. Its theoryis widely applied today in dealing withclinical symptoms using ginseng.
The efficacy and applications ofginseng are also described in many otherjournals of Oriental medicine, which rateginseng as a master medicine that plays amajor role in prescriptions.
The fundamental medicinal effect ofKOREA INSAM is in promoting nonspecificimmunity capabilities within an organism.KOREA INSAM heightens the overallresisting capability of an organism toreinforce its functions.