Korean ginseng, a medicinal herb, naturally exists in only three regions; Korea(33.7-43.1), Manchuria(43-47), Littoral province of siberia. and, Korean peninsula is the best place to grow ginseng, because ginseng has stringent requirements for plant's growth, temperature zone, plenty of rain in the summer, proper coldness in the winter, etc. The value of Korean ginseng was known in the world on B. C. 4th century, one of the that time books documented ginseng as emergent medicine and tonic for long-life, and ginseng was mentioned as tonic for the first time as early as between 48 and 33 B. C. in Interpretation of Creatures written by You Shi of ancient China.   Moreover, Shen Nung Pen-Ts'ao-ching, orgine of Chinese medicinal book, describes quality and production area of ginseng, medicinal effects of ginseng, and so on. in addition, it shows that high quality of ginseng mainly came from Kokuryo. C. A. Meyer, Russian botanist, named it panax ginseng in 1843, and the genus name, panax means cure all in Greek( pan does all, Axos medicine), therefore, true ginseng means Korean ginseng.

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