hundred years. Some Hong Kong roots sell for five hundred dollars per ounce. A five-to-ten-year-old root
will weigh only a few ounces, but a two-hundred-to-three-hundred-year-old one will weigh nearly a
pound. The young ginseng is used in large amounts, 1 teaspoonful to each cup. The old ginseng requires
careful use, starting with 1 drop a day and adding extra drops day by day. If one drop too much is taken,
bleeding in the bowels or lungs can result, as the old root is very strong.
In Russia they recommend to all people over forty to have six weeks (forty-two days) of consecutive
daily intake of ginseng twice a year. This will regenerate the glands and invigorate the blood, thus
bringing the properties of ginseng to the endocrine system. This activates metabolism, improves blood
circulation, and positively activates the kidney, bladder, liver, etc. In general, an overall tonic.
Ginseng increases vitality by carefully improving the condition. The activating process improves the
mental, physical, and spiritual efficiencies of the brain, so inducing better feeling, sleep, appetite, and
well-being. Ginseng has a long list of accomplishments when other means have failed.
It is used not only as a physical restorative but acts psychologically as well; for tiredness of heart and
blood circulation, sugar diabetes, depressions, neurasthenia, neurosis, psychasthenia.
In Russia ginseng is used, of course, as nastoika (with vodka) and as tea and powder. Clinically, in the
form of extracts, pills, tablets, capsules.
chris devlin
(Chris Devlin)
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