The official name Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer was given to the Korean ginseng in 1842 by the German-Russian botanist Carl Anton Meyer. Ginseng belongs to the plant family of Araliales plants, such as, for example, also our indigenous ivy.
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The name “Panax“ stems from the Greek language and means “all-healing“. It is referred to as “true“ ginseng because, from the medical perspective, it is by far the most valuable of all of the varieties of ginseng. In Germany, only preparations from the true Korean ginseng are licensed as a medicine. Only this variety is cultivated and marketed by FloraFarm.
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