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.

Korean ginseng originally grew only in the mountain forests of China and Korea. The plant is about 60-80 cm high and, at its tips, there are finger-like leaves which open up like a hand. The root has an almost human form and this is how ginseng got its name: “ginseng“ derives from the Chinese “jen shen“ which can be translated as “human root“.

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.