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Abstract plantAccording to traditional Chinese medicine, ginseng promotes yin energy, cleans excess yang andcalms the body. The reason it has been claimed that American ginseng promotes yin (shadow, cold,negative, female) while Asian ginseng promotes yang (sunshine, hot, positive, male) is because,according to traditional Chinese medicine, things living in cold places or northern side of mountains orsouthern side of rivers are strong in yang and vice versa, so that the two are balanced. Chinese/Koreanginseng grows in Manchuria and Korea, the coldest area known to many Koreans in ancient times.Thus, ginseng from there is supposed to be very yang.Originally, American ginseng was imported into China via subtropical Guangzhou, the seaport nextto Hong Kong, so Chinese doctors believed American ginseng must be good for yin, because it camefrom a hot area. They did not know, however, that American ginseng can only grow in temperateregions. Nonetheless, the root is legitimately classified as more yin because it generates fluids.The two main components of ginseng are claimed to be in different proportions in the Asian andAmerican varieties, and are speculated to be the cause of the excitatory versus tonic natures. Theginseng is traditionally hewn and a few slices are simmered in hot water to make adecoction. We areplanned our research work to identification new medicinal activity. [avf_view name="Article Addons" view-id="66d98451c48e3"]