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Non-scientific name:

ginseng

28 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Panax ginseng Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Root
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Panax ginseng Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root
Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Panax ginseng C.A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Roots
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root root
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root, rootlets removed root
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. dried root root
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root
EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012) Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. radix
EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012) Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. radix
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. dried root root
British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. whole or cut dried root root
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. whole or cut dried root root
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Whole or cut dried root, designated white ginseng; treated with steam and then dried, designated red ginseng root
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. dried root root
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. dried root and rhizome root and rhizome
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. dried root roots
Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Panax ginseng Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. root
Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Root
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Panax pseudoginseng Wall.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Aralia quinquefolia Decne Aralia quinquefolia (L.) Decne. & Planch. Panax quinquefolius L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim.
Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Root
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr.&Maxim.) Maxim Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Root

111 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "ginseng":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
american ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amerikanischer ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amerikansk ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aralia quinquefolia Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
asian ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
asiatic ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chosen ninjin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
curcumae aeruginosae rhizomae Pharmaceutical Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
devil's shrub Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
dipsaci radix Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dipsacus Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
eleuthero Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
eleutherococcus Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
five-fingers Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
garden ginseng Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gherq ta' l-ġinseng Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng (racine de) Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng d'amérique Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginseng radice Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng radix Pharmaceutical EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginseng radix et rhizoma Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ginseng root Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng, juuri Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng, raíz de Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengov korijen Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengrod Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengrot Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginsengwurzel Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ginzenggyökér Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
hakusan Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hakushan Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
higeninjin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hongshen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hungseng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hungshen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hunseng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
insam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jenseng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jenshen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jinpi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jinsão Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanadischer ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kao-li-seng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kao-liseng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
korean ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
koreanischer ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
korenina pravega ženšena (ginsenga) Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
korzeń żeń-szenia Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
lilii bulbus Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
lilium bulb Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
manchurian ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
minjin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nhan sam Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ninjin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ninzin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
niuhuan Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
occidental ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oriental ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
otane ninjin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix et rhizoma ginseng Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix ginseng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
radix ginseng Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
red ginseng Other British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
ren shen Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
renshen Other Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rimpang temu lreng Other Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
rénshēn Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rădăcină de ginseng Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
san qui ginseng Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
san-pi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
san-pishanshen Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sanchi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sang Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sansam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shan shen Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shanshen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sheng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sheng-sai-seng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shengshaishen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shenshaishanshen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
siberian ginseng Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
syu duan Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
touch-me-not Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
tyosenninzin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
t’ang-seng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
všehojový kořen Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
white ginseng Other British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
wild ginseng Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wild pepper Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
xi yang shen Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xu duan Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yakuyo ninjin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yakuyo ninzin Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yeh-shan-seng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
yehshan-seng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yuan shen Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yuan-seng Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yuanshen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ženšenių šaknys Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ženšennijuur Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ženšenový koreň Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
žeņšeņa saknes Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
γίνσεγκ πάναξ Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
жен-шен, корен Other EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ニンジン Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ビャクゴウ Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
人参 Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
人參 Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
園參 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
續斷 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
野山參 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)