Plant Details

Accepted name:: Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. [Araliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asian ginseng	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
asian ginseng root	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
asiatic ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ch'ao-san	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chinese cultivated ginseng	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chinese ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese wild ginseng	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chosen ninjin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
dkar po chig thub	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
extractum ginseng	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
fine root ginseng	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
folium ginseng	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
fushun forest ginseng	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
garden ginseng	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gherq ta' l-ġinseng	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ginseng (racine de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
ginseng folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
ginseng leaf	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ginseng oriental	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
ginseng oriental, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
ginseng radice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginseng radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ginseng radix et rhizoma rubra	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
ginseng radix palva	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
ginseng radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
ginseng radix rubra	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
ginseng root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng, juuri	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
ginseng, panax	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ginseng, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
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	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ginzenggyökér	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
hakusan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hakushan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
higeninjin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hong shen	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
hongshen	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hungseng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hungshen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hunseng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
insam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jen shen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jen shen chiu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jenseng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jenshen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jin san	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
jin sing	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
jinpi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jinsão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kao-li-seng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kao-liseng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
kar po chik tup	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
kau-le shen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
korean ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
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)
lai sum soo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lai ts'am so	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
li shen hsu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
man	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
manchurian ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
minjin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
nhan sam	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
nin-zin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ninjin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ninzin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
niuhuan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
oriental ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
otane ninjin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
otane-ninzin	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
panax ginseng steamed root and rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
powdered ginseng	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
radices ginseng	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
radix et rhizoma ginseng	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix et rhizoma ginseng rubra	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix ginseng	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
red asian ginseng	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
red ginseng	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ren seng	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ren shen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
renshen	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
renshenye	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
rénshēn	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rød ginseng	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rădăcină de ginseng	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
san-pi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
san-pishanshen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shen lu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shen ts'ao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sheng-sai-seng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shengshaishen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
shenshaishanshen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sâm cát lâm	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
tin-san	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tong-yung-shen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
true chinese ginseng	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
true ginseng	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tyosenninzin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
t’ang-seng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
všehojový kořen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
white ginseng	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
wild ginseng	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yakuyo ninjin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yakuyo ninzin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yeh-shan-seng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yehshan-seng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
yeung ts'aam	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yong shen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yong sum	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yuan shen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yuan-seng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
yuanshen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
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)
དཀར་པོ་ཆིག་ཐུབ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
コウジン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
ニンジン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
ニンジン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
人参	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
人参叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人参子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人参芦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人参花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人參	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
参条	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
参须	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
園參	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
抚顺林下参	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
紅参	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
红参	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
野山參	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
홍삼	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Panax ginseng, rad. (2012)
root	root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Raíces	Raices desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
root	dried roots	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Root	Peeled and sun-dried (White ginseng), unpeeled, steamed and dried (red ginseng)	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Radix, Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
leaf with stem	dry leaf with stem	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root, rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root	six-year-old root	Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021)
root		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root, leaf, root with rhizome, rhizome		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
roots		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
root	dried root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	whole or cut dried root	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	dried root	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
root	whole or cut dried root	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
root	root, rootlets removed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
root	dried root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
roots	dried root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
root	whole dried root, cut dried root	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
root	dried roots	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root	dried roots	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
raíz	raíz seca	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aralia ginseng (C.A.Mey.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 197 (1879).
Aralia quinquefolia var. ginseng (C.A.Mey.) Anon. Official Guide Mus. Econ. Bot. Kew, ed. 2, 1: 87 (1886).
Panax quinquefolius var. ginseng (C.A.Mey.) Regel & Maack Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 72 (1861).
Panax schin-seng var. coraiensis T.Nees Pl. Med., Suppl. 1: 70 (1833).
Panax verus Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(1): 3 (1841).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Panax Ginseng C.A.Meyer	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Panax ginseng	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Panax ginseng C. A. Mey.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Panax ginseng C. Meyer	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Panax ginseng C.A. Mey.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Panax ginseng C.A.Mey	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
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