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American Ginseng

American Ginseng grows wild in southern Canada, mostly around the Great Lakes areas, and the eastern and midwestern United States. Native Americans have used it since long before Europeans arrived on the scene. It was first "discovered" by a Jesuit Priest in 1716, in woods near Montreal. By the 1750`s it had become a sizeable export business, even surpassing the fur trade. The lucrative prices that ginseng brought in Asian markets almost brought the species to extinction as colonists and natives scoured the woods for the wild "green gold". Today, little ginseng exists in the wilds of North America. The North American Ginseng "Ginseng" the "king or herbs" has been regarded as the elixir vitae and the most precious nutritional supplement on china for thousands of years. The North American Ginseng was discovered in the 18th century first in Montreal, Canada, and then from New England to Wisconsin in the United States. Three varieties of American Ginseng Artificially cultivated ginseng is grown in gardens, this variety takes 3 to 5 years to mature before it can be harvested. Wisconsin has the most suitable climate, soil and geographic location for cultivating ginseng. Its annual output now exceeds 500,000 pounds. Woods grown ginseng is cultivated in the forest from seeds of wild ginseng or transplanted saplings. It matures in 6 to 10 years. The quality of woods grown ginseng is between that or wild ginseng and cultivated ginseng, therefore it is sometimes, called semi-wild ginseng. Wild ginseng is found in mountainous hardwood forests and is more difficult to hurt. Wild ginseng roots found in their natural environment are usually 10 to 30 years old. Roots of over 50 years old are rare and extremely precious. Wild ginseng can still be found in the northeastern United States around 40 degree north latitude but the annual yield is much less than that of cultivated ginseng

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