ginseng

General

Complementary/Alternative Medicine: This monograph describes a natural or herbal product that is not subject to FDA guidelines for medicines. Patients and clinicians are advised to read package labels carefully to ensure safe and efficacious use.

(Panax ginseng )

Pronunciation:
jin-seng

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Trade Name(s)

  • Asian ginseng
  • Chinese ginseng
  • hong shen
  • Japanese ginseng
  • Korean ginseng
  • red ginseng
  • renshen
  • white ginseng

Ther. Class.

none assigned

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