TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johannsen,Kristin
TI  - Ginseng dreams: the secret world of America's most valuable plant 
SN  - 0813171393 (electronic bk.)
AV  - SB295.G5 J64 2006eb
U1  - 633.8/8384 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - American ginseng
KW  - Panax
KW  - United States
KW  - Materia Medica
KW  - Ginseng
KW  - Health
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Agronomy
KW  - Crop Science
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203) and index; Man-root -- Out sangin' -- Shang gardens -- Virtually wild -- "Come back when you have a real crime to report" -- From the hollows to Hong Kong -- Under the microscope -- -- Ginseng dreams
N2  - For thousands of years, cultures around the world have relied on herbal medicine for healing. Only recently have Americans flocked to once-suspect botanical treatments for the promise of good health and longevity. Among the most treasured of these plants is American ginseng, revered by millions of Asians as a virtual panacea that sustains every system of the human body. In Ginseng Dreams, Kristin Johannsen chronicles the remarkable world of the mysterious plant that commands as much as two thousand dollars a pound. She unfolds ginseng's history and its future through the stories of seven peop
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