🪶Indigenous / Native American🏞️Appalachian Folk Medicine
American Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius
About American Ginseng
American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American and Appalachian Folk Medicine traditions to help with Fatigue, Immune Support, Diabetes, and Memory, among 3 other conditions it addresses. The root is the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius, Panacis quinquefolis) is a herbaceous perennial plant in the ivy family, commonly used as Chinese or herbal medicine. It is native to eastern North America, though it is also cultivated in places such as China.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Root · internal