GINSENG

n. Ji2n'se2n2. From Chin., gin-sen, a panacea. The root of Aralia (Panax) g. and Aralia quin que folia. Dried, it is yellowish-white and wrinkled, and sometimes horny and translucent from having been submitted to a proce of clarification. It has a feeble odor, and a taste resembling that of licorice. The Chinese attribute wonderful virtues to it in maintaining health and prolonging life, and consider it a remedy for almost all diseases, though actually it is nothing more than a demulcent. [B, 5. 18, 19, 116, 121 (a, 24).] American g. The root of Aralia quin que folia. [B, 5, 18 (a, 24).] Asiatic g. The Aralia g., according to Pereira; according to some, it is the same as American g. [B, 5, 19 (a, 35).] Blue g., Blue-g.-plant. The Caulophyllum thalictroides. [B, 275 (o. 24).] Chinese g. See (?. Dwarf-g. The Aralia triphylla. [B, 275 (a, 24).] G. of Canada. See American g. G.-plant. The Aralia g., Aralia quin que folia, and probably other species. [B, 5, 19, 275 (a, 24).] Radix g. The root of Aralia quin que folia. [A, 319 (a, 21).] [s. 185]