Chapter 91 Northeast ginseng

Ginseng is divided into Northeast ginseng, Korean Korean ginseng, Japanese American ginseng, Canadian and American American ginseng.Wild Northeast ginseng is distributed between 38-48 degrees north latitude and 117-134 degrees east longitude. It is specifically distributed in northeast my country, the Korean Peninsula and eastern Siberia in Russia. It grows in coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests and miscellaneous forests at an altitude of 500 to 1,000 meters. Medium, it likes a gentle slope with a thick humus layer, humidity, little light, and good ventilation or a shady slope with a slope.

Ginseng is a perennial herbaceous plant of Araliaceae, a relic of the Tertiary Period. It is an endangered species. It consists of roots, stems and leaves.The ginseng stem grows alone, slim and graceful; in early summer, there are small yellow-green flowers on the end of the stem, and the fruit matures in August, ruddy, bright and clean, bright and eye-catching.One-year ginseng consists of three leaflets to form a branch of compound leaves. After two years, the number of compound leaves of ginseng increases to six year by year, and each branch of compound leaves consists of five leaflets.The root is hypertrophy, shaped like a spindle, often forked, and its overall appearance resembles a human head, hands, feet, and limbs, so it is called ginseng.The aliases are human scorpion, human title, ghost cover, god grass, human micro, earth essence, blood ginseng, sealwort, jade essence, yellow ginseng, Jinjing Yulan, baby ginseng, soup ginseng, pick ginseng, human body, yellow stone, stick hammer.It is one of the famous Three Treasures of Northeast China, well-known both at home and abroad, known to all ages. The Manchus call it Auerhouda, the king of all herbs.One or two weights of wild ginseng will grow for forty to fifty years, or even hundreds of years.According to folklore, "seven taels are ginseng, and eight taels are treasures".

Korean ginseng is another name for Northeastern ginseng. The full name is Korean ginseng or Koguryo ginseng.At present, Korean ginseng is transplanted and introduced from ginseng seedlings in Liaodong area, and then cultivated and processed to form the characteristics of butterfly reed or single bowl reed, general shoulders, yellow mandarin jacket, annual ring pattern, and strong fragrance.The northeast ginseng grown in the Changbai Mountains is nourished in the clouds and mists all day long, full of mystery, leaving behind countless legends and stories, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, and rich in original ecology and medicinal properties.Jilin Fusong is rich in ginseng, known as the hometown of ginseng.

Northeast ginseng is produced in the Changbai Mountains, bordering North Korea. The landform, soil, sunlight, water and other environments are similar. Jilin red ginseng is slightly superior to Korean red ginseng in crude drug morphology, and the chemical components such as ginsenosides and ginseng polysaccharides are equal. In Chinese history, ginseng is the homologue of medicinal food.There are many records of ginseng being used as medicine in the history of traditional Chinese medicine. Bian Que, a famous doctor in the Warring States Period, has mastered the medicinal properties and curative effects of ginseng. Qin and Han called ginseng the top grade of medicine. There are a large number of records on the medicinal effects of ginseng. Li Shizhen's father, Li Yanwen, also published a monograph "Yuechi Ginseng Biography".Ginseng is flat in nature, sweet in taste, slightly bitter, and slightly warm.Return spleen, lung meridian, heart meridian.Greatly invigorate vital energy, restore pulse and solidify, invigorate the spleen and lungs, promote body fluid and quench thirst, soothe the nerves and improve intelligence.Indications for fatigue, fatigue, lack of appetite, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, slippery stool, cough and shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, forgetfulness, dizziness and headache, impotence, frequent urination, thirst, metrorrhagia in women, chronic shock in children And long-term deficiency, all symptoms of deficiency of qi, blood and body fluid.It can be decocted, ground into powder, applied ointment, soaked in wine, or powdered into pills.It is contraindicated for those with excess syndrome, heat syndrome and lack of righteousness.Anti-veratrum, fear of five spirits, and acacia, easy to be damp, oily, moldy, discolored, and moth-eaten.

Northeast ginseng is a precious ingredient in the Chinese diet.Northeast ginseng has always been collected by the Jurchen people in Jianzhou, who paid tribute to the imperial court and traded with the Central Plains regime in exchange for daily necessities.Only the nobles in the palace can eat wild ginseng, and it can be made into countless therapeutic foods.When you are a guest in Northeast people, you often see ginseng soaked in shochu in glassware in the living room. This is a must-have tonic and home decoration for Northeast people. After the entrance, in addition to the spicy taste of the wine, there is a slight sweetness and a slight bitterness, which is the taste of ginseng.Ginseng can be eaten by stewing, chewing, grinding, brewing tea, brewing wine, stewing food, cooking porridge, etc.Rice soup includes ginseng nutritious rice, ginseng rice, ginseng pig spleen soup, ginseng salad, etc. Soups include eight-treasure ginseng soup, qi and blood double tonic chicken soup, ginseng clear soup, cordyceps American ginseng straw mushroom soup, ginseng Postoperative Nourishing Soup, Wuren Banlong Guben Soup, Angelica Ginseng Black Chicken Soup, Chuanqiong Angelica Chicken Soup, Cordyceps Flower Antler and Goji Whip Soup, Tianma Ginseng Astragalus Black Chicken Soup, Ginseng Yangrong Soup, Ginseng Seafood Soup, Ginseng Abalone Soup, Ginseng Turtle shell soup, ginseng cuttlefish soup, ginseng lotus soup, ginseng garlic wolfberry soup, ginseng notoginseng jujube stewed chicken soup, ginseng quail soup, ginseng turtle trotter soup, trotter ginseng soup, ginseng soup, ginseng white fungus soup, Ginseng egg white, ginseng and lotus broth, ginseng and ganoderma clear tonic soup, ginseng stewed soup, ginseng and astragalus venison soup, bamboo tube ginseng and matsutake soup, ginseng beauty soup, ginseng and red dates pigeon soup, red dates and ginseng beef soup, Fresh ginseng snail soup, wild ginseng quail soup, medicinal drink ginseng black sesame drink, ginseng walnut drink, ginseng bee milk, Qiongyu cream, etc. Dishes include steamed ginseng yuan fish, ginseng roasted live fish, casserole ginseng chicken, ginseng Chicken, ginseng stewed black chicken, steamed ginseng chicken, ginseng whole chicken stew, ginseng stewed pheasant, ginseng chicken with black dates, ginseng stewed chicken, ginseng gecko pheasant stew, ginseng pork loin with yam, ginseng kidney, fried ginseng chicken slices, Pan-fried ginseng pheasant slices, fresh white ginseng stir-fried peppers, ginseng rich and rich crispy chicken, ginseng bear paw, ginseng stewed three whips, ginseng fried pork slices, ginseng chicken, red ginseng braised lamb, red ginseng steamed pig lung, ginseng spleen steamed Pork belly, ginseng pork belly, ginseng steamed deer tail, emerald ginseng Maotai chicken, ginseng fried shrimp, etc. Porridge includes ginseng porridge, ginseng poria porridge, ginseng eclipta porridge, ginseng cohosh porridge, ginseng astragalus porridge, ginseng jujube porridge, Black-bone chicken with ginseng horn glue, tonic porridge, ginseng chicken porridge, pueraria ginseng porridge, ginseng japonica rice porridge, ginseng mutton porridge, ginseng spinach dumplings, etc. Alcohol includes ginseng ganoderma wine, ginseng medlar wine, ginseng wine, whole plant of Changbai Mountain Fresh ginseng wine, ginseng gecko wine, ginseng flower wine, Yangchun wine, etc.Ginseng beauty and breast enhancement agents include anti-aging and nourishing soup, ginseng anti-wrinkle soup, skin-reducing wrinkle soup, Siwu breast-enhancing soup, Liujunzi breast-enhancing soup, lotus seed breast-enhancing soup, Dajianzhong breast-enhancing soup, ginseng-nourishing and breast-enhancing soup, Bazhen Breast enhancement soup, etc.

American ginseng originated in the United States and Canada, and was introduced to China at the end of the 17th century. Hong Kong people called it American ginseng. It was introduced and cultivated in the middle and late 1970s, and was successfully planted in Jilin, Liaoning and other places in the early 1980s. It became the third Atlantic ginseng producer and provided raw materials for the United States and Canada.American ginseng is sweet in taste, slightly bitter, cool in nature, and returns to the heart, lung, and kidney channels.The medicinal properties of American ginseng are similar to those of ginseng, but not the same.Nourish yin and reduce fire, treat cough and shortness of breath due to insufficient lung yin, dry throat, thirst, deficiency and irritability of fire, sore throat and aphonia, poor appetite, excessive smoking and alcohol, and treat children's deficiency heat, irritability, and appetite in summer Sluggish.The United States has developed eating methods such as lozenges, tea making, stewing, soup, porridge, and wine.And make American ginseng diet, there are American ginseng red date tea, American ginseng stewed black chicken, American ginseng stewed bamboo chicken, American ginseng stewed swallow, American ginseng honey soup, American ginseng stewed with rock sugar almonds, American ginseng lean meat porridge, American ginseng orange peel soup, American ginseng concubine chicken , American ginseng stewed fish soup, American ginseng stewed lamb, American ginseng goji berry and angelica soup, American ginseng Siwu soup, American ginseng stewed squab, American ginseng stewed pork leg, American ginseng stewed rudder snake, American ginseng beef leg stewed chicken feet, American ginseng elbow stewed with snail head, American ginseng and abalone stewed chicken, American ginseng duck kidney porridge, American ginseng winter xuntou stewed white porridge, etc., are sold among Chinese and Asians.

Northeast ginseng has strict requirements on the soil. It should be cultivated in sandy and humus loam rich in organic matter and with good permeability, and it can be excavated after more than six years.Cultivated garden ginseng is washed and dried or dried to become raw sun-dried ginseng, and fresh roots are pricked with needles and soaked in sugar water and then dried to become sugar ginseng.White ginseng mostly uses Korean ginseng with short stature and low quality, boiled in boiling water for a while, and then dried in the sun.The production of wild ginseng is scarce, and it is occasionally found in the Changbai Mountains and the Xiaoxing'an Mountains. The forest ginseng and garden ginseng are mainly produced in Jilin; Huanren, Xinbin, Fengcheng, Tieling, Fushun in Liaoning, and Tieli, Yichun, and East It is also produced in Ningxia, Mudanjiang and other places; the annual output is about 5,000 tons, and 1,200 tons are exported.The garden ginseng is excavated in September and October, the stems, leaves and soil are removed, and processed into different commodities, which are exported to all parts of the world.Northeast ginseng has always been a traditional export commodity of Jilin Province, well-known at home and abroad, and has formed a fixed trading market.The largest domestic ginseng trading market is in Wanliang Town, Fusong County, Baishan City, Jilin Province, with an annual transaction volume of more than 200 million yuan.Mainly exported to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, the United States, Italy, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Netherlands.

Hong Kong re-exports, trades and processes Northeast ginseng, and then sells it to all over the world and to Chinese food companies and associations around the world.Taiwan uses northeast ginseng for tea production and produces world-famous ginseng oolong tea.The United States makes ginseng and ginkgo extracts from Northeast ginseng purchased at low prices, which are used in medical services to control fasting blood sugar, postprandial blood sugar, and glycosylated hemoglobin.In Singapore, Malaysia and other countries with a large number of Chinese and ethnic Chinese, their Chinese food companies are relatively popular, and Chinese food is very popular among local people. Northeast ginseng and other ingredients are frequently used in stewed soup, spicy dishes, chicken rice, stuffed tofu, etc. The sales volume increase gradually.

Thirty percent of Korean ginseng products come from Northeastern ginseng, and the export volume of Northeastern ginseng is 30 times that of Korean Korean ginseng.Korean ginseng has cultivated the Korean ginseng commune on the brand, and has achieved good benefits. The transaction price of Korean ginseng in the international market is more than ten times that of Chinese garden ginseng.The temperature difference between the north and the south of the Korean Peninsula is small and the temperature is cool. Ginseng is not easy to rot, and fresh ginseng is common.Fifty percent of South Korea's fresh ginseng is consumed domestically, whether it is used in luxury hotels, small restaurants, or food stalls. The rest is processed into ginseng products and exported to foreign countries.Because of the price, South Korea not only imports Northeast ginseng as the raw material of Korean ginseng, but also imports fresh ginseng for their catering industry and home life.

South Korea is the kingdom of ginseng consumption. They have an extraordinary love for ginseng. They call it god grass, spirit grass and elixir grass, and think it has special effects on preventing and maintaining various diseases.Koreans pay attention to nutrition and nourishment, combining tonic with diet, and nourishing into three meals a day. Ginseng is widely used as a common ingredient in the daily diet of the four seasons. Ginseng is used as raw material in mixed ginseng shreds, stewed chicken, bibimbap, etc. .There are three ways to eat Korean ginseng that are well-known throughout the country, namely ginseng chicken, stewed beef ribs with ginseng, and ginseng wine.

Ginseng chicken is one of the tonics that are consumed nationwide in South Korea, that is, ginseng and six-week-old chicken with red dates, chestnuts, shredded tofu, green onion, long glutinous rice, rice wine, etc.Clean the broiler chicken, stuff red dates, chestnuts and ginseng into the belly of the chicken from the tail, and use the chicken legs to intertwine and fix them in the abdomen.Put it in a soup pot and simmer slowly for about an hour. The soup is full of fragrance. Add shredded tofu, chopped green onion, long glutinous rice and ginseng to cook together.Ginseng Chicken Soup nourishes blood and nourishes yin, invigorates the spleen and kidney, and is suitable for both men and women.The current price is 13,000 won, or about 80 yuan. Stewed beef ribs with ginseng is a very popular dish among Koreans. Stewed beef ribs with red and white radishes, mushrooms, red dates, ginseng, seasoning, etc., are soft and smooth in the mouth, sweet and nutritious. The role of the spleen to dispel cold is very helpful for people with spleen and stomach deficiency. Ginseng wine is the favorite drinking method of Koreans. Add 15 grams of ginseng powder to each cup of white wine. It has a light sweet taste in the mouth, and the taste of white wine is covered by ginseng, which does not hurt the stomach. Representative ginseng foods in Korea include ginseng porridge, ginseng tea, and fried ginseng.The by-products derived from ginseng include ginseng candy, ginseng jelly, ginseng pork ribs, ginseng Korean beef steak, etc.Ginseng products include liquid, granule, and powder, including red ginseng concentrate, ginseng essence, capsules and pills, red ginseng candy, red ginseng chocolate, red ginseng drink, ginseng wine, ginseng smoke, ginseng soap, ginseng skin ointment, Facial cleanser, facial mask, etc., all of which use ginseng from Northeast my country.