History of ginseng trade
Very interesting article about the history of ginseng in America:
"The Koreans successfully invented ways to cultivate ginseng, and soon, cultivated Korean ginseng began to flood the Chinese markets. Ginseng cultivation was centered at Kaesong, in modern-day North Korea, and the government had monopoly of ginseng exports.
Unfortunately for Korea, it turned out that ginseng plants grow naturally in North America and almost every Indian tribe of North America has been using ginseng in the same manner as the Asians had been using, as written by Jack Waters, author of "History of American Ginseng."
For example, it is well known that the Cherokees, who called ginseng roots "the little man," used ginseng roots for colic, convulsions, dysentery, and headaches. Other tribes used ginseng roots for easing digestion, increasing appetite and easing female menstrual problems. Other Indian curative uses are for exhaustion, breathlessness, croup, and preventing the wounded from dying of shock. (Waters, 2003)"
"The Koreans successfully invented ways to cultivate ginseng, and soon, cultivated Korean ginseng began to flood the Chinese markets. Ginseng cultivation was centered at Kaesong, in modern-day North Korea, and the government had monopoly of ginseng exports.
Unfortunately for Korea, it turned out that ginseng plants grow naturally in North America and almost every Indian tribe of North America has been using ginseng in the same manner as the Asians had been using, as written by Jack Waters, author of "History of American Ginseng."
For example, it is well known that the Cherokees, who called ginseng roots "the little man," used ginseng roots for colic, convulsions, dysentery, and headaches. Other tribes used ginseng roots for easing digestion, increasing appetite and easing female menstrual problems. Other Indian curative uses are for exhaustion, breathlessness, croup, and preventing the wounded from dying of shock. (Waters, 2003)"
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