Guest guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I have tasted wild American ginseng. It tastes like woods-grown ginseng. A funny story. I was observing an acupuncture session in North Carolina about 15 years ago. The practitioner was interviewing an old woman and asked where her husband was. She said that he was out " sanging " . Thinking it was just her southern accent, I asked her where he was singing. She laughed and said, " Sanging. Hunting sang. " (Meaning ginseng). She said that she could always tell when her husband had been ginseng hunting, because he " wouldn't leave me alone at bedtime, and he has a crazy gleam in his eye " . Apparently, he would eat some fresh roots while foraging and would get a bit frisky. - Bill Schoenbart , " " <johnkokko wrote: > > Another story... > my great grandmother was an herbalist who found a " 100 year old ginseng > root " . > The villagers said that she could live to a hundred because of that. > She lived to 95, only because she fell down some stairs. > Otherwise, she would have made it. > > In Korea they say that the " wild ginseng " pick you to pick them. > They will only let you find them, if they want you to. > I've found that to be true about a lot of plants in the wild, > except of course the weeds that grow everywhere, like ai ye. > > Has anyone tasted some of this " wild ginseng " ? > I know it can run up to the thousands $... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Back in the late 60's-early 70's there was a periodical-book called Foxfire revolving around back to the land type stuff. There was one issue that had a 60 page article about 'sanging in the south. Interesting how trade with the Chinese went back as far back as the 1700's if I remember correctly. Doug , " bill_schoenbart " <plantmed2 wrote: > > I have tasted wild American ginseng. It tastes like woods-grown ginseng. > > A funny story. I was observing an acupuncture session in North > Carolina about 15 years ago. The practitioner was interviewing an old > woman and asked where her husband was. She said that he was out > " sanging " . Thinking it was just her southern accent, I asked her where > he was singing. She laughed and said, " Sanging. Hunting sang. " > (Meaning ginseng). She said that she could always tell when her > husband had been ginseng hunting, because he " wouldn't leave me alone > at bedtime, and he has a crazy gleam in his eye " . Apparently, he would > eat some fresh roots while foraging and would get a bit frisky. > > - Bill Schoenbart > > > > , " " > <johnkokko@> wrote: > > > > Another story... > > my great grandmother was an herbalist who found a " 100 year old ginseng > > root " . > > The villagers said that she could live to a hundred because of that. > > She lived to 95, only because she fell down some stairs. > > Otherwise, she would have made it. > > > > In Korea they say that the " wild ginseng " pick you to pick them. > > They will only let you find them, if they want you to. > > I've found that to be true about a lot of plants in the wild, > > except of course the weeds that grow everywhere, like ai ye. > > > > Has anyone tasted some of this " wild ginseng " ? > > I know it can run up to the thousands $... > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Daniel Boone was in the ginseng business. He lost an entire barge of it when it overturned in a river. , " " wrote: > > Back in the late 60's-early 70's there was a periodical-book called > Foxfire revolving around back to the land type stuff. There was one > issue that had a 60 page article about 'sanging in the south. > Interesting how trade with the Chinese went back as far back as the > 1700's if I remember correctly. > Doug > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 John Jacob Astor made one of his many fortunes selling the wild ginseng of Manhattan Island to the Chinese. Karen S. Vaughan, L.Ac., MSTOM Registered Herbalist (AHG) Creationsgarden1 253 Garfield Place Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 622-6755 **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 I always wondering why in NYC they kept referring to Astor Place as the " Street that Ginseng Built " . ;-) Doug , creationsgarden1 wrote: > > John Jacob Astor made one of his many fortunes selling the wild ginseng of > Manhattan Island to the Chinese. > > > Karen S. Vaughan, L.Ac., MSTOM > Registered Herbalist (AHG) > Creationsgarden1 > 253 Garfield Place > Brooklyn, NY 11215 > > (718) 622-6755 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 This is a great read if you are interested in learning more about the history of ginseng in both USA and China and the relationship between the two countries around ginseng - http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-9781565124011-1 , " " wrote: > > I always wondering why in NYC they kept referring to Astor Place as > the " Street that Ginseng Built " . ;-) > Doug > > > > , creationsgarden1@ wrote: > > > > John Jacob Astor made one of his many fortunes selling the wild > ginseng of > > Manhattan Island to the Chinese. > > > > > > Karen S. Vaughan, L.Ac., MSTOM > > Registered Herbalist (AHG) > > Creationsgarden1@ > > 253 Garfield Place > > Brooklyn, NY 11215 > > > > (718) 622-6755 > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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