Facts About Ginseng: The Elixir of Life

The beneficial effects of ginseng on stress, alcohol detoxification, aging, radiation exposure, diabetes mellitus, cancer, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, hepatic disorders, and anemia... Throughout the long history of Chinese medicine, ginseng has been recognized as the best medicine of all, the Kingly Medicine, the elixir of life. To answer many questions about ginseng, Dr. Lee has presented work some of the research findings about its beneficial effects as discovered by ginseng research scientists around the world.
Furthermore, to help the reader understand how the tonic effects of ginseng render the various efficacies claimed for it for centuries, this book presents a comprehensive historical background of Chinese medical principles including those for herbal medicine and acupuncture. Legends and myths about ginseng relate how highly valued ginseng root has been for centuries in Oriental countries.