American Ginseng

Something made me think of getting American ginseng yesterday. Actually what happened was I was in my kitchen and bumped a shelf and a bag of it fell onto the floor in front of me and got my attention. I ate a few pieces and felt the desire to get more.

I have used red panax ginseng recently. I also have some concentrated eleuthero extract which I use. A nice way to have it is to add it to different foods.

But American ginseng. Wow. There’s something different about it. Almost immediately after eating some yesterday I started feeling better. Now today its like a miracle. I cannot believe the difference between the state of my health today and what it has been for the past weeks of not months.

American ginseng can be expensive. I went to one herbal shop and they wanted something like $63 per quarter pound. But then I rode my bicycle to a Chinese herbal shop that I have known for many years and found a 1/2 pound bag of extremely high-quality, sliced American ginseng for only $41. Its easy to chew and it has a really excellent flavor.

American ginseng is really different than panax or eleuthero. It is powerful yet also gentle. Panax kind of feels like too strong a kick. Eleuthero is also really powerful. For some reason my body has always really liked American ginseng. Yesterday it just fell on the floor in front of me.