This plant has numerous medicinal uses including reducing inflammation, healing wounds, balancing the nervous system and improving memory. Most of the dry herb comes from India and is harvested in waste ditches there and often has a high bacterial level, ash level and other impurities. Grows in deep, moist loamy coves of the mountains throughout the eastern half of North America. It is beneficial to total health and capable of stimulating both long and short-term energy. Ginseng has measurable amounts of germanium, provides energy to all body systems, promotes regeneration from stress and fatigue, and rebuilds foundation strength.
American ginseng is useful as stimulants for brain and memory centers.
A central nervous system stimulant that also enhances improved sleep. The Russian pharmacologist Dr. I.I. Brekhman, makes the following claims for ginseng based on 25 years of laboratory experimentation. Its effect involves the action of the white blood cells, aiding coagulation and formation of hemoglobin in red blood corpuscles. Nettle leaves are rich in iron. Maca is used in the northern Andes for potency and strength.