Patent ID: 7585525

Claim:
A method of processing ginseng by heat-extraction, consisting of: (i) adding 4-10 times weight of water to a mixture consisting of 100 parts of ginseng and 10-1000 parts of at least one herbal drug selected from the group consisting of Schizandrae Fructus, Crataegi Fructus, Corni Fructus, Chaenomelis Fructus, Mume Fructus, Citrus junos, Aurantii Fructus, apples, Fructus of Punica granatum and citrus limon , and heating for 1-6 hours at 70-120° C. to form a heated mixture; (ii) cooling said heated mixture of part (i) to room temperature and filtering said mixture to form a filtrate; and (iii) concentrating said filtrate of part (ii) to form an extract or powder.