Anyone Sane Hunting?

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Razor

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Ginseng that is. I would like to hunt it, but do not know what it looks like. I do know it makes you feel alot better when you take it, and I can walk alot farther.
 
Ginseng is a root, it looks abit like ginger, actual proper good quality ginseng is super hard to find ! i have played with it a few times when iv been training in Taiwan, its good for upping stamina and perceived strength, but it can make some people ill.
 
Haze said:
Ginseng is a root, it looks abit like ginger, actual proper good quality ginseng is super hard to find ! i have played with it a few times when iv been training in Taiwan, its good for upping stamina and perceived strength, but it can make some people ill.
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Yeah, some people can't tollerate ginseng, but it's the same with everything else on this planet. It's gonna make somebody sick, so when approaching herbals, it's best to take it slow until you know for sure that you can use it without problem.

There are oriental herbalists around and they are probably the best bet for finding a good quality product.

I have used ginseng tincture that's imported from China and it works very well for me. They sell a ginseng liquid (tincture?) over the counter in many of our minimarts. Cost is a buck per vile and it works well too. I used 2 viles halfway through a 20 mile hike and it perked me right up. Some have a problem with it's taste, but I don't think it's all that bad.
 
ginseng is the japanese way to say Ren Sheng. The Ren part is the same word as "Person". some ginsengs looks abstractly like a person, which is how it got the name.

as for identification, go to a china town or something and find a herbalist and ask him/her. im sure they'd be glad to teach u
 
blood_constellation said:
ginseng is the japanese way to say Ren Sheng. The Ren part is the same word as "Person". some ginsengs looks abstractly like a person, which is how it got the name.
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Another name for it in English is "mandrake", that is man-dragon, with dragon standing for magic power.
 
I tried to grow it once and it never came up. The climate is probably not the best around here for it since I don't think it grows wild here.
 
Mixing up Ginseng and Mandrake would be a huge problem as Mandrake is a fairly strong poison.
 
My Great Uncle Karl...along with a couple/few natural gas wells on his property, basically survived into his late 80s by hunting and selling it at first, and then raising it on his property later on.

The last time I hunted it was about 1986 in Wise County, Virginia and over Pound Mountain and into Kentucky.
 
Just don't overuse it. I've known people to get strung out on the stuff because they try to use it in place of things like proper rest, and were taking ginseng several times a day for long periods.

Mandrake is definitely not ginseng. Funny thing is, mandrake (and the rest of the nightshade family) have beneficial medical uses, if taken properly in the right doses, yet can be fatal if too large a dose is taken. Not something to fool with.
 
blood_constellation said:
ginseng is the japanese way to say Ren Sheng. The Ren part is the same word as "Person". some ginsengs looks abstractly like a person, which is how it got the name.

as for identification, go to a china town or something and find a herbalist and ask him/her. im sure they'd be glad to teach u
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Ren Sheng is actually Chinese. There are two types of ginseng, Korean "gao-li-sheng" is hot natured and for uppping stamina and energy, Chinese "hwa-chi-sheng" is cold natured and it's for regulating body metabolism. As with any herbs or medicine, too much of something can never be good. You can take 1-2 grams of gao-li-sheng per day, too much will give a nose bleed and you will be running around like you just had ten cups of coffee. hwa-chi-sheng is safe up to 3 grams a day and too much will start to clean your system extensively and you will get diarreha. One important thing: never take a whole root or you will be sick for at least 3 days.

There is a company I think it's called Wisconsin Ginseng they farm good quality hwa-chi-sheng, gao-li-sheng can only be obtained from small Chinese herbal stores because the high quality ones are mostly imported from Korea.
 
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