The main producing areas of ginseng in my country are: Liaoning Province, Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province.

The main producing areas of ginseng in my country are: Liaoning Province, Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province. Ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of the perennial herbaceous plant of the Araliaceae family. It is a traditional Chinese medicinal material and is mainly distributed in eastern Liaoning, the eastern half of Jilin, and eastern Heilongjiang in my country.

Appearance characteristics of ginseng:

Ginseng (scientific name: Panax ginseng? C. A. Meyer) is a perennial herb of the Araliaceae family and the genus Panax. Up to 60 cm tall; rhizome short, main root spindle-shaped; palmately compound leaves 3-6 whorled on top of stem, petioles 3-8 cm long, glabrous; leaflets 3-5, membranous, central leaflet elliptical or oblong-elliptical , 8-12 cm long, lateral leaflets ovate or rhombus-ovate, 2-4 cm long, apex long and acuminate, base broadly wedge-shaped, with fine serrations.

The teeth have spiny tips, the upper part is sparsely covered with thorns, the lower part is hairless, and there are 5-6 pairs of lateral veins; the petiole is 0.5-2.5 cm long; the umbel is solitary on the top of the stem, with 30-50 flowers. The peduncle is 15-30 cm long; the pedicel is 0.8-1.5 cm long; the flowers are light yellow-green; the calyx has 5 small teeth, hairless; the petals are 5; the filaments are short; the ovary is 2-chambered, the style is 2, free; the fruit is flat and spherical, Bright red, -7 mm in diameter; seeds kidney-shaped, milky white.