The differences between wild ginseng and cultivated ginseng:

1. Different growth methods

Wild ginseng is excreted from the body after the seeds naturally fall to the ground or are swallowed by birds and animals. It sprouts and grows naturally in the mountains and forests. There are no human factors, it neither moves nor undergoes any management, and it grows naturally over a long period of time.

Planting ginseng involves manual sowing and replanting, and pesticides and fertilizers are widely applied. The growth process is artificially managed scientifically, including weeding and fertilization. Because ginseng grows too fast after fertilization, sometimes it will suffer from low disease resistance, so the use of pesticides is inevitable.

2. Different growth years

The growth years of wild ginseng range from decades to hundreds of years.

Growing time of planting ginseng: 5-6 years.

3. Different nutritional values

The active ingredients of wild ginseng are 40 to 50 times higher than those of cultivated ginseng.

Since wild ginseng grows naturally in the wilderness of mountains and forests, all the effects of wild ginseng come from the nutrients it absorbs underground. Day after day, year after year, the longer it grows, the more medicinal it is. The stronger the effect. In addition, the shape of wild ginseng is quite similar to the human form, and Chinese people pay attention to the use of shape to complement shape. Therefore, wild ginseng has been highly valued since ancient times as a good product for rejuvenating the dead, prolonging life, and nourishing vitality, and has become a veritable "King of Herbs."

Identification of wild ginseng and cultivated ginseng:

Mountain ginseng (wild ginseng): long reed head, dense reed bowl; ginseng body and rhizome are equal in length, human-shaped, horizontal body, relatively Short; the transverse lines on the main root are fine and clear, and the color is darker; the skin is thin and tough; there are many pearl bumps and they are obvious and easy to see.

Garden ginseng (planted ginseng): The reed head is short and the reed bowl is small; the ginseng body is cylindrical, separated by eight figures, straight and long; the horizontal stripes on the main root are sparse and discontinuous; the skin is thick And crisp; the pearl bumps are not obvious.

Extended information:

Wild ginseng is the best ginseng. Due to the small production, the price of authentic wild ginseng is extremely expensive. Wild ginseng has always been abundant in Changbai Mountains in northeastern China and southeastern Xiaoxing'an Mountains, Vladivostok in Russia, and North Korea. Among them, the price of natural wild ginseng in Changbai Mountains in Jilin, China is the most expensive.

In addition to the wild ginseng produced in Northeast China, many of the wild ginseng currently sold on the market are produced in Russia. Their quality is generally worse than those produced in China, and those produced in North Korea are rarely heard of. In the early 1990s, the annual output of wild ginseng was only a few thousand liang, and in recent years the output has been even less.

Wild ginseng is also known as wild ginseng or wild wild ginseng. Most ginseng diggers dig it between July and September, when the ginseng fruits mature and turn red, so it is easy to find traces of ginseng. Avoid using metal when digging. Use bone needles to dig out the soil. Try to dig out the whole ginseng. After digging out, wash the wild fresh ginseng and dry it directly in the sun or oven. Now it has become the mainstream product of wild ginseng.

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