Foreword
Preface
Author
Section I The Herbal Medicines and the Elixir of Life: Ginseng in the World
Chapter 1 The Chinese Style of Healing: The Best Holistic Medicine and Herbal Medicine
Chapter 2 Ginseng in China
Chapter 3 Ginseng in North America
Chapter 4 Ginseng in Korea
Chapter 5 Ginseng in Japan, Siberia, and Panax Notoginseng
Section II The Flourishing Ginseng Business
Chapter 6 The Flourishing American Ginseng Business in Chinese Market
Chapter 7 The Flourishing Ginseng Business in Korea, Japan, and Canada
Chapter 8 Current American Ginseng Dollar Value
Section III Growing Your Own Ginseng Plant
Chapter 9 Growing Ginseng Plant in China and the United States
Chapter 10 American Ginseng Farm in the State of Wisconsin
Section IV Data and Research
Chapter 11 Ginseng Information and Scientific Research
Chapter 12 Less Known Benefits of American Ginseng
Section V Composition of Ginseng
Chapter 13 Chemical Constituents of Ginseng Plants
Chapter 14 How Differences in Chemical Constituents in Ginseng Affect Medicinal Effects
Section VI The Healing Power of Ginseng
Chapter 15 Traditional Chinese Medicine Records of Medical Benefits of Ginseng and Siberian Ginseng
Chapter 16 What Ginseng Can Do For You
Chapter 17 Healthy and Successful Aging
Section VII How to Take Ginseng and Who Should Not Take It
Chapter 18 Take Ginseng with Care
Chapter 19 Possible Interaction of Ginseng with Drugs
Glossary
Index
Biography
Dr. Joseph P. Hou, O.M.D., Ph.D., C.A., author and researcher, and certified acupuncture physician was born in Hopei, China. He graduated from the National Defense Medical College in Taipei and spent several years studying acupuncture in Taiwan and at the Acupuncture Institute of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, China. Dr. Hou also attended graduate studies at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison earning a Ph.D., which led to 10 years of medical research. He has devoted his time to acupuncture and herbal medicine in New York and New Jersey since 1977. He moved to Orlando in 1982 and opened the J.P. Hou Institute, P.A. Lastly, Dr. Hou served as past president of the Florida State Acupuncture Association and vice chairman of the Florida Board of Acupuncture.
