1st Edition

The Healing Power of Ginseng

By Joseph P. Hou Copyright 2020
    246 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    246 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Health and medical uses of ginseng is broad due to its adaptogenic properties, it is an effective tonic. Ginseng can be used to improve mental and physical performance, reduce stress, and increase longevity. This book covers the properties and uses of four varieties of ginseng in the world with focus on American and Asian types of ginseng. This books discusses healing properties of ginseng, growing ginseng plants, chemical, nutritional, medical and pharmacological properties, detoxification, longevity and proper usage of the root.

    Features

    • Discusses four types of ginseng, chemical compositions, clinical and pharmacological uses

    • Presents various clinical uses of ginseng, covering more than 40 diseases and conditions

    • Covers traditional Chinese medicine related history of the use of ginseng in China, and the discovery of both Asian and American ginseng.

    • Teaches users how to use different kinds of ginseng for health maintenance

    • Discusses ginseng use in cold, flu prevention, cancer, diabetes, low energy/lethargy, and erectile dysfunction

    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.