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A type of ginseng, a perennial herbaceous plant from the ivy family (Araliaceae).
Ginseng is now cultivated worldwide due to the medicinal importance of its roots (ginseng has been used as a medicinal plant in traditional Asian medicine for more than 2000 years), see also Ginseng radix.
Ginseng reaches a height of 30 to 60 cm. A stem bears 3-5 branches, each with 3-5 leaves arranged in a finger-like pattern like chestnut leaves. A strongly developed "rhizome" usually consists of multi-branched, spindle-shaped or cylindrical root systems, 8-20 cm long and about 2 cm thick.
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The ginseng plant, Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer, is the parent plant of the medicinally used ginseng root, ginseng radix.
Cosmetics: The drug from the root is used in cosmetic formulations under the INCI name: Panax ginseng extract as an antistatic agent.
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