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Ginseng also called Asian ginseng, Chinese ginseng or Korean ginseng, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the ivy family (Araliaceae). The ginseng plant grows in the mountainous and forested regions of northern Korea, northeastern China, and southeastern Siberia.

In the meantime, ginseng is cultivated worldwide due to the medicinal significance of its roots (ginseng has been used as a medicinal plant in traditional Asian medicine for more than 2000 years), see also ginseng radix.

The ginseng reaches a size of 30 to 60 cm. A stem has 3-5 branches, each with 3-5 leaves that are arranged finger-like like chestnut leaves. A strongly developed "rootstock" usually consists of multiple branched, spindle-shaped or cylindrical, 8-20cm long, ewa 2cm thick root systems.

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.