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Where did the word ginseng originate?

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The English word "ginseng" comes from the Hokkien Chinese jîn-sim (人蔘). The first character 人 means "person" and the second character 蔘 means "plant root"; this refers to the root's characteristic forked shape, which resembles the legs of a person. read more

The ginseng hunters would go into the forest armed only with a stick and the belief that no evil could come to them if they were pure of heart. These hunters would pray to the spirit of the panther and tiger and most of all to the spirit of the mountain. read more

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