The Healing Power of Ginseng

This book covers the properties and uses of four varieties of ginseng in the world with focus on American and Asian types of ginseng. It discusses healing properties of ginseng, growing ginseng plants, chemical, nutritional, medical and pharmacological properties, detoxification, longevity and proper usage of the root.

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book covers the properties and uses of four varieties of ginseng in the world with focus on American and Asian types of ginseng. It discusses healing properties of ginseng, growing ginseng plants, chemical, nutritional, medical and pharmacological properties, detoxification, longevity and proper usage of the root. Zusammenfassung This book covers the properties and uses of four varieties of ginseng in the world with focus on American and Asian types of ginseng. It discusses healing properties of ginseng, growing ginseng plants, chemical, nutritional, medical and pharmacological properties, detoxification, longevity and proper usage of the root. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

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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.

Inhalt

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