Ginseng Specialty of Yingchun Forestry Bureau

Ginseng takes the essence of heaven and earth and is called the "king of all herbs". It looks like human head, hands, feet and limbs, so it is called ginseng. Ginseng is a specialty of Northeast China and is ranked as the first of the "Three Treasures of Northeast China".

Ginseng grows in the mixed coniferous and broad forests or mixed woods on the gentle slopes or slopes of mountains with small temperature difference between day and night. The cool, humid climate of the Northeast and Xinjiang Tianshan. Ginseng usually blooms in 3 years and bears fruit in 5-6 years, flowering in May-June and fruiting in June-September. The leaves are palmately compound, 2 to 6 in whorls at the top of the stem, varying according to age: 3 leaflets in l year-olds, 1 to 2 leaflets in 2 year-olds, 2 to 3 in 3 year-olds, 3 to 4 in 4 year-olds, and 4 to 5 in more than 5 year-olds, with a maximum of 6.