4–6 year cultivation

Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng) is both a plant and a cultural emblem. Native to the forests of Korea and Manchuria, it has been prized for centuries for its unusually human-shaped root and its reputation as a restorative “tonic.” In Korea, ginseng (insam, 人蔘) became a strategic trade good, a state-managed industry, a subject of classical […]