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A Detailed Explanation of the History and Uses of Ginseng Essential Oil

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Historical records of ginseng essential oil and its development over time: Paleogeologists and paleontologists infer that ginseng is one of the oldest relict plants on Earth. During the Tertiary Period (65 million years ago to 1.8 million years ago), when angiosperms were extremely abundant on Earth, ginseng propagated widely throughout the plant kingdom. It is internationally recognized that ginseng is distributed between 33 and 48 degrees north latitude. The records in China's materia medica literature confirm that the distribution of Chinese ginseng is consistent with the history of paleogeology and paleontology.

The Shennong Bencao Jing is the earliest surviving monograph on Chinese materia medica, and it records the essence of ginseng's medicinal use that had already taken shape in China 4000 years ago: "Ginseng is sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature. It mainly tonifies the five zang organs, calms the spirit, stabilizes the hun and po, stops palpitations, eliminates pathogenic qi, brightens the eyes, and opens the heart and benefits the intellect. Taken over a long period, it lightens the body and prolongs life. One name is Renxian, another is Guigai. It grows in mountain valleys."

China is the first country in the world to use ginseng and to record ginseng in writing. In the Jiaguwen Heji, the character "shen" carved on oracle bone surfaces can be found, and it is a typical pictographic character. The character has an upper and lower structure. The upper part is a concentrated representation of the aboveground parts of ginseng, with multiple drupe-like berries growing on the stem, which is the most important botanical feature of ginseng. The lower part represents the rhizome, main root, lateral roots, and so on of ginseng. Oracle bone script began in the Shang-Yin era, more than 3500 years ago. As early as 3500 years ago, China had already created the vivid and figurative character "shen", with accurate and reliable records.


Uses of ginseng essential oil

Ginseng essential oil has multiple benefits for the human body. First, it can alleviate the appearance of skin aging. Ginseng essential oil has very obvious hydrating and moisturizing effects, and afterward it can effectively promote blood circulation throughout the body, appropriately increase the skin's luster and nourishment, and it is important to firm pores, shrink pores, and alleviate the appearance of skin aging. Moreover, if used consistently over the long term, it relieves fatigue, effectively enhances immunity, and alleviates insomnia and frequent dreaming. It is a very good health-care product. Ginseng itself has high medicinal value, and its essence is even better.



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