Asia - Ginseng

Native to Northeast Asia, this large, yellowish white, tormented-looking root has been given the most poetic names (“root of heaven”, “root of immortality”, “flower of life”) in tribute to its multiple therapeutic benefits. Its adventure began about three thousand years ago in China, when the emperor Shennong, father of agriculture and a great specialist in medicinal plants, selected ginseng from his repertoire as a “divine” plant and created a rare elixir, reserved solely for the emperors.

Long renowned for its numerous properties, ginseng root is traditionally used as a tonic.