Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 215 pages)
,
illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813123844
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0813171393
,
9780813123844
,
9780813171395
Inhalt:
For thousands of years, cultures around the world have relied on herbal medicine for healing. Only recently have Americans flocked to once-suspect botanical treatments for the promise of good health and longevity. Among the most treasured of these plants is American ginseng, revered by millions of Asians as a virtual panacea that sustains every system of the human body. In Ginseng Dreams, Kristin Johannsen chronicles the remarkable world of the mysterious plant that commands as much as two thousand dollars a pound. She unfolds ginseng's history and its future through the stories of seven peop
Inhalt:
Man-root -- Out sangin' -- Shang gardens -- Virtually wild -- "Come back when you have a real crime to report" -- From the hollows to Hong Kong -- Under the microscope -- -- Ginseng dreams
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Johannsen, Kristin, 1957- Ginseng dreams Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006
Sprache:
Englisch
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