Deseret Evening News | 1906-08-18 | Page 20 | "Ginseng"-an Equal of Gold

GlI An l I of Gold I It 11 has often otten been n asserted hat that next nut to tn tea ginseng n nc is h the tb roost most celebrated cel l d plant in all the orient It may lOA well W II be termed the cureall MS lit the tM ChInese have havea ba a II wonderful faith In tn Its III curative and properties for which tea rea teason son on It ha hu has been styled the Ihl cinchona of china I It H Is 18 C 41 to 10 be 1 a cure cur ru for fevers tHI and Ind w weaknesses of o all aU sorts sort the Ihl chief unit anil most m t costly COHo medicine The plant l III found wild In th the mountain forests rt II of or easters eastern Asia sia Ia from Nepal pal to toI Manchuria I hurla It formerly grew In iii Ian nan and but was wan supplanted by b the llie I wild riot The root wot Is 18 carefully hunted by itt h the th who wh boast that the Ih td of th ir country are the he choice chol drugs of th the Chinese It 11 would be he Im Impossible to 11 price Irl ginseng Some wild root rents have hate been known to realize their weight In lit gold while hll the cultivated variety arM co costs t from p 0 cents a II pound Vf 1 Generally speaking the th average prices 1 are aN for the best bett t IU Il 12 per pound fair all and anil ordinary M in I lent vents to IL 1 I I r Weekly