It takes 200 to 300 plants to produce a pound of roots. Though the state Plant Board tracks ginseng sales, it doesn't distinguish between wild-simulated and wild, Shell said.

The roots are primarily used in tea and for cooking as a medicinal additive, he said. About one-third of Duncan's business is dealing with ginseng, which amounts to about 1,000 pounds of roots a year.

The West Virginia Department of Forestry maintains a list of registered ginseng dealers who are legally allowed to buy the root and trade it internationally, so they are not hard to find. But to ...

The connection between Appalachian ginseng and the Chinese consumer market stretches back centuries. For a botanist like Burkhart, this connection is not a surprise: The temperate zones of eastern ...

With wild ginseng root fetching more than $600 a pound, poachers have taken to the N.C. forests. Lotteries will be held for permits to legally harvest in national forests in September. Mitch Weiss AP ...

A 93-year-old ginseng root could be worth thousands and is getting sold at an auction, Vermont officials say. Here’s why it’s valuable.

The state defines the end of ginseng season as December 31, but Brooks says the ginseng typically disappears after the first frost, so it could be much earlier than that.

Now, based on tests on mice, researchers may have found a way to fight booze's brain-hampering effects with the potent red ginseng root. Korean red ginseng (KRG) has been used as an overall tonic ...

Bollie, Jones and Jones are set to appear in Dallas County court Sept. 12. The DNR is asking for $292.50 in restitution and damages from each man. Ginseng is a slow-growing plant and its root is ...

Ginseng poaching in the national park is nothing new, but rangers in the Smokies say the problem is different these days due to popular television shows and the drug epidemic.

Most research studies suggest daily doses of 200 milligrams of Panax ginseng extract or 0.5-2 grams of dry root. When given as a capsule, dosages of ginseng usually range from 100-600 milligrams a ...

A 93-year-old ginseng root could be worth thousands and is getting sold at an auction, Vermont officials say. Here’s why it’s valuable.