VERY profitable in central NY,as well - these simpletons truly believe it will put ‘Lead In Their Pencils’ ...
UGH!
Go, Trump, GO!
It’s not new...They’ve been hunting “Sang” ever since I can remember in East Tennessee mountains...I’m 67...
They have been doing this since my grandpa was a coal miner.
When the mines were on strike you had two ways of making money, one was moonshine the other was ginseng hunting.
After he married grandma he promised to give up making moonshine so that left ginseng.
This is nothing new. It’s been going on for a long time.
Why?
Mountain people have gone ‘sangin for as long as I can remember. It’s always been valuable, going back to colonial times. A good sized “man root” with four prongs can fetch $1K, and an especially big, old, gnarly one can bring ten times that. American indian tribes held ginseng in a very similar regard as the Chinese, as far as purported health benefits and uses. It grows in every state east of the Mississippi.
It's not easy ... dry is a five to one ratio.
You can sell wet (or I could in those days) but it was a big cut
This has been true for years.....has led to some poaching
I had some scumbag neighbors in the next holler over down in
White Bluff, Tn. that used to sneak over and steal my Ginseng until I invited my Class III dealer friend down for a little range time. We fired full auto all afternoon and I never had any trouble after that.
There was a TV series about ginseng hunting in Appalachia. I forget the name of the series or even what channel it was on.
Anybody who has watched Appalachia Outlaws for the last couple of years know all about this. Actually a very interesting show.
Anybody who has watched Appalachia Outlaws for the last couple of years know all about this. Actually a very interesting show.
I bought some ginseng tea, and it was very good. Then I read the small print which warned against overconsumption because it can increase the heart rate. My heart is very slow (less than 60), but I don’t want it sped up. So I stopped drinking the ginseng tea.
I seriously do not understand the compulsion some people have to take substances “for health.” If they are sick and need some pharmaceutical intervention to try to get their body back to normal function, that is one thing. But to be healthy and seek to take something with pharmaceutical properties is lunatic. Pharmaceuticals, whether they are in their “natural” state or are purified, measured, and bound in known quantities in pills, disrupt the natural biochemistry of the body. Why not just be happy with the way the body naturally functions and eat a balanced diet and exercise to remain healthy?
I live in Asheville. This has been around for a long time.
Cropped up??? Another example of the press not getting out of the cities and seeing the rest of the world. Ginsing has been big in Appalachia for a LONG time. Appalachia was a central point for the Asian ginseng trade since the 1700s. Here in the Boone area of North Carolina, it's all over the place. I have a secret stash of the stuff growing on a mountain near me right now. I'll harvest it when the time is right.
There is nothing new about gathering ginseng in the WVa woods.
There is nothing new about gathering ginseng in the WVa woods.
It’s been big in PA for a long time. I remember hearing that there are people who guard their “spots” as closely as WV pot farmers.