Ginseng Can Help Keep You Clear Of Colds, Say Scientists

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-25-2005 | Nic Fleming

[deaconjim]

ginsing ping

[deaconjim]

or ginseng ping, perhaps

[KoRn]

I used to go through the woods and harvest that stuff to sell the roots. Lots of $$$$ if you get enough of it. I found a 6 foot plant once that had a very good sized root.

[Fairview]

It would have been helpful if the report had mentioned the particular quantity of ginseng necessary to produce this effect. Unless herbs like this can be carefully controlled for the amount of active agent in a dose, such studies are very vague.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I never catch colds as long as I gargle with listerine everyday.

[billorites]

Listerine is fine, but you're more likely to get laid with ginseng.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I don't catch many colds at all--not even an average of one a year. I ascribe it to a diet rich in protein, daily exercise, and not smoking.

[Bird Jenkins]

I gargle with listerine every day too. I'm also currently using Lever 2000's new ginseng & vitamin soap. It says "Energize" on the wrapper. I feel like a million bucks, but I smell like a Chinaman!

[deaconjim]

Ginseng farming can be quite profitable as long as you're prepared to wait a few years for the harvest.

[muawiyah]

There's this pint bottle of Korean hootch with ginsing under my sink. Is that OK?

[KoRn]

Yeah, and if you can even grow it. I had some family members who tried(unsuccessfully) to grow it once. It seems to require a special environment, or they just had brown thumbs.

[blam]

"There's this pint bottle of Korean hootch with ginsing under my sink. Is that OK?"

Yes, in responsible quantities.

[whenigettime]

Or you could try: Genseng pung, or perhaps gunseng poong? What the hey.. anyway, I like the way ginseng wakes me up when coffee won't work.

[deaconjim]

It does take a lot of careful planning and much work to grow it.

[elli1]

Hmongs grow a lot of ginseng in central Wisconsin...Marathon County.

[no dems]

Dude, this SCOTUS nomination debate has got me so harried out when I read the title of the thread I thought it said: "Ginsberg Can Help Keep You Clear of Colds." For real.

I need a vacation.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Good hygiene and staying away from crowded areas is the best prevention.

[backhoe]

In the FYI, FWIW department-- I ran across these little snippets of information a while ago:

 Human flu pandemic 'inevitable' in Britain -- "Take your vitamin C"
My brother, a doctor, is taking cinnamon.
He cites information from the big flue epidemic of
1918 that showed that in a large Cinnamon
processing plant, not one person came down with the flu.

 Chemical In Grapes Inhibit Flu Virus

 

 Ten Health Benefits of Coffee-(in related news smoking does wonders more at 10)

Source:

Strange new disease outbreaks
various FR links | 06-09-03 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

[panaxanax]

It is very profitable if you have the right soil and proper growing conditions. In fact, I just sold a wild root for $2800.00. Yes that's two-thousand and eight-hundred dollars for a single root. It was 132+ years old and over a foot long, weighed 1.5 ounces.

Wish I knew how to post a picture here.