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'''Panacis quinquefolis''' ('''Panax quinquefolius, American ginseng''') is a herbaceous perennial plant in the ivy family, commonly used as Chinese or [[Herbal medicine]]. An extract is sold as Cold-fX. It is native to eastern North America, though it is also cultivated in places such as China. ==Uses=={{Uses|migraines}}, {{Uses|headaches}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|piles}}, {{Uses|burning sensation}}, {{Uses|perspiration problems}}, {{Uses|burning sensation in the vagina}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Root tubers}}. ==Chemical Composition==Atisine, Aconitine, Atisenol, Atidine, Hetisine, Hetisinone, Banzolheteratisine, Histidine, F-dihydroatisine, Heteratisine and Several diterpene alkaloids such aheterophyllin, heterophyllisin, heterophyllidine, and hetidine.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Ativisa|ml=Ativisam|sa=Ativisha|ta=Atividyam|te=Ati visa|hi=Atis|en=Indian Atees}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|glabrous|sessile|The leaves are variable in shape and size}}.<ref name="intLeaf"/>

== Uses =Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|white–violet|10-18|Flowers are Large, hooded and occur in slender racemes or lax leafy panicles. Corolla is hairy. Carpels are five in number}}

*There is little evidence to support that American ginseng is effective against the common cold.<ref name="uses"/>==Fruit===*The plant's forked root and leaves were traditionally used for medicinal purposes by Native Americans{{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.*There is tentative evidence that it may lessen the length of sickness when used preventively4 in.<ref name="uses2/>) long pome||s|}}

==Common name=Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as '''English'root juice extract'' - Chinese medicine

== References Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Tuber segment}}.

<references><ref name="int">[http:=How to plant//flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume13/Araliaceae.pdf "Flora cultivate==The more common species of China"]</ref><ref name="uses">[https://wwwAconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024156/ "Complementary They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and alternative medicine for prevention delphiniums, and treatment can grow in the shade of the common coldtrees."]</ref><ref name="uses2>[https:/How to plant/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136130/ "North American (Panax quinquefolius) and Asian Ginseng (Panax ginseng) Preparations for Prevention of the Common Cold in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review.cultivate"]</ref></references>

== External Links Commonly seen growing in areas== *[https://en.wikipedia{{Commonly seen|western Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|open woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|moisty soil area}}.org/wiki/American_ginseng American ginseng-Wikipedia]

[[Category==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Herbs]]Americanginseng.jpg|American ginseng in human figureFile:MonkGinsengGarden.jpg|Under wooden shade, American ginseng in late fall at Monk Garden in WisconsinFile:American-ginseng-with-fruit.jpg|A picture of the American Ginseng plant with fruit.File:Marathonginsengberry.jpg|American ginseng berries are ripe by late fall in Wisconsin.File:Drawn image of fruit and leaf.jpg|A drawn image of the fruit and leaf of the American Ginseng plantFile:Drawn image.png|A drawn image of the American ginseng plants leavesFile:American Ginseng.jpg|American wild ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius). This is a very old specimen, showing over 60 growth scars.File:American Ginseng 3.jpg|American wild ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius). Very old roots, ranging from 40–60 growth scars.File:American Ginseng 1.jpg|American wild ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius). This is a very old specimen, showing over 60 growth scars.File:American Ginseng 2.jpg|American wild ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius). Very old roots, ranging from 40–65 growth scars.</gallery>