Ginseng waku America ndi zitsamba zosatha zomwe zimakhala ndi maluwa oyera ndi zipatso zofiira zomwe zimamera kum'mawa kwa nkhalango za North America. Monga ginseng waku Asia (Panax ginseng), ginseng yaku America imadziwika kuti ndi yachilendo“munthu”mawonekedwe a mizu yake. Dzina lake Chinese“Jin-chen”(ku“ginseng”amachokera) ndi dzina la Native American“garantoquen”kumasulira ku“munthu mizu.”Onse Achimereka Achimereka ndi zikhalidwe zoyambirira za ku Asia ankagwiritsa ntchito mizu ya ginseng m'njira zosiyanasiyana kuthandizira thanzi ndi kulimbikitsa moyo wautali.

Anthu amatenga ginseng waku America pakamwa pofuna kupsinjika, kulimbitsa chitetezo chamthupi, komanso ngati cholimbikitsa. Ginseng ya ku America imagwiritsidwanso ntchito pa matenda am'mlengalenga monga chimfine ndi chimfine, matenda a shuga, ndi zina zambiri, koma palibe umboni wabwino wa sayansi wochirikiza ntchito zonsezi.

Mutha kuwonanso ginseng yaku America yolembedwa ngati chophatikizira muzakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi. Mafuta ndi zopangira zopangidwa kuchokera ku American ginseng zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mu sopo ndi zodzoladzola.

Osasokoneza ginseng yaku America ndi ginseng yaku Asia (Panax ginseng) kapena Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus). Iwo ali ndi zotsatira zosiyana.