I-ginseng yaseMelika iyikhambi elingapheli elinezimbali ezimhlophe namajikijolo abomvu akhula emahlathini asempumalanga eNyakatho Melika. Njenge-ginseng yase-Asia (i-Panax ginseng), i-ginseng yaseMelika yaziwa ngendlela eyinqaba“womuntu”ukuma kwezimpande zayo. Igama layo Chinese“Jin-chen”(lapho“i-ginseng”livela) kanye negama laboMdabu baseMelika“i-garantoquen”humushela ku“impande yomuntu.”Bobabili aboMdabu baseMelika kanye namasiko okuqala ase-Asia basebenzisa impande ye-ginseng ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene ukusekela impilo nokukhuthaza ukuphila isikhathi eside.

Abantu bathatha i-ginseng yaseMelika ngomlomo ukuze bacindezeleke, baqinise amasosha omzimba, futhi njengesikhuthazi. I-ginseng yaseMelika iphinde isetshenziselwe izifo zemigudu yomoya efana nomkhuhlane nomkhuhlane, isifo sikashukela, nezinye izimo eziningi, kodwa abukho ubufakazi obuhle besayensi obusekela noma yikuphi kwalokhu kusetshenziswa.

Ungase futhi ubone i-ginseng yaseMelika ibhalwe njengesithako kwezinye iziphuzo ezithambile. Amafutha kanye neziqephu ezenziwe nge-ginseng yaseMelika zisetshenziswa ezinsipho nezimonyo.

Ungayiphambanisi i-ginseng yaseMelika ne-Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng) noma i-Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus). Zinemiphumela ehlukene.