Walnut Meadows Ginseng Farm

The following books and reference materials provide considerable insight into raising, harvesting and marketing your own ginseng.

Rating system

	An essential reference
	Well worth the money
	Worth reading
	Read if you must read everything
	Avoid

Books

The Ginseng Book - Nature's Ancient Healer (How to use Ginseng to rejuvenate and Heal) by Stephen Fulder, Ph.D., Avery Publishing Group $8.95 US

An excellent book that tells you how to use Ginseng. Has the recipe for a couple of oriental tinctures you can make yourself. A must-read.

Ginseng Production Guide for Commercial Growers (1996) available from the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 162 Oriole Rd., Kamloops, B.C., V2C 4N7 Ph. (250) 371-6050 ISBN: 1203-6994 $25 Cd

Easily the best, also the newest, guide for growing Ginseng available. From right here in Beautiful British Columbia.

The Ginsengs - A User's Guide by Christopher Hobbs, Botanica Press, 10226 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz, California, 95060 ISBN: 1-884360-06-8 $7.95 US

A very good book, although very short, that has information on all the "Ginsengs", even those that aren't Ginsengs. A very complete bibliography makes this book worth buying for anyone researching Ginseng.

American Ginseng - Green Gold - A grower's guide, including ginseng's history and use by W. Scott Persons, Bright Mountain Books, 138 Springside Rd., Asheville, North Carolina, 28803 ISBN: 0-914875-16-7 $10 US

A Good book if you want to grow Woods-Grown Ginseng or very small plantings. Doesn't contain many modern techniques.

Herbal Medications - Information from Science and the traditional uses of more than 200 Medicinal Herbs by David G. Spoerke, Jr., Ph.D, Woodbridge Press Publishing Company, PO Box 6189, Santa Barbara, California 963160 ISBN: 0-88007-181-8 $9.95 US

The information on Ginseng is about one page, as with most of the other 200 medicinal herbs in the book. Still interesting if you want a brief primer on many different herbs and herbal medications.

Additional reference material

Parke J.L. and Shotwell K.M. Diseases of Cultivated Ginseng. Madison: University of Wisconsin-Extension, 1989

Duke J.A. Ginseng: A Concise Handbook. Algonac, MI: Reference Publications Inc, 1989.

McRae F.C. Ginseng. Ontario Department of Agriculture, 1921

Schooley, Jan. Ginseng Production in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, 1996

Proctor J.T.A. and Bailey W.G. Ginseng: Industry, botany and culture.Horticultural Reviews, 1987, 9:187-236

Brammall, R.A. and Fisher, P.Botrytis Blight of Ginseng. Agdex 260/631. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 1993

Ding, D.Z. Effects of red ginseng on the congestive heart failure and its mechanism. Chung Kuo Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih, 1995, 15:325-27

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