I-ginseng yaseMelika yimifuno engapheliyo eneentyantyambo ezimhlophe kunye namaqunube abomvu akhula kwimpuma yamahlathi aseMntla Melika. Njenge ginseng yaseAsia (Panax ginseng), iginseng yaseMelika yamkelwa into engaqhelekanga“umntu”ukumila kweengcambu zayo. Igama layo Chinese“Jin-chen”(apho“iginseng”livela) kunye negama leNative American“garantoquen”guqulela ku“ingcambu yomntu.”Bobabini abantu bomthonyama baseMelika kunye neenkcubeko zaseAsia zangaphambili basebenzisa ingcambu yeginseng ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ukuxhasa impilo kunye nokukhuthaza ubomi obude.

Abantu bathatha i-ginseng yaseMelika ngomlomo ukwenzela uxinzelelo, ukomeleza amajoni omzimba, kwaye njengento evuselelayo. Iginseng yaseMelika ikwasetyenziselwa usulelo lweendlela zomoya ezinjengomkhuhlane kunye nomkhuhlane, isifo seswekile, kunye nezinye iimeko ezininzi, kodwa akukho bungqina bubambekayo bezenzululwazi bokuxhasa naluphi na olu setyenziso.

Ungabona kwakhona i-ginseng yaseMelika edweliswe njengesithako kwezinye iziselo ezithambileyo. Ioyile kunye nezicatshulwa ezenziwe kwiginseng yaseMelika zisetyenziswa kwiisepha nakwizithambiso.

Musa ukubhidanisa iginseng yaseMelika kunye neAsian ginseng (Panax ginseng) okanye Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus). Zineziphumo ezahlukeneyo.