What is the difference between Korean ginseng and red ginseng?

Korean ginseng and red ginseng are both a type of ginseng. Both have good health-care effects on the human body. They can help replenish vitality, anti-aging, and enhance immunity. So what are the differences between the two? Let’s talk about it below.

1. Difference in origin

Red ginseng and Korean ginseng are produced in different places, so their growing environments are naturally different. Red ginseng is produced in the Northeast region of my country. It is suitable for growing on high mountains with lush vegetation. Its growth has very high requirements for the environment and it will not survive if there is any deviation. Korean ginseng is produced in the Korean Peninsula. It likes to grow in climatic conditions with slanting sunlight and dry soil, and its growth has very high environmental requirements.

2. Difference in properties

There is not much difference between red ginseng and Korean ginseng in terms of nutritional value and medicinal value. But in terms of appearance, there will be some differences. Red ginseng, as the name suggests, is dark in color, dark brown or red. The color of Korean ginseng is lighter, appears translucent and shiny, and is generally light brown. From the perspective of shape, after removing the roots, red ginseng generally appears cylindrical, with a relatively regular shape without too many forks and branches. The shape of Korean ginseng is not particularly regular. Its body appears to be longer, and there are more forks and branches at the roots.

The difference between Korean ginseng and red ginseng

3. Difference in production process

Different production processes produce different types of ginseng. The quality of Korean ginseng produced by different production processes will be different, and the requirements for producing Korean ginseng are relatively high. The production of red ginseng needs to be combined with white ginseng. The ginseng with higher quality during the production process is called red ginseng, and the ginseng that does not meet certain quality requirements is called white ginseng.

4. Difference in efficacy

Red ginseng is suitable for those who have been ill for a long time and have weak bodies. Red ginseng has the characteristics of being hot and strong, and is the first choice tonic for those with yin prevailing and yang deficient. Common clinical symptoms such as lung deficiency cough, spleen deficiency long-term diarrhea and dysentery, middle deficiency and cold stomach, blood deficiency and dizziness, heart deficiency and chest pain, palpitations and insomnia, kidney deficiency and shortness of breath, more exhalation and less inhalation, etc. should all be treated with red ginseng to replenish qi and replenish deficiency.

Korean ginseng has the effects of replenishing vital energy, nourishing and strengthening the body, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, calming the mind and improving intelligence. It is suitable for people with palpitations and insomnia, weak body, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, etc.

5. Edibility Difference

In terms of medicinal properties, red ginseng is superior to Korean ginseng. However, in terms of edibility, Korean ginseng is more suitable to be added to some ingredients, such as Korean ginseng and coix seed tea, ginseng porridge, and ginseng stewed chicken, all of which use Korean ginseng.