Ginseng (Panax ginseng) is a perennial herb of the Araliaceae, which is produced in Northeast China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and eastern Russia. "PANAX" comes from the Greek word, meaning "to cure all diseases". Its root can be used medicinally. It can regulate the central nervous system, improve heart function, strengthen the body's immune function, and also has anti-tumor and antioxidant effects.
The main component of ginseng is ginsenoside. Modern pharmacological research shows that Rg3 can act on the G2 phase of the cell reproductive cycle, inhibit the synthesis of protein and ATP during the prophase of mitosis of cancer cells, slow down the proliferation and growth of cancer cells, inhibit cancer cell infiltration, anti-tumor cell metastasis, and promote tumor cell apoptosis and death, inhibition of tumor cell growth, etc.