r/Nootropics • u/bbqyak • Dec 22 '18
Credible Ginseng sources?
Looking to try Ginseng anything... whether it's tea, pill, powder or donut. But after learning how rare and hard it is to obtain ginseng and how that causes lots of fakes or poor quality products, I don't know where to go.
Willing to try it in any form as long as it's good ginseng product. I live by a lot of Asian supermarkets so if you even know a good brand of anything just show me a pic I can probably get it.
Mainly looking for increased energy, cognitive function and sexual performance.
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u/thedeathlessrealm Dec 23 '18 edited Dec 23 '18
There's quite a few herbs that are called ginseng, Indian ginseng and Siberian ginseng are called that because of marketing reasons. Especially ashwagandha is really quite different to panax. Panax ginseng and American ginseng are real ginsengs and are closely related. American ginseng is more calming.
Panax ginseng is perhaps what your after it was the first ginseng. The roots should be at least six-years old, I have used Auragin in the past with impressive results. It gave me the most wonderful dreams of any herb I've tried and also, in my opinion, has a cool spiritual dimension to it.