Mowenjie looked at the century-old wild ginseng with great excitement in his heart. Wild ginseng is considered the top grade among all ginseng due to its limited production, making genuine wild ginseng extremely expensive. Ginseng has been hailed as the "King of Herbs" since ancient times, known for its properties of nourishing yin, invigorating the body, and strengthening the foundation. It contains a variety of saponins and polysaccharides, whose extract can be slowly absorbed by the skin without causing any adverse irritation. It can dilate the skin's capillaries, promote blood circulation in the skin, enhance skin nutrition, regulate the balance of water and oil in the skin, prevent dehydration, hardening, and wrinkle formation. The active substances in ginseng inhibit melanin reduction ability, making the skin white and smooth. It can enhance skin elasticity and enable cells to regenerate new ones. Ginseng is considered a top-grade skincare beauty product. You can directly soak ginseng in 50% glycerin; after 10 days, use glycerin to rub your face or make a concentrated decoction of ginseng; pour a little into your daily face wash water; or use glycerin containing ginseng or ginseng water to wash your face to keep your skin moisturized sufficiently.
Medical Value
The meaty root of ginseng is a famous tonic and fortifying medicine, suitable for adjusting blood pressure, restoring heart function, neurasthenia and physical weakness, etc. It also has demucolytic, gastric invigorating, diuretic and stimulating effects.
Ginseng can be divided into American ginseng, ginseng from the Northeast China, and ginseng from North Korea according to the origin. Due to different climates, the horizontal stripes on the surface of American ginseng are more obvious than those of the latter two, and the imported ginseng has higher effective ingredient content.
Ginseng is sweet and slightly bitter, mild and neutral. It belongs to spleen, lung, heart meridians. It can tonify qi, consolidate vitality, invigorate yin and blood, tranquilize mind, nourish intelligence.
1. "Shen Nong's Canon": "Taste sweet, slightly cold."
2. "Bie Lu": "Mild, harmless."
3. "Benshi Biao Yao": "Raw, sweet and bitter, slightly cool; cooked, sweet, mild."
Channels entered: Spleen and Lung Channels.
1. "Shen Nong Yansheng Baiyu": "Go to the Taiyin Hand."
2. "Benshi Hui Yan": "Enter the lungs and spleen meridians."
3. "Hypothetical Meaning of Medicinal Herbs": "Enter the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians."
Effects: Nourishing vital energy, restoring pulse solidity, tonifying the spleen and strengthening the lungs, producing saliva, calming the mind.
Indications: For physical weakness and the risk of collapse, cold limbs with faint pulse, spleen deficiency with decreased appetite, lung deficiency with coughing and asthma, dry mouth and thirst due to deficiency of body fluid, internal heat-induced diabetes mellitus, emaciation due to prolonged illness, palpitations and insomnia, impotence and cold vulva; heart failure, cardiogenic shock. Used for shortness of breath and palpitations, forgetfulness, excessive thirst and sweating, decreased appetite and weakness, in all kinds of acute and chronic diseases and shock or collapse caused by bleeding. It greatly replenishes vital energy, consolidates vitality and produces saliva while calming the mind. Treats fatigue and deficiencies due to overwork, decreased appetite, fatigue, regurgitation of food after eating (reflux), loose stools (diarrhea), weak coughing with shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating followed by sudden collapse (homicidal sweats), palpitations, forgetfulness, dizziness and headache, impotence (erectile dysfunction), frequent urination (pollakiuria), diabetes mellitus (thirst), uterine bleeding in women (uterine hemorrhage), chronic tetanus in children caused by invasion of "wind" pathogen at a late stage (wind-attack tetanus), prolonged emaciation without recovery from illness or injury (chronic exhaustion without recovery), as well as all symptoms resulting from insufficient vital energy blood and body fluid.
There is a centenarian wild ginseng that can produce numerous tonifying elixirs. Having such elixirs can quickly restore one's vitality, making it incredibly effective. This is especially true during high-stakes matches, where whoever possesses the tonifying elixirs holds the advantage. It is an invaluable main ingredient of tonifying elixirs, something that is hard to come by. I am lucky today to encounter this centenarian wild ginseng on the first day, indicating that I will certainly reap a bountiful harvest. With such a good beginning, the ending will definitely not be poor!
Mowenjie's mind was filled with more and more joy, so he carefully observed the situation around him. This centenarian wild ginseng would not have survived until now without some poisonous beast protecting it. Clearly, the poisonous beast guarding this centenarian wild ginseng is no ordinary creature. I'd better be careful for my own safety. I cannot afford to let this beast attack me or destroy the ginseng, which would result in significant losses. As he pondered this, he remained vigilant about his surroundings, afraid of inadvertently alerting the guardian. When he was about fifty meters away from the wild ginseng, a five-step snake suddenly appeared in front of him.
Although Mowenjie was not afraid of venomous snakes, he still jumped in surprise upon seeing the five-step snake. The five-step snake is a large to medium-sized elapoid viper from the genus Agkistrodon within the family Viperidae. The five-step snake is well-known among snakes for its distinctive appearance and toxicity.
The head of the five-step snake is large and clearly triangular, which is one of the typical features of vipers in the family Viperidae. Its snout is sharp and arched, giving it an unsettling appearance. The head back of young five-step snakes is light brown, the back body is light brown, and the tail tip is light yellow. This color combination serves a good camouflage function in nature.
Due to its haughty nature, when a person gets close, the five-step snake will not flee. Therefore, people need to remain vigilant to avoid attacks.
Mowenjie looked at the five-step snake, and the snake looked back at him, creating a standoff between man and snake. Mowenjie had already prepared to fight the five-step snake. The silver needles in his hand were tightly gripped, ready to be shot at any moment if the snake dared to attack. Whether he could kill the five-step snake was uncertain; after all, the skin of the five-step snake is quite thick, and if it has scales, it would be even more difficult to say!
The five-step snake may have sensed a strange danger. It looked at Mowenjie without moving, showing an air of calm and waiting for the other to move first!
Mowenjie found the five-step snake a bit funny, this little creature indeed had some spirit and acted like a guardian. But you've encountered me today, which means it's impossible for you to get what you want. Today, I am determined to take the centenarian wild ginseng away. You little creature had better not make any rash moves, or I won't spare you. You'd better behave yourself and stay calm; otherwise, there will be trouble for you!
The five-step snake assumed a fighting posture and stood in opposition to Mowenjie for a full two hours, neither making the first move. It was as if they were friends, neither moving while just looking at each other.
Mowenjie looked at the five-step snake. "Little creature, why don't you leave this place immediately? Do you really want to force me to make a move? If I do, you'll find it difficult to escape unscathed. What am I here for? You'd better stay away from me, or else I will strike!"
The five-step snake stared at Mo Wenjie with its eyes, trying to convey that this place was its territory, and all the medicinal herbs here were under its protection. It warned them to leave, otherwise it would never let them off the hook. This was also their final warning to them. If they didn't leave immediately, they would regret it. The snake continued, "Don't think humans are so powerful. I can still make you humans afraid! Just wait and see how terrible toxins are! No one can take away the centenarian wild ginseng without my permission!"
Mowenjie looked at the five-step snake. He didn't want to harm it either, after all, it was not easy to live this long. "You'd better leave this place, I really don't want to hurt you. I hope you'll behave yourself and don't force me to take action against you!"
Perhaps it was due to the passage of time, or it might have been fate. The five-step snake, staring at Mo Wenjie, also felt a sense of danger, so it dared not move randomly!
Mo Wenjie was not pleased with this situation. He had already given the five-step snake a chance to leave, but it did not. Therefore, he had no choice but to take action against it. He raised his hand and was about to release the silver needles. Suddenly, another monkey appeared by his side. The monkey's eyes were staring at Mo Wenjie, as if it was saying "How can you be so unreasonable?" The monkey meant that this was their territory, and Mo Wenjie was an intruder. They would join forces with each other to fight against him until the end!
Mo Wenjie directly threw out a silver needle, which fell perfectly on the five-step snake. In an instant, the snake let out a scream and retreated about 20 meters. It was so painful! Why did it have to be this way? To randomly attack me with its silver needle and continue to harass me. I'm truly afraid of you humans! I have guarded this place for decades, now I'm forced to leave, my heart is so hurt! There's no way to retreat any further...
Mo Wenjie looked at the five-step snake, "Your body has been injured now. Do you really want to get hurt again? I advise you not to do this. Leave when it's time to go, and don't make senseless persistences. I must obtain this centenarian wild ginseng. If you don't want to get hurt again, then leave quickly! Otherwise, I will use a big move!"
The monkey watched Mo Wenjie's back. "This human is too terrifying, just forcing us to give up our treasure like this, it's so unfair! I don't know what to do. Should I call for help and have other animals come to assist us, or should I leave here?" The monkey had intelligence and knew that this human was easy to provoke. Seeing this, the monkey began to shout and gesture at the five-step snake. In the end, both the monkey and the five-step snake withdrew!
Mo Wenjie looked at the monkey and felt a bit disappointed in his heart. In fact, they were not wrong, the mistake was that they all needed the same thing. Compared to various animals, humans are much more intelligent. Since you have all reached an agreement gracefully, I will not confront you either! He slowly approached the wild ginseng and carefully tied a rope to it before starting to dig it up. As this was a centenarian wild ginseng, its root system was very developed, which made Mo Wenjie work hard and dig through each of its fibrous root threads. He had put in all his might and spent an entire day, finally extracting the wild ginseng from the ground. It was indeed exhausting for him, and he dare not be careless. He slowly gathered the wild ginseng into a pile and finally sighed with relief. He would spend tonight here and continue searching for medicinal materials tomorrow, hoping for good fortune every day. Although he might encounter danger, it was proportional to his rewards. He came here to find higher-level medicinal materials to create even higher-level elixirs. So far, the dangers here were not much compared to his experience. As long as he was careful, he could still overcome them. Therefore, he didn't rush to search for medicinal materials but began resting instead. His method of operation was indeed calm! While resting, he started thinking about how to let everyone know that he was searching for medicinal materials here specifically and higher-level ones too, for creating even higher-level elixirs.
Ignoring everyone's strong demands, I came here to search for medicinal materials regardless of the consequences. The heavens do not disappoint those who toil, and I have finally found the long-lost precious medicinal herbs. It's simply too incredible! Even if I'm completely clueless, I won't let go of the high-level medicinal materials.
