Word: ginseng
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Faced with hundreds of pages to read for the next exam, some college students have started to pass on the old standbys like coffee and No-Doz, reaching for herbal tea and ginseng instead...
...struggle to stay awake, students are turning toward natural substances such as ginseng or blue-green algae, which some say evinces an energy boost...
...Ginseng, often called the "root of life," has been used for thousands of years in Asian countries for revitalizing and strengthening the body. Doses of ginseng are said to result in increased vitality that can offer anything from a quick pick-me-up to prolonged general vitality...
...film opens with scenes of several of Iree's sons gathering moss and bloodroot and selling ginseng. The herbs are their only means of supporting themselves, aside from welfare payments...
...Ginseng, ginkgo biloba and homeopathic potions have become as American as apple pie, but will anyone still be taking them in 2025? Advocates of alternative medicine, buoyed--and enriched--by the $30 billion Americans spend annually on unconventional therapies, confidently predict that herbal remedies and homeopathic potions will not only flourish in the coming decades but will also take their rightful place alongside vaccines, antibiotics, gene therapy and the other tools of modern medicine...