The Inexorable March Of Human Progress
The first recorded use of ginseng
as a medicinal herb
was in 196 AD in the
Shen Nong Pharmacopoeia,
a Chinese text.
In the 1500s, China and Korea
fought over control
of ginseng fields;
both nations used it
to treat convalescing patients.
One thousand eight hundred and thirty years
after its introduction, ginseng is now
an ingredient in 16-ounce bottles of Arizona Green Tea,
although it appears several places down,
after high fructose corn syrup.
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20 April 2026
Charlottesville VA
Day 20 of National Poetry Month
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