Book cover of Ginseng Roots: A Memoir (2025), written and illustrated by Craig Thompson (all images courtesy Pantheon Graphic Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House) That Midwestern soil is, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Ginseng is a shy plant, a wallflower of sorts, and it is quite particular about its living accommodations. Out of all of Earth’s domains, only the ...

EAST LIVERPOOL – As a dealer of ginseng, Mitchell McCullough considers himself part of an American tradition going back to Daniel Boone. He’s been involved in the ginseng trade since the age of 18, ...

LAVALE, Md. — While still unsure of whether his discovery constitutes world record status, a northern Maryland man is now preparing to hand over his hand-dug find to the highest bidder. After reaching ...

The root ginseng is used to treat all kinds of ailments in traditional Chinese medicine. And some of the most valuable ginseng grows wild in Appalachia. Supplies are dwindling. So as Julia DeWitt from ...

Deep in the heart of Yeoju-Si, South Korea, an ancient treasure is revolutionizing modern skincare. Ginseng, nicknamed the “man-root” for its uncanny human-like appearance, has emerged from centuries ...

In 2011, cartoonist Craig Thompson fell on his moneymaker – by which I mean his drawing hand. The author of the award-winning (and often banned) graphic memoir Blankets was in China, riding a bamboo ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OWEN COUNTY, Ind. — A wanted, Indiana man ...

Even though George Albright has been digging "sang" in his native West Virginia with a homemade "sanging hoe" since he was 12 years old, he doesn't use ginseng himself. Ken Sherman Tom Carte's harvest ...