1.   As for the herbs, ginseng root is available at most area health food stores.

2.   Ginseng root, sold in the form of powders, extracts, teas and tablets, is also promoted for virility, but its effectiveness is unproven in humans.

3.   Ginseng root, a hot alternative remedy these days, has not been embraced by Western-trained scientists.

4.   Ginseng root has gained a reputation in the United States as a caffeine-free energy-booster, showing up in products from herbal supplements to soft drinks.

5.   Partying like a rock star now involves stuff like ginkgo biloba, Siberian ginseng root and milk thistle extract.

6.   They were funny-looking little things, kind of like those pieces of ginseng root that float in jars in the windows of Chinatown shops.

7.   But more and more farmers, especially younger ones, are raising other crops on different fields to reduce their reliance on the fragile ginseng roots.

8.   Cultivated ginseng roots can resemble a fat carrot.