Red Ginseng from Korea

<h3>Red ginseng</h3>

Red ginseng</p>

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<p>Red ginseng (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a>: 홍삼; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: 紅蔘; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">RR</a>: <i>hong-sam</i>, simplified Chinese: <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A2" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:红">红</a><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%82" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:参">参</a>; traditional Chinese: <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B4%85" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:紅">紅</a><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%94%98" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:蔘">蔘</a>; pinyin: <em>hóng sēn</em>), is <i>Panax ginseng</i> that has been heated, either through steaming or sun-drying. It is frequently marinated in an herbal brew which results in the root becoming extremely brittle. This version of ginseng is traditionally associated with stimulating sexual function and increasing energy. Red ginseng is always produced from cultivated roots, generally from Korea.</p>

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In 2002, a preliminary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-blind" title="Double-blind" class="mw-redirect">double-blind</a>, crossover study of Korean red ginseng's effects on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impotence" title="Impotence" class="mw-redirect">impotence</a> reported that it can be an effective alternative for treating male erectile dysfunction, during which 60% of study participants noted an improvement in ability to produce an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erection" title="Erection">erection</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-impotence_31-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panax_ginseng#cite_note-impotence-31">[32]</a></sup></p>