Transplanted mountain ginseng

移山蔘

replenishes qi生津calms the spirit藥性較高麗參溫和，雙蔘同燉互補

Semi-wild ginseng: young wild seedlings transplanted into forest plots, or nursery ginseng moved to mountain woodland, and grown on for years. Sold as whole dried roots with head, body and trailing legs, sliced thin for the double-boiler, it sits between garden and wild ginseng in strength, price and its clean bitter-sweet flavour.

TCM properties

Nature · warming　Flavour · sweet、bitter　Meridians · spleen、lung

Traditional food therapy

In the tradition it is a gentler ginseng, double-boiled to replenish qi, generate fluids and calm the spirit, often stewed alongside another ginseng so the two balance each other.

Cautions — read first

Ginseng of any kind is off the menu while you have a cold or fever
Take care if you have high blood pressure
Take care with yin deficiency and rising fire, or a dry hot constitution
Folk practice avoids taking it with white radish or strong tea
Pregnant women should ask a Chinese medicine practitioner before taking it

Preparation

Slice it thin and put it straight into the double-boiling jar (燉盅) to cook with everything else.

Origin · Geo-authentic (道地) source

吉林長白山 — not reached by the 2026-08 AU retail survey; check specialist ginseng houses

Availability in Australia

Herbal shops / specialists

Pairs well with

Korean red ginseng Sweet apricot kernel Solomon's seal rhizome Pork shin (shank)

Soups that use this ingredient · 1

Double-boiled pork shin with two ginsengs and sweet apricot kernelsNot yet surveyed (we say so honestly)

雙蔘南杏燉豬展

replenishes qimoistens the lungssoothes cough3h slow fireWinter

百子櫃Korean red ginseng· 6 g百子櫃Transplanted mountain ginseng· 6 g百子櫃Sweet apricot kernel· 15 g百子櫃Solomon's seal rhizome· 30 g百子櫃Aged dried tangerine peel· a third of a piece街市Pork shin (shank)· 60 g

“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”