Ginseng (Panax ginseng) has been used as a tonic drug in Chinese Traditional Medicine for two thousand years. It is believed to be significantly beneficial for human health. During the past 20 years. due to the modern chemical, biological and pharmacological technology. the ginseng research of China has been developed rapidly Major-work has been carried out by many laboratories in beijing. shanghai and shonzhen, etc Since most of the research works were supported by pharmacological companies. Many interesting papers sometimes are of confidential limitation. It is not easy to bind those papers in common library. To make a comprehensive review of ginseng is very difficult and reluctant.