2. Ginseng mainly contains 10 kinds of ginsenoside, as well as ginsenoside, β-elemene, sugar, various amino acids and vitamins. Ginseng is divided into garden ginseng and wild ginseng, and the effect of garden ginseng is far less than that of wild ginseng. Garden ginseng is usually dug up after 5 ~ 6 years of cultivation, washed and dried, which is called raw sun ginseng; Soak in boiling water, soak in white sugar, and then dry in the sun, called sugar ginseng or white ginseng; Removing lateral roots and fine roots, steaming, sun drying or oven drying, and weighing red ginseng; Fine roots are called ginseng whiskers. Ginseng has big branches, long reeds, thin skin, light yellow color, fine grains, fullness, water saturation and no injury, and wild ginseng is precious.