西洋参原产美国及加拿大,是我国进口数量较大的名贵中药材,每年为此耗资巨大。为了使西洋参能在我国生长并生产,早在70年代我国即从北美西洋参的原产地较大量地引进种子并试种。经过10余年的研究,目前已在我国的东北、北京怀柔、河北、山东、陕西等地有了较大面积的栽培,并已形成生产规模。预期在4、5年后,可望基本解决西洋参的自给问题。中国医学科学院药用植物资源开发研究所与北京市药材公司及北京怀柔多种经营办公室合作,已在1986年通过了西洋参大面积农田栽培技术的部级鉴定,并分别在1987、1988年获得部级及国家级的科技进步奖。该项研究主要在西洋参的种子处理,光、土壤、施肥、 American ginseng originates in the United States and Canada, and it is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine imported by a large number of people in China. It costs a huge amount each year. In order to enable American ginseng to grow and produce in China, as early as the 1970s, China imported seeds from the origin of American ginseng in North America and tried it. After more than 10 years of research, it has been cultivated in the Northeast of China, Huairou of Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and Shaanxi, and it has formed a production scale. It is expected that the self-sufficiency of American ginseng will be basically resolved after 4 or 5 years. The Institute of Medicinal Plant Resources Development of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences cooperates with Beijing Medicinal Materials Co., Ltd. and Beijing Huairou Diversified Management Office. In 1986, it passed the ministerial appraisal of the large area of ​​American ginseng farmland cultivation technology, and was obtained in 1987 and 1988 respectively. National and national science and technology progress awards. The research was mainly on seed treatment of American ginseng, light, soil, fertilization,