At age 79 years the mean systolic/diastolic blood pressure was 155/83 mm Hg in the men and 161/85 mm Hg in the women. In a longitudinal follow-up of reexamined subjects, there was an increase in systolic blood pressure levels up to age 75 years and a reduction in diastolic blood pressure after age 75 years in both sexes.
Ginger root Photo Credit Thinkstock Images/Stockbyte/Getty Images. Ginger root and ginseng root are not the same; ginger is a different plant than any of the types of ginseng root.Ginger is native to Asia, and is the underground stem of the Zingiber officinale plant.Ginseng root can refer to American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius; Asian ginseng, Panax ginseng; or Siberian ginseng, Eleutherococcus senticosus.inger root Photo Credit Thinkstock Images/Stockbyte/Getty Images. Ginger root and ginseng root are not the same; ginger is a different plant than any of the types of ginseng root.
Like Asian ginseng, American ginseng is a light tan, gnarled root that often looks like a human body with stringy shoots for arms and legs. Native Americans used the root as a stimulant and to treat headaches, fever, indigestion, and infertility.merican ginseng products are made from ginseng root and the long, thin offshoots called root hairs. The main chemical ingredients of American ginseng are ginsenosides and polysaccharide glycans (quinquefolans A, B, and C).