“国家中医药管理局全国专科疾病北京中医药治疗中心”协办近几年来,我国对西洋参的科学研究有了突破性的进展,不断取得新成果。但是,在应用西洋参上陆续出现了不少新情况,新问题。据此对西洋参有关问题,应当重新认识,争取在国内外医药学界尽快取得新的共识,实事求是、科学依法、纠正偏见、澄清是非、走出误区,明确努力方向。(一)西洋参的历史溯源如何沿革发展到现在?西洋参属于中药,并不是以其产地“祖宗”而定的,而是由于最早由中国医药学家认定, “National Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Specialized Disease Beijing Chinese Medicine Treatment Center,” co-sponsored in recent years, China’s scientific research on the American ginseng has made breakthrough progress, and constantly made new achievements. However, there have been many new situations and new problems in the application of American ginseng. Based on this, we should re-recognize the issues related to American ginseng and strive to obtain new consensus at home and abroad in the field of pharmacy as soon as possible, seeking truth from facts, scientifically, according to the law, correcting prejudices, clarifying right and wrong, getting out of the wrong areas, and clarifying the direction of our efforts. (1) How does the historical origin of American ginseng evolve into the present? Western ginseng belongs to the traditional Chinese medicine and is not determined by the “ancestors” of its place of origin, but because of the earliest recognition by Chinese medical scientists.