PANNAG. 



( Ginseng?) 



AR\LI^E. Pan ax Quinqucfolium. 



IE word occurs only in Ezck. xxvii. 17. The word trans- 

 latcd &quot;delicately&quot; in Prov. xxix. 21, which is from the 

 same root as that rendered paunay, expresses tenderness 

 Q* and delight, and is frequently used among the Kabbins 

 in this sense. More than one author suggests the 

 panax; and, as the reasons for the suggestion are good, I shall 

 present them. 



The plant is cultivated extensively in China and Chinese 

 Tartary; and from Pliny it appears to have been as much 

 valued by the ancients as it is at present by the Chinese. It 

 was considered such a universal cure for ailments that some 

 have supposed the modern word &quot;puuiwa&quot; to be derived from 

 it. There is ^ panax found in North America, but far inferior 

 to that of the East, where there exists a variety so excellent 

 in kind as to have been used by the ancient Italians as a pot 

 herb. Among the Chinese for more than a half-century past 

 that variety of panax called ginseng was considered an antidote 

 to every poison, and efficacious in restoring health to the weak. 

 It was described as a precious and delicious root, and in all 

 these senses answers to the Kabbinical description of the pannag. 

 In Ezekiel the pannag is associated with balsam, which was 



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