The reason why Panax pseudoginseng is called panax pseudoginseng, there are many ways to say it. In summary, Panax pseudoginseng is related to the numbers “three” and “seven” from the growth environment, stem and leaf shape, planting years, and medical utility. In terms of growth conditions, panax pseudoginseng grows in three parts moist and seven parts dry soil, and the external environment requires three layers of sunlight and seven layers of shade. 2, from the appearance of the shape, panax pseudoginseng each year, the stem produces a node, each leaf is mostly five small pieces to seven small pieces. The three-year-old panax pseudoginseng stems all have three nodes, and most of its leaves are seven. Therefore, in terms of appearance, the shape of the stems and leaves of Panax ginseng has the characteristic of “three nodes and seven leaves”. 3. From the viewpoint of planting years, the Republic of China’s “Maguan County Zhi” contains the following five categories: “Panax pseudoginseng must be planted for three years before it becomes medicine, and seven years before it is finished.” 4. Li Shizhen first recorded the word “panax pseudoginseng” in the book “Compendium of Materia Medica”, and wrote: “Or the cloud is called mountain lacquer, which is said to be able to harmonize with gold sores like lacquer sticky things, and this is close to it.” In his book, he used Panax notoginseng as the proper name, and in the prescriptions, Panax notoginseng was mixed with Shanqi, reflecting that Panax notoginseng was already named and used at that time. Guangxi Tongzhi also contains: “Panax ginseng Gongcheng out, its leaves seven stems three so named, three into the light, seven into the cloudy environment; and three years long, need to dig and pick in July; March seedlings, July harvest; three points planted, seven points management and called Panax ginseng.”