In addition to being used as an adaptogen, Siberian ginseng is used for conditions of the heart and blood vessels such as high blood pressure, low blood pressure, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), and rheumatic heart disease.
homage. n. 1. a public show of respect or honour towards someone or something (esp in the phrases pay or do homage to). 2. (Historical Terms) (in feudal society). a. the act of respect and allegiance made by a vassal to his lord. See also fealty.
homage late 13c., from O.Fr. homage allegiance or respect for one's feudal lord, from homme man, from L. homo (gen. hominis). Fig. sense of reverence, honor shown is from late 14c. It is still more surprising to realize how sincere and devoted is all this homage. There must be somewhere a power, before which these unhappy beings do homage. The human race was already becoming degenerate, since it curtailed its homage and its offerings to the dead!