Chinese medicinal root (7)

I believe the answer is:

ginseng

(Other definitions for ginseng that I've seen before include "Medicinal tuber" , "Plant, medicinal forked root" , "Restorative root" , "Tuber with tonic effect" , "Chinese tonic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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