Về Bác Sĩ Jiang

Ming Tao Jiang, MD, PhD, grew up in Shandong, China—the birthplace of legendary folk hero Sun Liang, known as the Lord of Ginseng Diggers. Dr. Jiang earned his medical degree at Shandong Medical University (1979–1988) before completing his PhD in medical research (Physiology) in Ontario, Canada.

Medical Research Career and Heart Disease Expertise

Before transitioning to agriculture and founding Marathon Ginseng in 2010, Dr. Jiang dedicated over two decades to cardiovascular medicine and scientific research. He conducted advanced cardiac research at Toronto General Hospital (1993–1996) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1996–2000), subsequently serving as a Research Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin beginning in 2000.

His scientific publications have earned over 1,200 citations for pioneering breakthroughs in cardiac function, aging, myocardial ischemia, and heart failure. Notably in 2006, his discovery regarding cardioprotection via mitochondrial signaling pathways was highlighted as an "important milestone" in an editorial by the American Journal of Physiology.

Life in Wisconsin - The Ginseng Capital of America

Dr. Jiang has been a resident of Wisconsin since 1996. In 2009, his family moved to Marathon County in Wisconsin, the Ginseng Capital of America, where his wife Dr. Lu practices medicine as a spine specialist serving the local ginseng farmers and other residents. His daughter Katherine was a graduate of UW-Madison and its Medical School specializing in Urban Medicine and now a Family Physician practicing  in Seattle WA. His son Jason was a graduate of UW Madison and a MBA from Cornell Tech MBA living in New York city. Jason is a fitness model as a sidekick.

American Ginseng Cultivation and Clinical Success

After 15 years of hard work and many trials, he has transformed himself into a skilled ginseng farmer, producing premium ginseng roots from 3 to 10 years old. Because of his medical/research background, Dr Jiang has had unparalleled clinical successes and insights into how powerful American Ginseng can be as a super food in the US and Medicine in Asia, from wellness to applications in critical conditions. He became a Godfather to Anja Alvard from Minnesota,  whose family credits his specific ginseng protocols with her recovery during two life-threatening health crises in 2018 and 2022. This led to the development of the Anja's Ginseng Protocol of Critical Care, bridging the gap between ancient wisdom and modern clinical needs. It helped save Dr.Jiang's own 93 year old Mother in August 2025 from respiratory failure with pneumonia.  https://youtu.be/3TyStXVUjXI

Media Coverage and Recognition

Dr. Jiang has been featured by China's national public television CCTV in a documentary series "Ginseng, The Legends" in 2014 as well as other global media such as the World Journal and New York Times (2020) in the US, TV Tokyo (2023) in Japan, and South China Morning News in Hong Kong (2023), Nikkei Asia (2024) and AFP (2025).

Conservation of Wild American Ginseng

Since 2017, Dr Jiang and Marathon Ginseng have provided millions of free Ginseng Seeds to hundreds of forest farmers across the eastern USA from the Mississippi river to Appalachian Mountains, for conservation and sustainable harvest of wild American Ginseng.

Awards and Community Recognition

Dr Jiang has won many distinguished community and business awards.

  • 2026. Congressional Medal for Outstanding Asian Americans 
  • 2026. Congressional Record for personal achievements in Entrepreurship/Research/Agriculture/Community Services 
  • 2024 "Person of the Year" Award by the Hmong American Center in Wausau, WI,
  • 2024 Chinese American Charitable Giving Award from United Chinese American Alliance for his philanthropy and community volunteering
  • 2023, "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award for Social Responsibility by the Wisconsin Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
  • 2019 "Top Ten Outstanding Achievement" Award for his community services between 2009-2019 by the Chicago Chinese News and Digest.
  • 2019 "Top 40 Businesspersons for 40 Years of US-China Trade" by the Sino-US Times in California.
  • 2017. US China Business Leadership Award by the Iowa China Business Council, presented by Ambassador Branstadt in Des Moines, Iowa

Personal Life and Invitation

He enjoys hunting for wild ginseng in Wisconsin's Northwoods and entertaining friends from afar. You are welcome to join him for a special ginseng dinner next time you're in town!

Our Mission

We invite you to join his journey from self fulfillments to "Make the World Healthy/Happy/Harmonious Again with American Ginseng"

Research Publications and Media Coverage

  1. A list of Dr. Jiang's research publications and citations
  2. An editorial about "An Important Milestone" research by Dr. Jiang
  3. American and Chinese Language press reports about Dr. Jiang

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