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 Siberian
Ginseng (SG) was first listed in Chinese medical literature
over 2,000 years ago as a tonic to improve health and strengthen
the body and spirit. Recent studies in China and Russian
have further validated SG’s energy and immune system
boosting capabilities. SG is classified as an adoptogenic,
which is defined as:
- Innocuous
and cause minimal disorders in the physiological function
of an organism
- Shows
a nonspecific action, that is, increases resistance to
adverse influences by a wide range of physical, chemical,
and biochemical factors.
- Exerts
a normalizing action irrespective of the direction of
the pathologic state
Laboratory
animal tests such as exercise to exhaustion, survival rate
under a hostile environment (extreme temperatures, pressure,
oxygen depletion, toxic chemicals, high energy radiation)
have shown improved performance and higher survival rates.
These animals also suffered less damaged stomachs and adrenal
and thymus glands, which are typically caused by extreme
stress.
The stress protecting substance in SG has been identified
as glycosides. For SG, these are sugar linked phenolic and
coumarinic compounds. Hypothetical mechanisms of SG’s
adaptogenic action are through the activation of hypothalamus
by SG glycosides. ACTH (adreno-corticotropic hormione) is
then released from hypothalamus to adrenals to produce stress
steroids to endure the organism in order to counter the
harmful conditions. SG glycosides also modulate the activities
of the adrenal to protect it from exhaustion.
In
China and Russia, SG has been used by people to improve
health and stamina, and to reduce sickness. Athletes use
it to improve performance and for rapid recovery from intense
training. Workers use it to improve efficiency and the quality
of work. Astronauts have used it to sustain long periods
of space orbiting (such as Vladmir Lyakhov and Valery Rynmin’s
record breaking stay in the Salyut-b/Soyut 32 space station).
SG
has an even lower level of toxicity than that of Panax Ginseng.
The LD50 of SG is 4.7g glycoside/Kg body weight; three times
greater than that of Panax Ginseng at 1.4g/Kg body weight.
LD50 is defined as the lethal dosage to kill 50% of the
tested animals.
For further information, the following references are suggested:
- “The
Drug that Builds Russian Athletes” by Stephen Fulder,
PhD. New Scientist, 21 August 1980.
- “The
Ginsengs…a User’s Guide”, Christopher Hobbs,
Botanica Press, Santa Cruz CA, 1996. ISBN: 1-884360-06-8
- “The
Book of Ginseng and Other Chinese Herbs for Vitality”,
Stephen Fulder, PhD. Healing Arts Press, Rochester Vt,
1993. ISBN: 0-89281-491-8
Holsome’s
Siberian Ginseng is a 5x concentrated water extraction from
high quality naturally grown varieties in China. It is available
in:
120 500mg capsule/bottle at $20.00
32 1.5g packets/box for tea at $19.79
100g granule/bottle for tea at $29.75
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