Ginseng is a miracle

[reverett123]

Excerted from K. Radaad, 2006:

Actions of ginseng -

WHOLE BODY
- Resistance against adverse conditions (physical, chemical, and biological factors)
- Restores body’s homeostasis
- Anti-aging effects

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Potentiates nerve growth factor
- Anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic mechanisms
- Reduces lipid peroxidation
- Inhibits excitotoxicity and Ca2+ over-influx into neurons
- Maintains cellular ATP levels
- Preserves structural integrity of neurons
- Prevents astroglial swelling
- Inhibits microglial respiratory burst activity and NO production by activated microglia
- Modulates neurotransmission
- Direct effect on hippocampal neurons


CARDIOVASCULAR
- Relaxes vascular smooth muscle cells through NO and Ca2+ mediated mechanisms
- Inhibits production of endothelin which plays a role in blood vessel constriction
- Prevents platelet aggregation
- Shows antagonistic action for platelet activity factor
- Suppresses thrombin formation
- Promotes functional neovascularization through endothelial proliferation

INFLAMMATION AND ALLERGY
- Inhibits cytokine production such as IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-
- Abrogates cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression
- Suppresses histamine and leukotrienes release from mast cells
- Stabilizes inflammatory cells such as neutrophils and lymphocytes
- Antifibroblastic activity

IMMUNE SYSTEM
- Enhances interferon induction, phagocytosis, natural killer cells, and B and T cells

CARCINOGENESIS
- Suppresses malignant transformation
- Inhibits proliferation of tumor cells
- Inhibits tumor invasiveness, metastasis, and angiogenesis

APHRODISIAC EFFECT
- Relaxes corpus cavernosum smooth muscles via NO mediated processes
- Increases serum testosterone levels and reduces plasma levels of prolactin hormone
- Direct effects on anterior pituitary and hypothalamic dopaminergic mechanisms

HYPERGLYCEMIA
- Increases plasma insulin levels, number of insulin receptors and insulin sensitivity

[caldeerster]

mg's of Ginseng do you take? And which brand?

[CTenaLouise]

India's ginsing
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), also known as Indian ginseng, Winter cherry, Ajagandha, Kanaje Hindi and Samm Al Ferakh, is a plant in Solanaceae or nightshade family.

It grows as a stout shrub that reaches a height of 170cm. Like the tomato which belongs to the same family, ashwagandha bears yellow flowers and red fruit, though its fruit is berry-like in size and shape. Ashwagandha grows prolifically in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.


Medicinal use
In Ayurveda ashwaganda is considered a rasayana herb, a herb that works on a nonspecific basis to increase health and longevity. This herb is also considered an adaptogen which is a nontoxic herb that works on a nonspecific basis to normalize physiological function, working on the HPA axis and the neuroendocrine system. The roots and berries of the plant are used in herbal medicine. In Ayurveda, the fresh roots are sometimes boiled in milk, prior to drying, in order to leach out undesirable constituents. {ref} The berries are used as a substitute for rennet, to coagulate milk in cheese making.

Ashwagandha in Sanskrit means "horse's smell", probably originating from the odor of its root which resembles that of sweaty horse.[1] The species name somnifera means "sleep-bearing" in Latin, indicating it was considered a sedative, but it has been also used for sexual vitality and as an adaptogen. Some herbalists refer to ashwagandha as Indian ginseng, since it is used in ayurvedic medicine in a way similar to that ginseng is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

http://www.answers.com/ashwaghanda?gwp=11&ver=2.3.0.609&method=3

[rileyder]

How much does a month supply cost?
I've been taking Xango juice, for the same benefit list you had.
It has helped me with sore joints, and muscles, and i have more energy now.
Dan