Well, wouldn’t you know it? I just did two posts this week on legal herbs for stress — including a highlight on ginger — and today I stumble onto "stress tablets" in Rite Aid. I knew that there were "stress" formulas at places that vitamins and herbal supplements, but I wasn’t expecting to see it at the hometown Rite Aid. One of the main ingredients was ginseng. (Great — another herb that begins with g). According to Prevention magazine, one of America’s leading health magazines for everyone not in the medical profession, ginseng is the only herb listed to help treat stress.
So, what is this ginseng stuff all about?
What Do You Do With It?
Ginseng is thought to be able to break down chemicals in the body that the body makes when under stress. Ginseng contains saponsides, which helps the body absorb the most energy from sugars. Ginseng helps a body return to normal, despite illness and stress. Consider that ginseng is prescribed by Chinese traditional physicians for both high blood pressure and low blood pressure. It seems to help the body figure out what blood pressure it is supposed to have.
Ginseng also contains chemicals called panascenes, which helps strengthen the heart and circulatory system. With your body able to absorb the most energy it can from food and have it transported as quickly as possible to where it needs to go, no wonder ginseng is said to promote physical energy, memory retention and learn new tasks better. Ginseng is also said to be an aphrodisiac, especially for men. Ginseng can help get your appetite back if you’ve lost it due to depression, illness or medication side effects to take care of your illness.
See Your Doctor First
Ginseng is a powerful herb, whether its Siberian, Panax or American ginseng. This can have some negative reactions with medications. You should always talk to your doctor BEFORE taking any herbal supplement. Just because it’s an herb, doesn’t mean it’s harmless. You can take ginseng in the form of tinctures, teas or capsules.
Hope this helps
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Write a Comment»It is also good for cancer - Reduce cancer by 72%
Korean studies suggest that ginseng (Panax ginseng) may
lower the risk of cancer in humans. Ginseng extract and
powder have been found to be more effective than fresh sliced
ginseng, ginseng juice, or ginseng tea for reducing the risk of
cancer. In a large-scale, case-control study in Korea,
researchers observed that the incidence of human cancer decreased
steadily with duration of ginseng use and total lifetime use of ginseng.
Subjects who had taken ginseng for 1 y had a 36% lower
incidence of cancer than nonusers, whereas those who had used
ginseng for 5 y or more had a 69% lower incidence. Furthermore,
those who had used ginseng 500 times in their lives had a 72% lower incidence.
Ginseng seemed to be most protective against cancer of the
ovaries, larynx, pancreas, esophagus, and stomach and less effective
against breast, cervical, bladder, and thyroid cancers.
Thanks for the information, Joe
Actually, newer studies have shown that American ginseng seems to ward off breast cancer better than some of the other cancers. A professor at Southern Illinois University found that water extract of American ginseng slowed down the growth of human breast and prostate cancer cells in culture. They also discovered that female mice injected with human breast cancel cells develop much smaller tumors if their drinking water is laced with ginseng.