American Ginseng

American Ginseng

Boosts energy and alleviates feelings of fatigue

About the herb

A member of the araliaceae (Ivy) family, and in the same genus as Asian Ginseng (Panax/Korean ginseng), with key differences in their use cases. American ginseng is considered an adaptogen. It contains compounds called ginsenosides, which protects against free radical damage and is considered an antioxidant.

History

American Ginseng is deeply rooted in the North American Herbal tradition. It's been a famous herb of commerce, especially in trade with China, for over 200 years.

Benefits

Alleviates anxiety caused by stress and enhances working memory

Studies show American Ginseng has an effect on relieving anxiety and depression caused by stress, in addition to enhancing working memory and a sense of calm.

Number of studies 4
Years of studies 2010 - 2020
Double-blind placebo Yes

Boosts energy and alleviates feelings of fatigue

Studies show American Ginseng has an effect on alleviating fatigue in cancer and multiple sclerosis patients. It's also been shown to elevate mood and other psychological performances related to fatigue.

Number of studies 7 (6 for, 1 against)
Years of studies 1995 - 2018
Double-blind placebo Yes

Alleviates joint pain caused by rheumatic disease such as osteoarthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Studies show American Ginseng has an effect on relieving acute inflammation responses and enhancing the development of joint cells in rheumatic conditions, especially on the molecular level.

Number of studies 9
Years of studies 2009 - 2019
Double-blind placebo Yes

Enhances recovery from exercise and psychomotor performances during exercise

Studies show American Ginseng can help with recovery from exercise by relieving inflammation response.

Number of studies 5 (3 for, 2 against)
Years of studies 1999 - 2011
Double-blind placebo Yes

Sourcing

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Goji Berry

Goji Berry

Decreases the feeling of stress and fatigue

About the herb

"The berry that keeps Asia young" - British Broadcasting Company.
Goji berry, or wolfberry, is a powerful antioxidant that promotes liver health, kidney health, and boosts immunity. It's bioactive components include arabinogalactanproteins (AGPs), the carotenoid zeaxanthin, and the vitamin C precursor 2-O.

History

Goji has been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for more than 2000 years, and its use was first recorded around 200 BCE. Codified in the 16th century book, Compendium of Materia Medica, goji has been historically used to tonify and calm the liver and kidney channels, as well as treating age-related ailments.

Benefits

Ameliorates oxidative state and enhancing reductive state of the body

Goji has been shown to enhance antioxidative activity on the molecular, pre-clinical, and human levels. It can also protect damage to the organs caused by oxidation.

Number of studies 6
Years of studies 2009-2019
Double-blind placebo Yes

Improves sleep quality: helps falling asleep faster and waking up feeling refreshed

Goji has been shown to improve sleep quality, decrease the time to falling asleep, improve ease of awakening, and improved general feelings of well-being, including calmness and reduced fatigue.

Number of studies 3
Years of studies 2008-2009
Double-blind placebo Yes

Decreases the feeling of stress, anxiety, depression, and fatigue

Goji has been shown with decreased feeling of stress, anxiety, depression, and fatigue, increased feeling of calmness, also decreased oxidative state and increased reductive state.

Years of studies 8
Number of studies 2008-2019
Double-blind placebo Yes

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Jujube Seed

Jujube Seed

Improves overall sleep quality and reduces anxiety

About the herb

Jujube seed, or suan zao ren, is believed to promote heart and liver health, while having a calming effect. The fruit contains amino acids, high levels of vitamin C, vitamin B, healthy fatty acids, polysaccharides, flavonoids, iron, potassium, calcium, and zinc.

History

Jujube is one of the oldest cultivated fruit trees in the world. It originates from the middle and lower reaches of China's Yellow River with over 3000 years of cultivation. Jujube consumption spread to Japan and Korea approximately 2000 years ago. Since 220 AD, the Jujube seed has been incorporated into Chinese medicine to support restful sleep.

Benefits

Improves overall sleep quality

Ziziphus has been shown to improve sleep quality, increase sleep duration, reduce insomnia severity, reverse the plasma and urine metabolites of insomnia, and also through the receptors in the neuronal system in human and mice.

Number of studies 15
Years of studies 2003-2021
Double-blind placecbo Yes

Reduces anxiety behavior and improves antioxidant capacity

Ziziphus has been shown to have antioxidant capacity, reduce oxidative species, reduce anxiety, increase repressant factors in the neuronal system, increase spatial memory, and block excitatory signal pathway.

Number of studies 10
Years of studies 2000-2020
Double-blind placebo No

Sourcing

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Reishi

Reishi

Enhances physical and neural recovery.

About the herb

Reishi, or Ganoderma lucidum, is a wood-degrading fungus used primarily for sleep and stress support. But, it's also helpful for overall brain and heart health. The most important pharmacologically active constituents of G. lucidum are triterpenoids and polysaccharides.

History

Reishi has been called the mushroom of immortality. Native to Europe, Asia, and North America, Reishi has been revered in China for thousands of years and used to treat asthma, gastric ulcers, insomnia, arthritis, and bronchitis. It is known to be sedative in the short term, while promoting energy and stamina.

Benefits

Improves sleep quality

Reishi has been shown to improve sleep quality, reduce sleep latency, prolonged sleeping time and non-rapid eye movement sleeping time in mice by preclinical studies.

Number of studies 5
Years of studies 1988-2021
Double-blind placebo No

Relieves stress-related fatigue, anxiety and depression, and enhances antioxidant capacity

Reishi has been shown to elevate mood and general feeling of well-being, relieve fatigue, anxiety, depression, and increase antioxidant capacity and confer DNA damage protective effect.

Number of studies 12
Years of studies 2004-2019
Double-blind placebo Yes

Sourcing

We source our Reishi's from Armondale Farm in Western Virginia using organic and sustainable farming practices.

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Turmeric

Turmeric

Reduces inflammation, fatigue, and anxiety

About the herb

Turmeric rhizomes are widely used in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. It's active compound, curcumin, is a diferuloylmethane with a crystalline yellow-orange color, exhibiting a keto form in neutral and acidic solutions. Curcumin has been widely studied to exhibit anti-inflammatory properties.

History

The use of turmeric dates back nearly 4000 years to the Vedic culture in India, and reached China in 700 AD and referred to as Jiang Huang. Tumeric is indigenous to Southeastern and Eastern Asia. Medicinal use since 600 BC in Assyrian herbal accounts and can also be traced to Greek writings from Dioscorides. In Western herbal medicine Turmeric is used as an aromatic bitter and for supporting healthy liver function.

Benefits

Improves neurological disorders including major depression, fatigue, and anxiety

Turmeric has been shown to improve conditions of neurological disorders, including major depression, fatigue, anxiety in humans. It has also been shown to decrease inflammation, repress neuronal structural abnormalities, increase serotonin and dopamine in preclinical studies.

Number of studies 10
Years of studies 2008-2020
Double-blind placebo Yes

Improves glycemic control, helps with better digestion and inflammation in the digestive organs, and enhances antioxidant capacity

Turmeric has been shown to improve glycemic control in diabetes patients, help with digestive tract inflammation caused by infection or anxiety, and better digestion after eating, and increase antioxidant capacity in humans.

Number of studies 37+
Years of studies 2007-2022
Double-blind placebo Yes

Ameliorates joint pain and other inflammation response

Turmeric has been shown to improve pain, stiffness, and function conditions in patients with osteoarthritis, and also enhance antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacity in humans.

Number of studies 22+
Years of studies 2012-2021
Double-blind placebo Yes

Enhances exercise performance, ameliorates delayed onset of muscle soreness, protective effects against muscle damage

Turmeric has been shown to protect from muscle damage, help with muscle recovery, ameliorate muscle soreness, enhance exercise performance, through antioxidant and anti-inflamamtory effects. And it could even help with psychological stress during exercise.

Number of studies 17+
Years of studies 2007-2021
Double-blind placebo Yes

Sourcing

Our Turmeric is sourced from Oak Berry Farms in North Carolina using sustainable and organic farming practices.

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Panax Ginseng

Panax Ginseng

Refreshes the body by enhancing antioxidative effect

About the herb

Asian Ginseng, also known as Panax and Korean Ginseng, is not only a root that relieves stress, but it also can be helpful for overall energy and cognitive support. Asian ginseng contains many active chemicals. The most important are called ginsenosides or panaxosides.

History

Asian Ginseng is one of the most economically, and historically important plants. It has been used for thousands of years and appears in the first known Chinese Materia Medica (Han Dynasty, 220 BCE). Ginseng root is native to the northern mountainous regions of Korea, China, and parts of the Russian Federation.

Benefits

Refreshes the body by enhancing antioxidative effect, improving mitochondrial function, and regulating hormone levels

Ginseng has been shown to decrease oxidation and increase reduction, improve mitochondrial function, and regulating hormone levels, in healthy volunteers, postmenopausal women, men with metabolic syndrome or erectile dysfunction.

Number of studies 34 (1 against)
Years of studies 2007-2020
Double-blind placebo Yes

Improves the quality of sleep

Ginseng has been shown to improve the quality of sleep and ameliorates first-night effect.

Number of studies 4
Years of studies 2009-2019
Double-blind placebo Yes

Boosts energy and alleviates the feeling of fatigue

Ginseng has been shown to relieve fatigue and enhance general well-being in multiple sclerosis and chronic fatigue patients.

Number of studies 3
Years of studies 2013 - 2020
Double-blind placebo Yes

Helps with impaired digestive problems, especially on glucose

Ginseng has been shown to restore Follistatin and sex hormone, blood pressure, postprandial glucose and insulin levels in patients with diabetes and hypertension.

Number of studies 11+
Years of studies 2014-2020
Double-blind placebo Yes

Ameliorates joint pain and other autoimmune diseases

Ginseng has been shown to restore joint space narrowing, attenuate inflammation response and oxidative conditions, and enhance cartilage formation in patients with rhematic diseases, including degenerative osteoarthritis, osteopenia, and fibromyalgia, and mice induced with arthritis.

Number of studies 9
Years of studies 2010-2021
Double-blind placebo Yes

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