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Thanks for great info on Siberian Ginseng! » LOOPS

Posted by Ktemene on September 14, 2005, at 5:46:06

In reply to Re: Hi Glydin -, posted by LOOPS on September 7, 2005, at 9:35:45

You are a treasure, Loops! Thanks so much for the detailed information and for sharing your experience with these supplements.

Ktemene

> Hi Ktemene -
>
> the brand I use is Imperial Elixir Siberian Ginseng Sport - which I think is a 10:1 extract. It is expensive though.
>
> However....there is an equally good extract that you can buy in powder form to either put into caps yourself or mix with water/tea (I warn you, the taste isn't that great) which is something ridiculous like a 25:1 extract. You can get this from ancientway.com which is a supplier of Chinese herbs - it works out pretty cheap as you only need to use a bit. You buy it by the gram. Last time I ordered a packet of this powder it lasted me a whole year! Be warned though, it absorbs moisture very easily even in capsules so you have to be careful of storage (although it still works - just goes hard and gooey in the caps). I don't order this stuff now because they stopped shipping to Chile cheaply. You can buy the empty caps at this site as well, and also a capping machine (so you can look like a drug dealer cutting up powder and capping it on the living room table!).
>
> The Imperial Elixir Siberian Ginseng I get from betterlife.com. They also do a very powerful Korean Red Ginseng which if I had the money I'd buy - it is amazing for doing packing/cleaning the house etc - anything which requires a lot of motivation. I've tried cheap versions of ginsengs and they are crap. For instance GNC's red ginseng made me very hyped up in an anxious way then completely knackered 2 hours later. A good ginseng should not do this - it should NOT make you anxious - just give a feeling of wellbeing and a sense that the body and mind is working better. It should give a balanced energy - even with the hotter ginsengs.
>
> If you try buying the whole ginseng roots and making tea out of them (which is really good) they can have a *more* calming influence rather than an energizing one. I once gave friends at a party real ginseng tea made with these big roots and they all said it made them relaxed rather than energized.
>
> I spent a whole year really getting into the whole ginseng/real Chinese herbs thing and to be honest I think I was pretty healthy mentally that year. Unfortunately it ends up getting quite expensive as the good quality stuff does cost a bit more. So in the end I settled on Siberian Ginseng as it was the cheapest and also most balancing of the ginsengs.
>
> The other one I like is Schizandra for adrenal fatigue - but seeing as I don't get adrenal fatigue anymore I don't really use it. I think vitamin C with some B vitamins is just as good for this and cheaper.
>
> Oooh that was one humungous waffle!
>
> Loops


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