Panax ginseng

It belongs to one of the oldest traditional herbal medicines, known for over 2000 years as anti-anxiety, antidepressant and cognition enhancing. The components of ginseng root are adaptogenic, restorative, immunomodulatory, vasodilatory, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, anticancer, antifatigue, anti-stress and anti-deppressive.[References: Attele A. S., Wu J. A., Yuan C. S. (1999). Gi nseng pharmacology: multiple constituents and multiple actions. Biochem. Pharmacol. 58, 1685-1693. 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00212-9 *** Shin H. R., Kim J. Y., Yun T. K., Morgan G., Vainio H. (2000). The cancer-preventive potential of Panax ginseng: a review of human and experimental evidence. Cancer Causes Control 11, 565-576. 10.1023/A:1008980200583 *** Chang Y. S., Seo E. K., Gyllenhaal C., Block K. I. (2003). Panax ginseng: a role in cancer therapy? Integr. Cancer Ther. 2, 13-33. 10.1177/1534735403251167 *** Choo M. K., Park E. K., Han M. J., Kim D. H. (2003). Antiallergic activity of ginseng and its ginsenosides. Planta Med. 69, 518-522. 10.1055/s-2003-40653 *** Cheng Y., Shen L. H., Zhang J. T. (2005). Anti-amnestic and anti-aging effects of ginsenoside Rg1 and Rb1 and its mechanism of action. Acta Pharmacol. Sin. 26, 143-149. 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00034.x *** Wang H., Peng D., Xie J. (2009). Ginseng leaf-stem: bioactive constituents and pharmacological functions. Chin. Med. 4:20. 10.1186/1749-8546-4-20]