College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

 

AYURVEDIC HERB SUPPLEMENTS

Eleuthero Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticossus)

Adrenal tonic, builds stamina, adaptogen, immune tonic. Indicated in thyroid disorders and chronic stress. Anti-inflammatory.

How Does This Ayurvedic Herb Supplement Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Also knows as Siberian Ginseng.

Metabolic Nature of Eleuthero Ginseng

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes and is laxative, and drying.

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PUNGENT

ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.

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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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AGGRAVATES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot and oily with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body. Vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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Other

Anti Aging

ANTI-AGING

Geriatric conditions typically involve low agni / metabolism, poor circulation, weakness & debility, muscle weakening, poor digestion, a drop in sex hormones, and connective tissue degradation in bones & skin.

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Energy Vitality

ENERGY-VITALITY

Includes vitality improving foods, herbs, and exercises by dosha.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Eleuthero Ginseng
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Analgesic

ANALGESIC

Pain reliever, reduces pain without eliminating sensation. Also known as anodyne.

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Antidepressant

ANTIDEPRESSANT

Herbs that lift feelings of depression, benefit the mind and improve mental function.

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Anxiolytic

ANXIOLYTIC

Herbs that help people suffering from anxiety or panic. They promote a state of calm and often improve sleep. Most anxiolytic herbs are also nervines.

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Improves Focus

IMPROVES-FOCUS

Reduces scattered thoughts. Creates a steady mind. Includes herbs that relax (for Vata) and herbs that stimulate (for Kapha).

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Nerve Stimulant

NERVE-STIMULANT

Provide short lived stimulation of the nervous system.

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Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

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Builds Stamina

BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Adrenal Tonic

ADRENAL-TONIC

Strengthens, supports, or increases output of adrenals.

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Expectorant

EXPECTORANT

Expectorants help you eliminate mucus from the lungs. These herbs often work by increasing the quantity of mucus, or thinning the mucus. Expectorants are indicated when phlegm congests the lower respiratory tract.

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Adaptogen

ADAPTOGEN

Herbs that promote stabilization of physiological processes and homeostasis. Adaptogens increase the body's ability to resist the damaging effects of stress and promote or restore normal physiological functioning.

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Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

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Anticarcinogenic

ANTICARCINOGENIC

Herbs that inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of cancer.

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Immune Stimulant

IMMUNE-STIMULANT

Stimulates and strengthens the immune system. Helpful when fighting off a cold or flu.

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Blood Tonic

BLOOD-TONIC

An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.

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Hypotensive

HYPOTENSIVE

An herb that lowers blood pressure.

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Hepatoprotective

HEPATOPROTECTIVE

An herb that is capable of preventing liver damage. Many hepatoprotectives work via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

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Hypolipidemic

HYPOLIPIDEMIC

Scrapes fats / cleanses blood vessels by 1) purging bile, 2) strengthening the liver's ability to metabolize fats, 3) by increasing uptake of cholesterol in the liver, and 4) by inhibiting fat cells.

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Lowers Blood Sugar

LOWERS-BLOOD-SUGAR

An herb that lowers blood sugar.

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Testosteronic

TESTOSTERONIC

Androgenic. Stimulates testosterone.

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Muscle Relaxant

MUSCLE-RELAXANT

Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.

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Relieves Tension

RELIEVES-TENSION

An herb that releases tightness, constriction, and rigidity in a muscle.

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Antispasmodic

ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

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Muscle Tonic

MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

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Constituents:
Saponins

SAPONINS

Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Eleuthero Ginseng

  • Ginger (Fresh)

    Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Adrenal-tonic, Antispasmodic, Hypolipidemic, Nervine, Analgesic, Digestive, Hypotensive, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Hepatoprotective, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up

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  • Nigella (black cumin)

    Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common

    Anticarcinogenic, Hypotensive, Lowers-blood-sugar, Analgesic, Antispasmodic, Immune-stimulant, Nervine, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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  • Rosemary

    Rosemary has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Antispasmodic, Internal-detoxicant, Nervine, Anticarcinogenic, Digestive, Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy, Antidepressant, Improves-focus, Nerve-stimulant

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  • Nutmeg

    Nutmeg has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Digestive, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Antispasmodic, Internal-detoxicant, Nerve-stimulant, Adrenal-tonic, Anxiolytic, Muscle-relaxant, Nervine

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  • Basil

    Basil has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Immune-stimulant, Nerve-stimulant, Anti-inflammatory, Anxiolytic, Improves-focus, Nervine, Antidepressant, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Allspice

    Allspice has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Antidepressant, Internal-detoxicant, Nervine, Analgesic, Antispasmodic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive

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  • Turmeric Root (Fresh)

    Turmeric Root (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Analgesic, Blood-tonic, Hypolipidemic, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Adrenal-tonic, Anticarcinogenic, Hepatoprotective, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Turmeric

    Turmeric has these Actions in Common

    Anticarcinogenic, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Analgesic, Antispasmodic, Hepatoprotective, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Hypolipidemic

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  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Hepatoprotective, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Anxiolytic, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Muscle-relaxant, Antispasmodic

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  • Mint

    Mint has these Actions in Common

    Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up, Analgesic, Anxiolytic, Nervine, Antidepressant, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic

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  • Fenugreek

    Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Hypolipidemic, Nervine, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Expectorant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Testosteronic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Eleuthero Ginseng

  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Anxiolytic, Testosteronic, Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Tonic, Adrenal-tonic, Builds-stamina, Analgesic, Muscle-relaxant, Anti-inflammatory, Muscle-tonic, Anticarcinogenic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Antidepressant, Nervine, Antispasmodic, Relieves-tension

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nervine, Builds-stamina, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Adaptogen, Expectorant, Adrenal-tonic, Internal-detoxicant, Antidepressant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antispasmodic, Muscle-relaxant, Anxiolytic, Nerve-stimulant

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nervine, Builds-stamina, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Adaptogen, Expectorant, Adrenal-tonic, Internal-detoxicant, Antidepressant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antispasmodic, Muscle-relaxant, Anxiolytic, Nerve-stimulant

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  • Dong Quai

    Dong Quai has these Actions in Common

    Anticarcinogenic, Internal-detoxicant, Antispasmodic, Muscle-relaxant, Blood-tonic, Nervine, Digestive, Relieves-tension, Expectorant, Stimulates-energy, Adaptogen, Hepatoprotective, Analgesic, Hypolipidemic, Anti-inflammatory, Hypotensive

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antidepressant, Muscle-relaxant, Antispasmodic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Anxiolytic, Nervine, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Expectorant, Adaptogen, Hypolipidemic, Adrenal-tonic, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Anxiolytic, Nervine, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Expectorant, Adaptogen, Internal-detoxicant, Adrenal-tonic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antispasmodic, Muscle-relaxant

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  • Belly breathing

    Belly breathing has these Actions in Common

    Expectorant, Adaptogen, Internal-detoxicant, Adrenal-tonic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antispasmodic, Muscle-relaxant, Anxiolytic, Nervine, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Digestive

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  • Ginseng, Chinese

    Ginseng, Chinese has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Tonic, Digestive, Hepatoprotective, Immune-stimulant, Adaptogen, Improves-focus, Adrenal-tonic, Nerve-stimulant, Antidepressant, Stimulates-energy, Anxiolytic, Testosteronic

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Tonic, Digestive, Hypolipidemic, Hypotensive, Internal-detoxicant, Anti-inflammatory, Lowers-blood-sugar, Antispasmodic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Kava Kava

    Kava Kava has these Actions in Common

    Anxiolytic, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant, Analgesic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Anti-inflammatory, Nervine, Anticarcinogenic, Relieves-tension, Antispasmodic

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Guidelines - Preparation & Dose

1 dropper full 2x/day or as directed by your practitioner.
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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Eleuthero Ginseng may be beneficial for these symptoms. The suitability of any herb supplement for a condition is highly dependent on the individual. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Eleuthero Ginseng may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Eleuthero Ginseng. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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