Health Benefits of American Ginseng

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Health Benefits of American Ginseng
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Ginseng is one of plant tuber credited with various tonic and medicinal properties, especially in East Asia like Korea and North America. There are two kinds of ginseng that commonly used, which are American ginseng (Paax quinquefolius) and Korean ginseng or Asia (Panax ginseng).

Even if every kind of ginseng has its own special health benefit, but generally ginseng has an active substance that predicted has essential health benefit inside this plan tuber, those active substance called as ginsenoside.

Health Benefits of American Ginseng

1. Cognitive function

The first health benefit of ginseng is it can enhance the ability in learning process and cognitive function. A study published by The Cochrane Library show that ginseng have so much health benefits for cognitive, behavior, and quality of live. If ginseng given for kids, it well proven that ginseng can increase the ability of children to pay attention and focus that will be beneficial for their learning process during their school ages.

The other benefit is that ginseng can act as anti oxidant that can fight against free radical that can destroy some cells inside the brain. So, it can prevent dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other cognitive disorders.

2. Anti inflammation

Beside ginseng can act as anti oxidant, it also has special effect as anti inflammation. Inflammation effects on ginseng maybe exist because there is ginsenosida substance inside this kind of plant. The substance has an effect to enhance human’s immunity system based on a research reported by Journal of Translation Medicine

3. It can decrease human’s level of stress

Ginseng can influence human nervous system in so many ways, one of them is stimulate metabolism and enhance the level of energy. Both of them can contribute in order to lowering the level of stress and anxiety inside human’s body. Adaptogene substance inside ginseng can disturb the level of hormone that produced by body while someone get stress. As ginseng can decrease stress hormone, it will help to contribute to create a better feeling inside our heart.

4. Help controlling diabetic

Ginseng has well proven can lowering the number of blood glucose. This is a natural way to control extra absorption of glucose and it make body going to be well protected from immediate raising of blood glucose

On 2005, a research that published through American Journal of Chinese Medicine show that ginseng (America and Asia) can cure diabetic. But, please try to discuss this decision with professional doctor as this ginseng is not highly recommended for people who consume anti diabetic drug. That’s the health benefits of American ginseng extract.

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