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| ginseng," have long been used to decrease fatigue and improve strength and energy for those recovering from a debilitating chronic illness. They improve the entire spectrum of energy utilization, from breathing to storing energy for future use. They increase the rate of respiration, the amount of oxygen inhaled, muscle strength and endurance and cardiovascular health. |
| The University of Munich in Germany found that daily doses of ginseng increase the lungs' capacity to fill with air as much as 29 percent after only one month. Ginseng also improves oxygen's absorption into the blood and increases the number of red blood cells which carry oxygen to its destination. This is especially important with long-lasting fatigue because stress wipes out extra red blood cells. Ginseng and Siberian ginseng help turn amino acids into protein and improve their utilization. Both herbs increase glycogen production and energy stored in muscles by almost one-third and encourage muscle gain. In addition, it was found that ginseng stimulates ATP more than 150 other herbs that were tested. It even contains a usable form of ATP to directly provide muscles with energy. 19 |
| Following exertion, ginseng and Siberian ginseng help overtaxed muscles quickly recover. For example, numerous studies demonstrate how muscle tone, pulse rate and blood pressure bounce back to normal faster with ginseng intake. The Institute for the Prophylaxis of Circulatory Diseases at the University of Munich in Germany found that after nine weeks, the average lactate level (which determines the amount of lactic acid) dropped in half when athletes took a standardized ginseng extract. In two studies with Siberian ginseng, one with competitive cyclists at the Legraft Institute of Physical Culture and Sports and another with people participating in strenuous exercise, |
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