TOPIC: What 'sang products do you use personally?

Well, fellow growers... do you use our favorite root much?

You can file this in the \" talk the talk, and walk the walk\" catagory! LOL

Me:
--took those small ampules from china for 15+ years, one a day, sometimes two. Stopped doing that about 10 years ago.
--I also really enjoy the cola drink called \"Gensing Up\" ...I still buy this by the case, and usually there's a few in the pantyr at most times.
-- the ocassional tea from roots
--I do take 1000mg of 'sang in capsule form, in the evening only.

An aside, I take a bunch of vitamens daily, and have for many many years, like 35.

Whitjr,

I take ginseng 3-4 times weekly - usually in a tea or at times in my coffee, and other times just munch on some root.

I have always sampled it some over the years but usually only when I was digging in the fall.

In the fall of 2010 I kept some roots back from what I sold and started taking it regular, usually 3 or 4 times weekly.

I also started taking a multi-vitamin with minerals about that same time.

I am not sure which to credit it too, but since then I have been basically bullet proof to things like colds, flue, sinus infection, strep throat.

My wife and kids still get sick like that regular, but not me. I have not even had a good case of the sniffles since fall 2010.

A couple of times I felt like something was coming on, but it passed real quick, gone in a day or two and back to normal.

This fall I kept a nice collection of roots with age from my harvest. I kept mostly smaller roots with 20+ root neck scars, and then kept two (double top roots that were in the 40+ year old range).

I think I have enough to do me until next falls harvest comes in.

Anyway - to answer your question - me personally - I use nothing but the best, Tennessee Wild Ginseng

TNhunter

I take ginseng tea made with cultivated ginseng slices or wild ginseng leaves almost everyday. I take a shot of ginseng or ginseng berries-spiced vodka several days a week. When driving I usually chew a prong which really wakes up my senses at night.

Basically I have been acting as my own guinea pig for testing and observing the signs of ginseng action. Two things that have been noticed, 1. my seasonal allergy that has been bothering me for 6 yrs is gone, 2. seasonal affective disorder (down mood) due to limited sun exposure in the Wisconsin winter is gone.

I have been trying to get my clients to tell me their anecdotal experience and to research a pattern of effect as a reference for others. There are so many fascinating stories that will will show up in my blogs at my website later.

For what its worth it makes me feel very much at peace and relaxed and less stressed. I know many or most say it gives them energy and that is great. But for me it is more of a calming affect.
Latt

I have decided that evenings are best for me as the 1000mg caps are assisting me in sleeping. My high stress job affects my sleeping, and w/ the 'sang about 2 hours before bedtime, I sleep better.

Dr Sang- you think it's good for S>A>D? It's a new concern of mine as well. Built a light box recently for my own iuse, and that is a big assist. I found your comments very interesting.

Latt,

I have to agree with you that ginseng has more of a calming effect on me too.

I usually take mine in a tea though and I have found that the process of making the tea is sort of calming to me. You really can't rush it - have to boil the water, get your seng root hairs or slices in the cup, I put in some honey and lemon and well then you have to let it seep a while then sip it.

Just sipping a hot drink has a calming effect by itself.

Smelling and tasting the ginseng brings back memories all the way back to my teen's 70's, and some good old days.

The main thing I have noticed is that I just don't get sick any more with with things like colds, sinus, allergy type stuff. That used to happen to me quite often but has not happend the past two fall/winters since I started taking the ginseng.

Not getting sick as often will sure take some stress off your body too.

Whitjr,

I have a stressful job too, computer/technical type stuff and have had trouble sleeping since I was about 40 (past 10 years or so).

I have found a couple of natural products that help me get sleepy and go to sleep and they do it on a regular basis. No hangover, no addiction.

Hylands Calms Forte and Melatonin.

You can get both at Walmart and they are fairly cheap.

I take a couple of Calms Forte and one 3 mg melatonin just about every night, and in 15-20 minutes I am ready to go down for the night.

TNhunter