Brain Boost Herb Pack

Ingredient Panax Ginseng Ren Shen

Panax Ginseng (Ren Shen)

Considered the King of all herbs. Asian ginseng is a tonic herb and an apoptogenic (one that is used for restoration of what an individual needs), and often used to support adrenal function, improve mood, and promote neurological function via its well know saponins which can protect brain cells.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Turmeric root

Tumeric Root (Jiang Huang)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Turmeric root Turmeric’s main active component Curcumin, has anti-inflammatory properties, making it excellent for health issues, including pain and inflammation.  It ability to plays a role inhibiting inflammation is due to high levels of natural pain-relieving COX-2 inhibitors.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Poria Fu Ling

Poria (Fu Ling)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Poria Fu LingPoria is most commonly used to strengthen the spleen and calms the mind in TCM. Beyond poria’s principal action, this herb is also used to calm the heart spirit.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Dioscoreae Root Shan Yao

Discoreae Root (Shan Yao)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Dioscoreae Root Shan YaoFood should be our first medicine and Discorea is wild yam, a traditional food source. Discorea is used as a supportive herb in our menopause supplement to balance both the yin and yang with its neutral energy. Yam is known as one of the easiest foods to digest and this herb helps both the digestive system and our yin by naturally replenishing bodily fluids we often lose in the aging process. It is a rich sources of trace minerals like copper, calcium, potassium, iron, manganese and phosphorus. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids which helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure by countering hypertensive effects of sodium.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Rehmanniae Root Shu Di Huang

Rehmannia Root (Shu Di Huang)

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Rehmanniae Root Shu Di HuangRehmannia supports the yin and has key nutrients. Rehmannia is one of the most important herbs used in Asian medicine to nourish the kidneys the liver and strengthen the essence. What this means is it improves adrenal function. We use the cooked form in our herb pack as a tonic to nourish and replenish the hormonal balance. TCM considers this herb a blood tonic and can be used by both men and women to protect the liver. There is also evidence that cooked Rehmannia lowers blood pressure which naturally rises as we age. Rehmannia has been known through-out the ages as “the great nourisher” because of its many anti-aging, and rejuvenating functions.

Known Constituents of Rehmannia: Alanine, Arginine, Aspartic-acid, Aucubin, Beta-sitosterol, Calcium, Catalpol, Copper, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, Gaba, Glucosamine, Glutamic- acid, Glycine, Histidine, Iron, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Magnesium, Manganese, Manninotriose, Mannitol, Melittoside, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Phosphoric-acid, Potassium, Proline, Raffinose, Rehmaglutins, Rehmanniosides, Serine, Stachyose, Sucrose, Threonine, Tyrosine, Valine, Verbascose, Zinc, Vitamins A, B, C, D, amino acids, cerebroside.

Pacific Herbs Ingredient Liquorice Root

Licorice Root (Gan Cao)

Pac Herbs Ingredient Liquorice RootLicorice has a long and highly varied record of uses. It was and remains one of the most important herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is said this herb goes to all twelve channels of the body, a claim given to only a few Chinese herbs. By entering all body channels this herb is often used for its guiding actions to help other herbs enter into channels they would otherwise not normally affect. This is the beauty of Chinese herbal medicine, its ability to combine herbs in formulas to achieve actions they might otherwise not be able to do alone. Licorice has a sweet flavor, sweet Chinese herbs are helpful in tonifying the pancreas. The two major constituents of licorice are glycyrrhizin and flavonoids. Flavonoids are antioxidants known to improve circulation and relieve tissues damage and have a role in reducing inflammation.