Sanchi Plus

Dong Quai

It is popularly known as the “female ginseng”. It is considered the “ultimate, all-purpose tonic and mildly warming herb” for women’s unique rhythm, body systems and cycles. It is thought in Traditional Chinese Medicine as to return the body to normal order by nourishing the blood and balancing vital energy. It contains vitamin B₁₂, folic acid, folinic acid, nicotinic acid and biotin. It has been used for five thousands years in Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese Medicine:

• To help balance estrogen level and its antispasmodic property helps relieve cramps, premenstrual symptoms and menstrual pains. It helps increase flow by dilating the blood vessels thereby, reducing menstrual pain such as dysmenorrheal and improving cleansing while replenishing blood at the end of the period. To help relieve from symptoms of menopause such as vaginal dryness and hot flashes. Low estrogen level causes amenorrhea.
• To help strengthen the internal reproductive organs and protect from internal bleeding and bruising.
• To help boost male and female fertility–Its ferulic acid, an antioxidant that helps improve sperm quality.
• To restore blood quality–helps increase hemoglobin content in the blood and improve peripheral circulation.
• To help improve complexion, detoxification and a supplement for those people recovering from alopecia, eczema, vitiligo and rosacea.

Ganoderma Lucidum

It is a very essential ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal formulations for immune dysfunction related illnesses. The red variety is one of the most extremely precious and completely non-toxic. A true herbal adaptogen. It can be taken everyday. Its extracts inhibit proliferation of human colorectal cancer cells and breast cancer cells. It is a suitable herb for chemoprevention and chemotherapy of breast cancer. It helps cleanse the body from toxins and it helps strengthen the immune system. It enhances liver detoxification, thus it improves liver function and stimulates the regeneration of liver cells–making it a very important supplement for those who have liver cancer. It is also beneficial for those living in high altitudes (mountains and mountain climbers) as it increases oxygenation of blood (both an effect on the heart system as well as the lungs for the Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Scientific Properties: It is analgesic, anti-allergic, anti-bronchitis (preventive and regenerative), anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial (staphylococci, streptococci, and bacillus pneumoniae), antioxidant (against hydroxyl free radicals), antitumor, antiviral, lowers blood pressure, bone marrow nucleated cell proliferation enhancement, cardiotonic, central depressant and anticholinergic (relaxes muscles and reduces the effects of caffeine), natural killer cell enhancement, expectorant and antitussive, immunomodulatory, anti-HIV, adrenocortical function enhancement, interleukin 1 and 2 production increased, liver protective and detoxifying, prevents B monoamine oxidase effects, ionizing radiation protection, anti-ulcer, white blood cell and hemoglobin in peripheral blood increased.

Sanchi

The commonly used scientific name for Sanchi, or “three-seven roots” in Chinese is Panax Notoginseng. The Chinese refer to it as “three-seven roots” because the plant has three branches with seven leaves each (three to the left and four to the right), as described in Bencao Gangmu (also known as Compendium of Materia Medica) written by Li Shizhen, a prominent medical expert of the Ming Dynasty. Its active ingredients are:

• Notoginsenoside – supports vascular system and blood flow, oxygen supply to heart muscle and immune system
• Ginsenoside Rb1 – supports nervous system, sexual function and cholesterol level
• Ginsenoside Rb2 – supports nervous system and cholesterol level
• Ginsenoside Rd – supports healthy blood glucose level
• Ginsenoside Rg1 and Re – supports central nervous system and concentration, sexual function, and DNA/RNA synthesis