Eleuthero / Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)

Available as cut dried root and herbal tincture.

Please note this is a nutritional, functional food supplement and not veterinary medicine. See Dr Kellon's Horse Sense - Nutrition is not 'Alternative' Therapy for more information.

Tincture

Our human-grade, certified organic tinctures give you a ready-to-absorb potent source of phytonutrients at the highest-strength available, for immediate absorption straight into the bloodstream and to the body’s cells.

100% certified organic pure tincture: Eleuthrococus senticosus (Siberian Ginseng) Root, Decocted 1:3 35% , Organic Cultivated

Feed Guide

• Horse - 30-40ml / Pony - 15-20ml, daily in feed.
• Always shake the bottle to disperse any sediment.
• 3-year shelf-life.

Dried Herb

Certified organic dried root: Eleuthrococus senticosus (Siberian Ginseng) Root, Cut, Wild Harvested, Origin China

Feed Guide

• 5g/100kg bodyweight per day, thus for an average 500kg horse add 25g daily to feed.
• 1-year shelf-life.

Functional Nutritional Value

Constituents: Glycosides (eleutherosides A through G), polysaccharides, lignans, coumarins and triterpenoid saponins, minerals - calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sodium, aluminium, barium, iron, strontium, boron, copper, zinc, manganese, and chromium.

NB. Our range of botanicals are all grown, harvested and dried without the use of agri-chemicals, non-irradiated and GMO free - see our Quality page for Quality Management & Certification Documents. Laboratory tested for identification and compliance to the British and European Pharmacopoeia standards, and are human grade.

Please be aware that if you're purchasing our dried botanicals for human use, our dried range is cut to appropriate sizes for feeding to horses.

Details

Eleuthero has one heck of a pedigree, giving it the nickname King of Adaptogens. It's a member of the ginseng family ( Araliaceae ), with its roots, rhizomes and bark harvested, dried and shredded during October when its active constituents are highest.

Eleuthero is used as a general strengthening tonic. Energetically, it's warming and has a slightly bitter, sweet taste. It's said to be calming, grounding and strengthening, helping to develop a strong inner core and rootedness from which to withstand stress.

In China and Russia It was originally used 'to increase performance and quality of life and to decrease infections' (Huang, 2011). In China it's known as ci wu jia , and has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese Medicine to treat people with 'wind' (spasmodic) or 'damp' (swelling and edema) conditions. The great Chinese physician and herbalist Li Shizhen recommended eleuthero for hernias, weak tendons, ligaments, and to retard aging, indicating that long-term use leads to happiness and vigor (Winston and Maimes, 2007), as well as 'safely improve some aspects of mental health and social functioning after 4-weeks of therapy” (Cicero et al., 2004). It's used to strengthen qi , or life force, as well as the Chinese spleen, to combat fatigue, chronic diarrhea, low appetite, and bloating (Winston and Maimes, 2007).

Eleuthero is an adaptogen , meaning it increases the body’s ability to resist and cope with nonspecific internal or external stress, be it physical, mental, or emotional, allowing the body to adapt to the stressor and respond in a measured way instead of succumbing to it.

Eleuthero nourishes and supports the adrenal glands, and is said to 'normalise stress hormone levels, thereby reducing the symptoms that characterize chronic stress' (Winston, 2012).

Herbalist David Hoffman agrees, and goes a little further stating that eleuthero is 'especially useful for conditions include by the stress response, including angina, hypertension, hypotension, various types of neuroses, chronic bronchitis, and cancer' and recommends it for symptoms of stress including 'exhaustion, irritability, insomnia, and mild depression'. (Hoffman, 2003).

Eleuthero is also an immunomodulator , meaning it strengthens the immune system to help the body fight off infection and disease, including colds and flu. Winston and Maimes (2007) reported on a clinical study in which eleuthero reversed bone marrow suppression and decreased white blood cell counts in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

The extensive research done on eleuthero indicates it has anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antitumour, hepatoprotective, anti-ulcer, and anti-fatigue effects in vitro and in vivo (Huang et al., 2011). Panossian and Wikman (2009) report on several clinical studies that indicate eleuthero alleviates physical and mental fatigue and improves concentration and memory in human subjects, and 'increases endurance and stamina, enhances mitochondrial activity, speeds recovery and prevents immune depletion from excessive training'. (Maimes 2007)