Additional Health Benefits of Red Panax Ginseng

Well, it’s been a while since I last posted.  I think about a week.  After my post on adrenal fatigue, I have slowed down taking the vials to about every other morning.  It still amazes me how well it works but I think the body reaches a certain level of self-sufficiency after taking it for a long time.  So maybe, after all, I don’t have to take this every day.  This is great news, actually, because I really don’t like being dependent on anything.

Back to the topic at hand.  Aside from my foot problem, I used to constantly hurt my back trying to lift my almost-4-year-old, who is about 35 pounds, and carrying her up and down the stairs as she sometimes likes to be babied (we have a 16 month old, she sees her being babied, you do the math).  Sometimes my back would hurt for days.  I would also get pains in various muscles from “pulling” them.  I remember once I carried a carton of furniture from IKEA up the stairs and I was out of commission for a week – my back and also leg muscles were shot.  Long story short, I had muscular and back pains all the time.  It’s been so long since I had any of these that I am having a hard time remembering it all.  These days, I just grab my daughter, lift her up and give her a hug, even if I stretch my body forward (don’t try this at home unless you’re a 40-year old on ginseng, hehe) (OK, I am not 40 yet, but a few more weeks!).  Hate to brag but I also lift both of them up sometimes, though I am quite cautious about how I move when I do that.  I would have never dreamt of lifting 55 wriggly pounds and walking around.  I am starting to forget how decrepit I used to be, which is wonderful.

Here is one other thing I can not quite believe yet, either.  Over Christmas, I had traveled to California to my in-laws’ place.  On the way back, I had the sharpest tooth pain I had had in years.  My dentist said it could be an air pocket and to pay attention to it.  I did.  It kept hurting, though, on and off, but I refused to go to the dentist because, like everybody else, I hate going there and I know it would be a root canal.  Unpleasant, expensive, and the pain kept going away.  Since I started taking the ginseng, it disappeared about on week 2 or 3.  I don’t know.  It could be that now I have circulation where it was lacking, that my body found a way to heal itself.

That’s what red panax ginseng has been all about for me:  A type of tonic or elixir which is allowing my body to heal itself, mainly by increasing circulation.  The “miracles,” if you want to call them that, are simply my body’s natural healing abilities returning.  But another side effect is that I feel younger.  Two months ago, it would be inconceivable for my fat rear to be running up the stairs.  Yes, I said running (and I said fat, I am 5’10″ and 210 pounds, not good).  I used to always run up the stairs, two steps at a time, until I was in my mid-twenties.  I am doing that again.  I had stopped because, well, I am overweight and didn’t frankly have the energy.  I just smile at the top of the stairs, thinking to myself that I feel young again – not even out of breath.

That’s it for today.  I am going to write something about weight loss: no miracle there, unfortunately, and diet: there are some changes there and for the better, though.  I’ll cover those in another post.  It would also be so awesome to have people relate their own experiences with Chinese red panax ginseng.  If you or someone you know has had an experience, please leave a short comment and I will contact you via email.  It’s not clear to me in which format I am going to do it on this site yet but I’ll figure it out if there is interest.