hey guys so in this video we're gonna be talking about panic's
ginseng which is one of the most popular herbs on the planet so let's dive right in
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panic's ginseng is also referred to as korean ginseng and is widely believed to be the uh what
is considered the true ginseng and the reason it's considered the true ginseng is because there are
so many other compounds that are also referred to as ginsengs now there is
ashwagandha for instance that is also referred to as indian ginseng and then there are things like
uh the herb l euthero which is referred to as siberian ginseng and then you also have things
like tonkat ali which is often referred to as malaysian ginseng and then it even gets a little
bit more hairy and more confusing because there are also some other herbs that are in the same
family as panics ginseng or korean ginseng and those are things like panic's noto ginseng which
is referred to as chinese ginseng and then you also have things like panax quincufolia which is
referred to as american ginseng now the big thing to note here is that most of the research
that has been performed on the specific ginseng class of panics ginseng has been done on korean
ginseng which is why we're gonna focus on that in particular in this video all right guys so in
this video we're gonna be talking about the five primary health benefits of panic's ginseng and the
first one we're gonna talk about today is panic's ginseng's benefit for cognition now the big thing
to note when it comes to panic's ginseng's ability to improve cognition is that it's one of very few
compounds that have been shown to actually improve cognition in healthy young adults now for any
of you guys that have done previous research on compounds that have been used to improve cognition
you'll know that it is very hard to come by compounds that show promise in healthy
young adults and so because of this i do consider panic's ginseng's ability to improve cognition one
of its more promising benefits now when it comes to the aspects of cognition that panic's ginseng
has been shown to improve it has been shown to improve and reduce fatigue improve reaction time
and slow cognitive decline now there are several possible mechanisms that are at play here and
the first one is the possibility of panic's ginseng to improve um the signaling of bdnf
which is a neuropeptide that is present in the central nervous system that is used to help
keep neurons healthy as well as kind of signal for them to grow and form new pathways now some other
possible mechanisms include panic's ginseng's ability to improve serotonin signaling improve
acetylcholine signaling dopamine signaling as well as its ability to improve neural mitochondria
function now the exact mechanisms are really only being studied right now mostly in rodent trials
however because of just the breadth of evidence that has been performed in both healthy
participants as well as individuals that are going through cognitive decline i do like to put panic's
ginseng at the top of a fairly short list of compounds that are promising as neurotropic and
cognitive enhancing compounds now the second most promising health benefit of panic's ginseng is its
ability to improve mood and more specifically its ability to increase calmness as well as subjective
well-being now when it comes to the mechanisms that are at play in its ability to improve mood
i will note that it's probably a lot of the same mechanisms that are leading to improved
cognitive performance and what you'll notice in the research is that compounds that generally
improve mood um also generally improve some type of aspect of cognition and that definitely seems
to be the case here with penick's ginseng most of your neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine
and acetylcholine are one highly involved in the ability of your brain to learn and the ability of
your neurons to communicate as well but they're also highly involved in your mood and so again
generally speaking when you increase cognitive performance or increase mood you're also going
to be increasing the other as well now the third possible health benefit we're going to
talk about today is panic's ginseng's ability to improve hormone function now panic's ginseng's
ability to increase testosterone in men has only been demonstrated in infertile and hypogenetic
men at this point and it does seem that this may be the only population that experiences
a testosterone improvement from taking penix ginseng now the mechanisms here are
fairly complicated but it does seem that there is a fairly reliable ability of pan extension to
inhibit a specific enzyme known as the five alpha reductase enzyme which is an enzyme that converts
testosterone into actually a more potent androgen known as dht now because of this inhibition
uh there is going to be a backlog so to speak of testosterone in the body because
your body is not able to as efficiently convert testosterone into dht but this isn't necessarily
a good thing because again dht is actually more potent as an androgen than testosterone itself
now there also may be some interaction with the androgen receptor specifically as well as
some antioxidant capacity of panics ginseng specifically as a testicular antioxidant
which is a good thing for most men but the big thing to note here is that penick's ginseng
also seems to be a fairly potent phytoestrogen as well with fairly strong estrogenic activity
in the body so my feelings on panic's ginseng as a hormone regulator are fairly mixed and i
don't think it's a terrible compound to consume especially if your estrogen kind of floats on
the lower end of the spectrum which most men aren't however another pretty big thing to
note here is that i just simply wouldn't rely on panic's ginseng as a hormone regulator there
are other more well-researched and more reliable compounds to accomplish this goal
and if you're interested in any of those compounds i do have a full write-up on a complete list
that you can find a link to in the description now the fourth health benefit i want to talk about is
panic's ginseng's ability to improve libido and specifically which is it's kind of funny to say
this but specifically within the research it has been shown to improve erection quality in men and
now the mechanisms here are probably two pronged one being panicked ginseng's ability to reliably
reduce stress which is going to improve libido in most men and probably has something to do with the
dopaminergic activity of panic's ginseng as well as its ability to also improve blood flow
and so i'm not going to get too graphic into why increasing blood flow is going to improve libido
and erection function in men however suffice it to say that when you do improve blood flow as well as
reduce stress and reduce fatigue you are going to subsequently improve libido which again is
panic's ginseng's fourth possible health benefit now the fifth health benefit that i want to talk
about super brief um and i think actually really is where panic's ginseng really shines is its
improvement to just general health panics ginseng has been shown to improve blood sugar regulation
improve immunity decrease inflammation decrease dna damage reduce cancer risk improve antioxidant
profile as well as improve cholesterol markers and again i don't have the time to kind of dive into
every single one of these specifically but when you look at the breadth of evidence that panic's
ginseng has as just a general health promoter and wellness promoter i i think this is again really
where panic's ginseng shines and is one of the reasons that i do take it on a semi-regular basis
now when it comes to dosing there's two primary things you want to keep in mind here one is that
you really do want to try to stick to a panic's ginseng extract just because from the evidence
and the research that we do have it does take a relatively high amount of just the straight up dry
root powder to equal the effects of an extract and so for instance the general recommendation for
the extract is that you take anywhere between 100 to 400 milligrams whereas when it comes to the
dry root i mean you're you're looking at taking 10 grams of a dry root powder and so it is just
way more efficient and effective to take a standardized extract now when it comes to that 100
to 400 milligram range dosage the big thing you want to note here is that typically speaking the
lower dosage range tends to be a little bit more calming whereas the higher dosage range tends to
be a little bit more stimulating and that probably has to do with the fact that it's affecting
so many different neurotransmitters and when you dose it at different dosages some of those active
compounds begin to kind of take over and cause different effects at different dosages but other
than that guys that's all i have for you today i hope you enjoyed this video as always if you
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