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aloe -- an herbal plant whose leaves (and ingredients) have various medical uses. For more detailed information, see Aloes in our Nutritional Focus section.
American ginseng -- an herbal extract that typically contains 5% ginsenosides as active components; historically used as a tonic, adaptogenic, antioxidant, and for energy. See ginseng.
artichoke -- an herbal extract that typically contains 2.5-5% caffeylquinic acid as active components; historically used as a choleretic.
ashwagandha -- an herbal extract that typically contains 1.5% withanolids as active components; historically used as a tonic, adaptogenic and for energy.
astragalus -- an herbal extract that typically contains 0.4% 4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyisoflavone 7-sugars as active components; historically used as a immunomodulator. Called huang chi in Chinese medicine, this is one of the world's greatest immune tonics. The Chinese look at it as being a "chi" tonic -- one that increases the body's resistance and vitality of the immune system. It is a deep immune tonic that increases the "bone marrow reserve", increasing the body's ability to produce more immune effector cells (such as t-cells), protecting us from "pathogens," or what is called in Traditional Chinese Medicine, "pernicious influences." Astragalus is a popular remedy in China used as a daily tonic when one is not feeling well or if the constitution is weak. Astragalus has a sweet nature, as do most of the tonic herbs.
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