Ginseng Russian

Folklore Siberian ginseng was brought to prominence when Russian researchers were investigating Panax ginseng and looked at other plants in the same family to see whether they had similar properties. Several Eleutherococcus species have been used in Chinese medicine for 2000 years (Bown, 2003 Graenwald et al, 2002 Shealy, 1998 Tierra, 1998 Yeung, 1983). 

Brekhman, LI. 1963. Comparative data on pharmacological effect of ginseng, Eleutherococcus, Echinapanax and Aralia roots [in Russian]. Materials to the studies of ginseng and other therapeutical medicines cf the Far East 5 219-227. Cited in Farnsworth, N., et al. 1985. Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus). In Wagner, H., et al., eds. Economic and medicinal plant research, Volume 1, pp. 155-215. London Academic Press. 

Winther K, Ranlov C, Rein E, Mehlsen J. Russian root (Siberian Ginseng) improves cognitive functions in middle-aged people whereas Ginkgo hiloba seems effective only in the elderly. J Neurol Sci 1997 150 S90. 

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