Semester 4, Week 1, Day 1

The day is here! The first day of class.  The kids were upset with me because breakfast was put on hold while went through my class lessons to see what to expect this semester.  I have a final in toxicology, a proctored final in health and wellness and a final paper on my capstone class.  It looks like they want video assignments in capstone and health and wellness which will be very interesting with 2 children with no volume control.  This is going to be a very interesting semester indeed!  I also might be able to read the books since they are small enough I can read them standing up.  I will make the attempt, for sure.   Toxicology and health and wellness are vital to herbal health so if I can find a way, I will do it.  I was able to read Wisper's book because I was able to read while I was cooking so there is an idea.  I had my friend's children yesterday so she could get some extra hours and my daughter blew up a balloon for my daughter.  The kids are now playing with it in my daughter's room.  I think I'll by more of them because I'm fully impressed with the amount of abuse this has taken and is still kicking!  I blew up one with the helium tank I got for my daughter's birthday and my daughter broke it the minute she got her hands on it.  There is something to be said for quality.  I'll have her again tomorrow but not for as long. I will also get her off the bus on Monday to help me get ready for my daughter's birthday party.  She is very excited and is looking forward to learning how to wrap presents and such.  She thought I was going light on the number of presents and I let her know I don't do clothing as presents.  It's fine if family does but I consider that too essential.  If they need new clothes, they need them now, not in a month or two.  I'm going to leave you with the information below on actions of Siberian ginseng.  I thought I had done adaptogen before but it wasn't in my list so it is now!

On to the actions of Siberian ginseng (easier to spell)!

Adaptogen can mean many things. In general, these herbs have their own properties but they also augment other properties in herbs making it a good companion herb in recipes. You do want to be careful on using these as a companion because I don’t think you’d want to boost things like diuretic, for example.

Immune modulating is the same as immunomodulatory.

Constituents: Eleutherosides A-E, glycosides of aglycones (sterols, lignans, phenolics), polysaccharides.  (Hoffman, 2003, p. 545) Chevallier (2016) adds triterpenoid saponins (p. 94). I looked up eleutherosides in Ganora (2009) and they are the triterpenoid saponins (p. 69).  On page 142, she explains I, J, K, L, and M are different from this group.  These eleutherosides are what gives Siberian Ginseng the adaptogenic property as well as the improvement of stamina and resistance to stress due to the tonic action on the adrenal glands.  They are also neuroprotective and neuroregenerative. The Thorne research group (2006) further explains A-M are present in the plant but A-M are in the root, these others listed are from the leaf.  Other constituents they say are in the root are ciwujianosides (minor saponins), eleutherans (polysaccharides), beta sitosterol, isofraxidin (a coumarin derivative), syringin, chlorogenic acid, sesamin (lignans), and friedelin (triterpene).

Have a Great Day!