10/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Taiwanese researchers tested the ability of two Chinese medicinal herbs to delay the onset of vascular stiffening in muscles after excessive exercise. They reported that a week-long treatment using ginseng (Panax ginseng) and red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) were able to improve the symptoms of arterial stiffening.
This study was conducted by the National Taiwan University. The researchers published their findings in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
The results indicated that arterial stiffness caused by eccentric exercise could be reduced by taking ginseng and red sage as herbal supplements for short-term periods.
The complete study can be reviewed on this page.
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Journal Reference:
Lin HF, Tung K, Chou CC, Lin CC, Lin JG, Tanaka H. PANAX GINSENG AND SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA SUPPLEMENTATION ABOLISHES ECCENTRIC EXERCISE-INDUCED VASCULAR STIFFENING: A DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 6 June 2016;16(168). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1139-4.
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