Did you know there are herbs for circulation that are both natural and do not interfere with any meds that you may be taking or any known medical conditions? (You should always inform your doctor what natural supplements you are using.)
Are you confused about using natural herbs? There are quite a few and they can help with many different health challenges. We are going to break that down for you with a new series of articles about herbs.
First, let’s think about nutrition in general. Your food, along with any nutritional supplements that you use, feed your cells. So – as new cells are built the quality of the cell is a direct result of the nutrition that was given to your body. In contrast, herbs are not nutritional supplements although they are classified as dietary supplements by FDA.
Herbs, such as herbs used for circulation that we are discussing today, are used for special considerations or health challenges, and should be used in addition to a good nutrition supplement program. Your body still needs vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that you don’t get enough of in your food.
Would you rather add life to your years, or simply years to your life? Herbs have been used for many years to help give people a better quality of life.
Some herbs are great for daily use and others are used for special occasions or for special people. Some you should not take at all if there can be an interaction with a health condition you may have or a medication you are taking.
Circulation
The first herbs we will feature are for circulation. (Remember to come back often over the next few weeks or so while we post new herbal articles daily.) Is there any bodily process more important to life than circulation? Think about it: proper function of respiration, circulation, metabolism, and elimination all depend on proper blood flow throughout the body.
Studies show that there is a 70% decrease in blood flow in the body between the ages of 50 and 70 years. Herbs that can help circulation, and in turn, all of these body processes can make a difference in your quality of life.
One thing you will find as we go forward is that we usually talk about a group of herbs together when we look at the Shaklee brand. That’s because Shaklee (almost) always has more than one herb together in a single product formulation.
What I like about Shaklee is how they use their scientists and research teams to find groups of herbs that compliment each other so that when used together in your body, the combination can help you get better results.
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Shaklee Mental Acuity Plus is an herbal formula that helps improve circulation to the brain. The brain represents just 2% of our body’s weight and yet it requires up to 20% of the nutrients you consume. There are five different herbs plus some supporting b vitamins in Mental Acuity Plus.
Ginko
Ginko (biloba) is the main ingredient. According to the the German Commission E (an internationally recognized authority on natural products and herbal remedies), Ginko is approved for 3 primary clinical conditions: 1) memory deficit (disturbances in concentration, depressive emotional condition, dizziness, tinnitus (ringing in the ear) and headache), 2) improvement of distance and pain-free walking in peripheral artery disease, and 3) vertigo (dizziness).
Ginko can help with hearing loss due to the increased circulation to the nerves that are critical to hearing. There are no known side effects or any known interactions with medications – that’s good since pretty much anyone should be able to take it and important to know because as people age they start taking various medications and look for herbs that won’t interact with their meds.
To support Ginko, Shaklee chose 4 complimentary herbs:
- Hawthorn since it acts as a cardio tonic, cardio protective agent for prevention of heart disease, can help lower blood pressure and prevent atherosclerosis (buildup of fat in the arteries that compromises blood flow to the brain)
- Bilberry for its history in helping primarily with the eyes (can help improve night vision, catarcats, glaucoma, retinopathy and circulatory disorders in the eye)
- Gotu Kola that is effective for improved memory, overcoming stress and fatigue, overcoming a feeling of heaviness in the lower limbs, night cramps and spider veins. Gotu Kola is a favorite snack of elephants and we all know that elephants live forever!
- Rosemary for its antioxidant properties – it has more than a dozen antioxidants. Rosemary has value in preventing alzheimers, and has such a reputation for improving memory that it is known as the ‘herb of remembrance’.
B Vitamins
There is one last component of Mental Acuity Plus: B vitamins to help promote the formation of healthy red blood cells that will more efficiently carry nutrients throughout your improved circulatory system!
To learn more about, or order, Mental Acuity Plus visit: Herbs for Circulation.
I have actually heard about Ginko before for circulation but isn’t it supposed to help with brain activity and memory as well? There are so many herbs out there that are good for you and help fight certain things, how do they decide or test each one to tell what it is good to be used for? You have a great blog here and I hope that you will write about some more herbs.
You have a excellent blog with a lot of information in it that I would bet people weren’t aware of. There are many herbs in the world and they are almost all used to improve our health in some way. Thank you for publishing this, will you be going through more herbs in the same fashion in the near future? I will see about getting some Ginko as soon as possible.
Mental Acuity Plus B sounds like an all around great herb concoction that could help anyone of any age. I didn’t realize that circulation problems normally start in your 50’s because I am in my early 40’s and I already have circulation issues especially in my feet. Shaklee Vitamins and Minerals can normally be found in health food place and GNC’s right, I’ve got to try some is it super expensive?
I have been taking a few varying combinations of vitamin supplements for blood circulation. I am talking about vitamins such as CQ10, Ginko Biloba and even fish liver oil are all vitamin supplements which have worked well for me and my family. These tend to slightly thin the blood which contributes to more efficient circulation of the blood throughout the body. So I am glad to hear that I am on the right track according to this article.
I feel healthier just learning about the benefits of the various herbs and the health benefits of each one. And since the Shakle products have consolidated many of these vitamins into one or more products, I don’t see why using Shaklee in your daily diet wouldn’t be a sensible idea, not to mention easy. You don’t have to keep track of what you are ingesting or worry how you are preparing your food or if you are getting its nutritional value.
For several years now, there has been a movement for preventative medicine and lifestyle habits, on the part of the medical profession and the HMO’s. In the long run, it is actually far less expensive for HMO’s to provide funding for preventative medical care, such as providing coverage for supplements and other healthy products, than it is to treat already ill subscribers. So I think the Shaklee products can in fact could be covered by many HMO’s.
Ever since I found out about the benefits of composting and how simple and easy it can be, I must confess I have developed what is so far, only a passing interest in taking up composting. But if I can sell the soil to local gardeners for some profit, I would be a bit more motivated to give it a try. I am all for green initiative as long as they produce green backs in my bank.
This was a very interesting article I had no idea that Ginko was used for circulation I thought it was used for memory and things like that. You have put a lot of information in this article that is going to help me in my research of herbs and minerals for specific uses in the body. Great job, are you open to questions if I run into something I don’t quite understand?
than you for the useful article…