Jiaogulan

(gynostemma)

you can use the leaves in tea or dry the roots to eat.

protects and enhances the function of the centrals nervous system and the peripheral nervous system through its antioxidant properties and its ability to regulate and increase nitric oxide production.

Nitric oxide protects nerve cells from damage and cell death from free radical damage.

Nitric oxide is also a natural vasodilator thus directly lowering blood pressure.

releases AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). This helps turn up fat-burning and energy-releasing metabolic processes.

is also an adaptogen; helping the body cope with stress and maintain homeostasis.

gynostemma’s antioxidants, including polysaccharides, can help inhibit cancer cell migration and invasion.

has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects that can help induce apoptosis and repair DNA.

shown to increase your body’s production of a powerful antioxidant called Super-Oxide Dimutase (SOD).

SOD plays a key role in disease prevention, anti-inflammation and anti-aging.

known in some parts of China as, “The Herb of Immortality”.