Panax Ginseng

Question: I am going to get a flu shot this season. How can I boost my results?

One way a flu shot helps to protect your body is by boosting the number of antibodies in your blood. These antibodies kill viruses. Another way to increase the production of your blood’s antibodies is to take Panax ginseng, otherwise known as Chinese ginseng.

A well done study published in 1996 included 227 participants who received a flu shot. Some of the participants took 100 milligrams of ginseng panax for 12 weeks. The antibody count for people who took ginseng panax went up to 272 while the people who only received a flu shot had 171 units of antibodies in their blood. In other words, the immune cell activity of people taking ginseng panax was 2 times higher than the people who only had the flu shot. The people taking ginseng panax had 15 cases of the flu, while the people taking the placebo suffered 42 cases of the flu.