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Comment · Sat, August 10, 2019

Any plans for Jiaogulan?

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JK-Y · 7 points

I am a big fan of Traditional Chinese Medicine herbs, and I noticed NootropicsDepot already covers some of the main ones (what TCM calls "superior herbs") :

* reishi
* ginseng
* rhodiola
* schisandra

Yet jiaogulan is still missing. Do you guys have any plans for it in the future ? Any plans for any other major TCM herbs?

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JK-Y · 3 points

Here's why it is missing from the standard TCM pharmacopoeia:

It has not seen widespread use in traditional Chinese medicine \[...\] because it grows far from central China where TCM evolved; consequently, it was not included in the standard pharmacopoeia of the TCM system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynostemma\_pentaphyllum

Jiaogulan is known as the "immortality herb" in China (see the wikipedia article above).

Judging from the research and the user reports I've seen, it is basically a different strain of ginseng with anti-diabetic, longevity-inducing and calming properties, and also cheaper than ginseng.

I agree it does lack research though.

By the way, do you guys have any other major TCM herbs coming?

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb

I can get some in to test out... and yes, we absolutely have more TCM herbs coming out.

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