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[Supplement] 2 Stars Asian Ginseng Take an extract supplying at least 1.6 mg daily of ginsenosides, along with a multivitamin [Why] 
Supplementing with Asian ginseng has been shown to enhance feelings of well-being and improve quality of life in some studies. The herbs discussed here are considered members of a controversial category known as adaptogens, which are thought to increase the body's resistance to stress, and to generally enhance physical and mental functioning.99 , 100 Many animal studies have shown that various herbal adaptogens have protective effects against physically stressful experiences,101 , 102 but whether these findings are relevant to human stress experiences is debatable. Animal studies support the idea that Asian ginseng is an adaptogen.103 Some studies have suggested that Asian ginseng can enhance feelings of well-being in elderly people with age-associated memory impairment ,104 nurses working night shifts,105 or people with diabetes .106 In a double-blind trial, people taking a daily combination of a multivitamin-mineral supplement (MVM) with 40 mg of ginseng extract (standardized for 4% ginsenosides) for 12 weeks reported greater improvements in quality of life measured with a questionnaire compared with a group taking only MVM.107 The same MVM-ginseng combination was tested in a double-blind study of night-shift healthcare workers.108 Compared with a placebo group, the group receiving the MVM-ginseng combination improved on one out of four measures of mental performance, one out of three measures of mood (increased calmness, but no change in alertness or contentment), and a measure of reported fatigue. However, in another double-blind study, healthy adults given 200 or 400 mg per day of a standardized extract of Asian ginseng (equivalent to 1,000 or 2,000 mg of ginseng root) showed no significant improvement in any of several measures of psychological well-being after two months.109
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