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Ginseng and Fatigue

Posted by Laurie, Volunteer Mentor @roch, Apr 11, 2019

My Dr. told be about a 2012 Mayo research study showing ginseng may help with fatigue in cancer patients:
https://www.mayo.edu/research/forefront/ginseng-fights-fatigue-cancer-patients

I have just started taking ginseng, so too early to know if will make a difference.

Has anyone else tried ginseng?

If a Breast Cancer patient, make sure you notice statement in article about some off-the-shelf ginseng is sometimes processed using ethanol, which can give it estrogen-like properties that may be harmful to breast cancer patient.

I ordered my ginseng from Ginseng Co-op from Wi: http://www.ginsengherbco-op.com/ . They are mentioned in article. You can check prices at their web site.

I doubled checked with my care team to make sure that ginseng would not interfere with other medications I was taking.

I am hoping it will restore some on my energy.

Laurie

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jul 29, 2019

@roch, It has been a few months since you started taking ginseng for fatigue. Has it helped? What has been your experience?

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Laurie, Volunteer Mentor | @roch | Oct 2, 2019
In reply to @colleenyoung "@roch, It has been a few months since you started taking ginseng for fatigue. Has it..." + (show)
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@roch, It has been a few months since you started taking ginseng for fatigue. Has it helped? What has been your experience?

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I have been taking ginseng now for months, is it helping? hard to tell. I getting my energy back and becoming more active. It could be that my body is finally healing. Either way, I plan on continuing with the ginseng. Laurie

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