Aren't our bodies wonderful!!
An example of this is how the body uses the ginseng root with regard to tumors. Specifically, the root has been shown to inhibit new blood vessel growth in rapidly growing tissue like tumors. The medical term angiogenesis means the creation of new blood vessels, which is a critical aspect of how a tumor will successfully establish in, and invade, healthy tissue.
 Paradoxically, other components of ginseng have been found to enhance nitric oxide (a vasodilator) levels by promoting new vessel growth, enhancing wound healing, slowing dementia, slowing hair loss and reducing morbidity from various other diseases caused by poor circulation.
The current research suggests that ginseng works as an adaptogen, that is, if new vessel growth is necessary, ginseng will promote that, but if new vessel growth would be harmful (such as in supplying a tumor) then such vascular growth would be inhibited.
The picture shows a ginseng root, precious for centuries in Asian countries.
It is shaped like a person and known as a whole-body tonic.
About the author
Dr Emily Kane is a practising naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist.
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