Could this ‘longevity herb’ help your heart WORK BETTER?
In the Western world, when you’ve got heart troubles… your doc gives you a heart drug and you PRAY for the best.
Now, prayer can be incredibly powerful…
But it might not help if your conventional heart doc is IGNORING the healing powers of Eastern medicine!
That’s right – there’s a Chinese herb that could help heart patients get their cardiovascular health back on track.
It’s NOT, of course, a cure-all on its own…
But there’s SOLID evidence showing how this one herb could be what your heart regimen is MISSING for the BEST outcomes possible.
Here’s something your heart doc may NEVER mention to you… but could bring your heart health back into a MAJOR upswing.
Add this 1 thing for even BETTER heart outcomes
Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus) is a Chinese herb in the legume family that could even help lead to a LONGER life.
You’ve read before right here in eAlert how astragalus could help SAVE your life from kidney disease…
And today, I’m here to share with you how it could also help support your heart health.
In BOTH cases, it FIGHTS free radical damage from oxidative stress… and REDUCES inflammation.
In a Chinese study on patients with chronic heart failure, adding astragalus to a standard Western medicine treatment DECREASED levels of the inflammatory marker TNF-alpha more than conventional care alone…
But that’s not all.
With LESS inflammation came BETTER cardiac function… including IMPROVED left ventricular ejection fraction and LONGER walking distance.
In fact, the astragalus group OUTPERFORMED the standard treatment group by ALL measures!
Astragalus supplementation has also been linked to BETTER blood flow… including LOWER risk for hardened, narrow arteries (a.k.a. atherosclerosis).
Research shows how specifically a saponin extracted from astragalus, called astragaloside IV, can help BALANCE calcium for better cardiovascular health.
Not only does it SLAM THE BRAKES on a calcium overload…
But it also SHIELDS against cardiac injury and damage from calcium.
According to a 2020 meta-analysis, astragaloside IV has also helped improve the survival rate of study subjects with heart failure.
Look for an astragalus root extract supplement – ideally, one that’s been standardized to contain a certain minimum percentage of polysaccharides – at your local health food store or online.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it’s known as Huang-Qi… or by the Latin name Astragali Radix.
Talk to your doc to make sure it’s safe for you to take… especially if you’re already on any Rx drugs or other supplements.
Astragalus could lower your blood pressure, for instance – so you’ll want to make sure it doesn’t interact with anything that could make your BP drop too low or increase your risk of bleeding.
