The Youth Restoring And Life Extending Powers Of He Shou Wu
This story starts with a 57 year old man, unmarried, impotent, and frail, who had resorted to alcohol. He had fallen asleep outdoors, in a drunken stupor, only to awake to a network of intertwined plants stretching for yards that appeared in his eyes as “making love.” Fascinated at what he’s seeing, he dug one plant up by the roots and brought it to a small town. Although there was none who could identify the plant, one wise townsman suggested that in view of his pathetic state, this plant might have been divinely decreed to come to him as a tonic to help him. With nothing to lose and also a bit intrigued by what the townsman said, the impotent drunk dried the root, ground it up, and took it daily on an empty stomach. Before a week has passed, he noticed that he could barely control his sexual desire. After a few months, his normal strength was fully restored, and within six years, his youthful appearance came back, his hair became black again, his youthful appearance returned, and all his disease vanished! He was not only able to marry again he was able to father 20 children and lived to be 150 years old. Two of his boys also took this herb. One lived to a ripe full ago of 130 years old, and the other, whom he named He Shou Wu, lived to up 160 years old, and at the time of his death, still had a thick full set of black hair.
A 1933 edition of Time magazine published an obituary of Li Ching Yuen, a famous Taoist who allegedly had died at a very old age of 256 years. Some believed that the secret of his longevity was taking a life elixir called He Shou Wu every day. While this may be an exaggeration, the age extending power of He Shou Wu actually has been backed up by science. The herb has shown to help increase the activity of superoxide dismutase in the cells of the body which can help slow down the aging process. Basically, this helps prevent the oxidization of your cells, so with the help of this herb, you will not only be protected from process of aging as you get older, you will be also cleansed of pollutants and free radicals that tend to disrupt the optimal functioning of your cells. Studies have also shown that He shou wu can hinder MAO-B, a process that boosts dopamine use in the brain, and as you age, MAO-B activity significantly increases. Thus by being able to prevent MAO-B from using up all the dopamine in your brain, you not only can lower your stress levels and improve your mood you also can help slow down the aging process. Lots of controlled studies have already been done showing the lives of animals being prolonged by he shou wu, and that many people have actually lived longer lives because of it! Besides these unbelievable benefits, he shou wu also has the capacity to keep you hair color from turning gray and even to reverse gray hair! One Chinese study concluded that he shou wu helped 90 percent of participants restore a portion of their gray hair to their natural color and helped fully recover the natural color of 65 percent of the participants. In fact, one of the most popular uses of this plant is to help bring back the natural hair color of people with gray hair. It should be emphasized that aside from the everyday consumption of he shou wu for several months, the study also involved the reduction of stress levels, daily exercise, and the avoidance of highly processed foods.
The legend of He shou wu has made this potent herb famous. Who would’ve imagined that after taking he shou wu, a drunken impotent man would not only be buzzing with sexual desire, but after marrying, would be able to father nineteen children! The Chinese have been using he shou wu for more than a millennium, mainly to increase or restore sex drive, as well as to strengthen the ova and sperm, and to increase sexual fluids in both women and men. With the wished for youthfulness, prolonged longevity, preservation of hair color, and increased sustainable energy it can bring, he shou wu can truly help you feel young, strong, and active once more.
He shou wu is a potent tonic that enhances your yin jing helping tonify the liver and kidney, building blood, helping restore sexual fluids, and calm the nervous system. This means the tonic eases your nervous system inducing a profound grounding and relaxing effect. It has high amounts of zinc that can generate inner calmness and help alleviate stress. The high amounts of MAO-B also complement this effect, as your mood gets better from the increased supply of dopamine in your brain which can also be of great benefit to your nervous system. Ho Shou Wu can also boost the functional reserves of your body, which is like having a “battery pack” that contains deep, primordial energy that the body needs to live. Because he shou wu contains the Yin Jing, it also has that basic energy that we need to use all the time. This basic energy is what hydrates, nourishes, and feeds the whole body, so that we can function optimally during the day, and rest well during the night.