Ginseng - Any Good for Bodybuilder?

[cakedonkey]

Bah that's crap. The 100 page assay was impressive, but it's in greek :/

LOL, my best friend's Dad is from Mani. Perhaps he could shed some light.

[expers]

Mental Clarity and performance:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum

Antioxidant:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum

Enhanced Performance:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum

Mildly anabolic:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum

Improves sex:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum

Helps maintain healthy glucose blood levels and prevent obesity and insulin resistance(especially ginsenoside Re):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...ubmed_RVDocSum

Back in mu studying days i did a 100page assay on ginsengs and from i concluded most of the studies that reported nothing used a too low dose. You need at least one gram of extract(preferably 2 grams) to start getting results. It's not a great ergogenic, Eleutherococcus is a much much better one, but has a very positive effect on mentality which personally helps me train better when on ginseng. Plus it's cheap as hell

so you'd say to not bother with the korean red/white, or the ameican ginseng, but to stick with siberian ginseng? or am i reading this wrong here..

[Mauriciovsky]

ginseng makes me very very horny too, but it's good, it gives you a lot of energy