Hi

I have always had a bad memory as far as I can remember. Studying at school but really struggling at exams because of this. Later on during my uni days and early years in my first job, I learnt a lot about mnemonics. I practised a lot (for anyone who's interested free courses & lots of useful information available on https://www.coursera.org/ & https://artofmemory.com). I also learnt in depth about how our memory works and realised it was mostly my recall stage that sucked. I just couldn't remember things when i needed to, i would however recall them an hour later or a day later in some cases.

Now few years ago I was really into biohacking and tdcs kinda stuff. I noticed that my memory was suddenly getting better. First time I realised it was because of the names recall of new people I had met and movie titles. It was very noticeable. Using the elimination method, I narrowed it down to Ginseng and Gingko but mainly it came down to Ginseng. Before you ask me which ginseng, I have no idea since I just picked up a ginseng 'complex'. I will paste the details below for anyone interested. Anyone despite loving my newly found better 'memory', I couldn't carry on with ginseng because it upset my tummy.

Fast forward few months ago, I started ginseng again for and the memory effect is even more pronounced! It took almost 2 weeks to work it but then it's so noticeable for someone like myself who has always struggled to remember movie titles for example when mentioning it to friends. So first I am interested if someone can explain to me what type(Kor/Chi/Sib) of ginseng is causing this recall improvement and why?

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2nd Part: Ginseng and even to a greater extent Gingko causes an annoying issue for me. I have always suffered from cold feet. Temperature drops barely below 20C and my feet are freezing cold, hands a little bit but neck and face very warm & sweaty underarms! From what I understand this is mild form of reynauds. Now Ginseng unfortunately makes it worse. I would love to carry on using it but here in the midst of our British 'summer', I am wearing heated socks! Gingko is even worse. Now my theory for memory improvement was that just like exercise Ginseng must be increasing the blood flow to organs hence perhaps memory improvement (over-simplification!) but unlike exercise which makes your entire body feel warm, what possibly could ginseng be doing to make parts of my body even colder and other warmer? Also if anyone knows of any supplements that could help with cold extremities, please share and make my miserable life a little less miserable :P

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Ginseng Complex

• Korean Ginseng Extract27mgRed Chinese Ginseng Extract27mgSiberian Ginseng Extract9.2mg
• Korean Ginseng Extract (Panax ginseng) (root) (Standardised to contain 20% ginsenosides) (10:1 extract, equivalent to 270mg Korean Ginseng)
• Red Chinese Ginseng Extract (Panax ginseng) (root) (Standardised to contain 20% ginsenosides) (10:1 extract, equivalent to 270mg Red Chinses Ginseng)
• Siberian Ginseng Extract (Eleutherococcus senticosus) (root) (30:1 extract, equivalent to 276mg Siberian Ginseng