Bringing to you 5 herbs that can boost up your energy levels, Check them out !

Because of today’s hectic and stressful lives many people are just drained and look for alternatives that can make them more energetic and alert. The best way to feel energetic are a enough sleep, eating nutrition rich diet, maintaining healthy body weight and practising self care methods. Though taking some of the herbs as food supplements can help in boosting up your energy levels.

So below mentioning 5 best herbs that can help you to feel more energetic and alert.

• Ginseng

Ginseng is a well known herb that is popular all around the globe for its energy boosting properties. Scientifically known as Panax ginseng also shows good results in brain stimulating functions. Compounds like ginsenosides, eleutherosides present in this herb are the main reason of energy boosting properties.

• During studies and human trials, supplementing them with ginseng shows improve in physical performance, with increase in activeness and often anti fatigue properties.

• But this herb has some potential side effects too that include diarrhoea, increase heart rate, increase in blood pressure.

• Guarana

Guarana because of its high stimulating effects is commonly used as a prominent ingredient in energy drinks and supplements. This hub contain a wide range of chemicals such as caffeines, saponins and tannins.

• Studies in human trials revealed that this herb on humans have mixed results. Some studies show that supplementing with Guarana extracts alone or combine with some of the other nutrients, with dose ranging between 37.5 – 300 mg may boost attention memory performance and our alertness of an individual.


• Peppermint 

Peppermint is basically a hybrid of spearmint and water mint. And just simply inhaling the aroma of Peppermint essential oil can boost energy, good mood, athletic performance, and even alertness in individuals.

• During a human trial where 144 individual were exposed to peppermint essential oil aroma, resulted in increase in alertness and improved memory of those individuals.

Meanwhile, several other researches also show that inhaling peppermint oil reduces fatigue and accelerates memory and energy levels.


• Sage

Researches reveal that Sage, also known as Salvia have good energy enhancing effects on adults. This herb is a storehouse of luteolin, rosmerinic acid, camphor because of which this plant has such medical properties. Studies and human trials revealed that use of sage supplement improves mood, alertness, attention and memory in healthy young adults. Meanwhile, sage also acts as a powerful inhibitor against Acetylcholinesterase. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in brain functions and attention.


• Rosemary

Similarly like Peppermint, Rosemary essential oil aroma are also used to boost cognitive performance. Inhaling the aroma of its oil introduces terpenes to enter in the blood flow. From there they will directly effect one's brain functioning. During human trials, it was found that individuals who were exposed to aroma of Rosemary oils, results in boosting up of attention and concentration.

Though these all herbs are natural substances or extracts. But consult your doctor before using them if you are using any medication previously.

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