Eleuthero (Siberian Ginseng) has been used in China as a tonic for invigorating vital energy (qi) for more than 2,000 years. In Chinese medicine, it is used to normalize body functions, restore vigor, improve health, promote good appetite, and help to assure a long life. Generally, it serves as a preventive medicine and general tonic.

It benefits may be useful for:

Alzheimer's disease                   Athletic performance                  Attention deficit disorder
Chemotherapy support             Chronic fatigue syndrome           Common cold/sore throat
Diabetes                                   Fibromyalgia                              Immune system support
Increased Energy                      Influenza (flu)                             Stress and fatigue

Siberian ginseng is highly valued as an adaptogen, a substance that normalizes adverse conditions of the body. It is also used as a stimulant. Russians prescribe it for patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy due to its anti-radiation effect. I. I. Brekhman, the leading Russian researcher on ginseng, has described eleuthero as an "adaptogen", an innocuous substance that causes minimal disorders of an organism's function. It must have a "nonspecific action" that normalizes body functions, no matter what the condition or disease. Adaptogens are essentially general tonics.

Since the early 1950s, studies have shown that eleuthero extract increases mental alertness, work output, and the quality of work under stressful conditions and in athletic performance.  In addition, it strongly stimulates the immune system. Eleuthero has been shown to enhance mental acuity and physical endurance without the letdown that comes with caffeinated products.

Modern studies conducted by Russian scientists show that Siberian ginseng relieves stress, lowers toxicity of some common drugs that tend to produce side effects in humans, increase mental alertness, improve resistance to colds and mild infections, and may be beneficial in cases where a person is continuously in contact with environmental stresses.

Research has shown that eleuthero improves the use of oxygen by the exercising muscle. This means that a person is able to maintain aerobic exercise longer and recovery from workouts is much quicker.

Siberian ginseng had been used traditionally as an immune-enhancing agent. It was also employed as an anti-inflammatory, in cardiovascular disease, to restore concentration, memory, and cognition, and as a remedy for stress, depression, fatigue, or complete nervous breakdown.