Physical Work Capacity

Research institutions have discovered that adaptogens are vital for enhancing a person’s capacity for physical workloads. Adaptogens have been widely used in studies with workers in professions involving intense physical work strain. They significantly improve bodily functions, by enhancing the body’s ability to perform physical tasks and to recover after strenuous physical activity. In tests on 655 healthy men, all of whom were employed as flight personnel (pilots, navigators, and radio operators), Eleutherococcus, Aralia and Schizandra accelerated recovery processes following tiresome flight schedules. The subject’s physiological state improved significantly within three hours of a flight to levels even higher than prior to the flight.

In one long-range study involving 60,000 people conducted over a 10-year period at the Volzhsk Automobile factory in Tolyatti, Russia, absence and disability were reduced by 20-30% after taking Eleutherococcus. A 30-50% decrease in cases of influenza and general improvement in health were also noted.

Researchers                  Institutes
J. Hancke                        Swedish Herbal Institute

G. Wikman                      Goteborg, Sweden

A. K. Schezin                   Laboratory of Medical-Physiological Control

V. I. Zinkovich                  Tolyatti, Russia
L.K. Galanova

P.O. Gubchenko             Khabarovsk Medical Institute
N. K. Fruentov                 Khabarovsk Russia