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Mood Elevator

Chinese Mood Elevator Chinese Mood Elevator [Nervous] is a Chinese formula composed of 18 herbs traditionally used as a "fire enhancing" combination to regulate and untrap the chi (vitality). Its two key ingredients, bupleurum root and cyperus rhizome, support and nourish the liver, the organ (according to Chinese philosophy) that plays an integral role in mood. When the liver is functioning at its peak, mood may be improved. Its Chinese name jie yu means "relieve depression." Chinese Mood Elevator contains herbs that support the nervous, urinary, circulatory and respiratory systems. This combination includes:perilla leaves, saussurea root, aurantium peel, bamboo sap, bupleurum root, cyperus rhizome, gambir twig, ophiopogon root, Typhonium flagelliforme, zhishi fruit, dang gui root, hoelen plant, ligusticum rhizome, panax ginseng root, platycodon root, coptis rhizome, ginger rhizome and licorice root.
Take 4 capsules with a meal twice daily. -Sharon Grimes
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Chinese Mood Elevator is a Chinese herbal combination which acts as a natural anti-depressant to increase vitality and improve a downcast disposition. Chinese Mood Elevator contains herbs which strengthen liver function, as the liver is associated with emotional stability and calmness in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese Mood Elevator also improves digestion, stimulates peripheral and lymphatic circulation, increases the production of mucosal fluids to soothe inflammation, eases aches and pain in the body, relieves congestion and excess phlegm, and enhances urine flow. Together, these actions contribute to a greater sense of health and wellness. Chinese Mood Elevator is neither sedative, nor habit-forming.

St. John's Wort, on the other hand, provides its antidepressant action by inhibiting monoamine oxidase (MAO) types A and B which allows for the increase of various nerve impulse transmitters in the brain – specifically those known to facilitate emotional stability and normal mood. Furthermore, research suggests St. John's Wort may block postsynaptic receptor sites for serotonin, thus causing an increase in serotonin levels.

Keeping this information in mind, you would most likely want to determine whether a person's "depression" is the result of poor nutrition and nutrient absorption, inefficient liver function, poor circulation of oxygen/nutrients to the brain, etc., thus indicating benefit from Chinese Mood Elevator, or whether the individual is suffering from suppressed serotonin and other neurotransmitter levels which would be helped by St. John's Wort.

I firmly believe diet and nutrition is crucial, especially when it comes to mood and emotional outlook. A friend of mine suffered for years from depression. After much experimentation, he linked the cause directly to NutraSweet (aspartame). After 3 days without diet sodas, his mood would lift, the apathy would leave, and he would feel much more optimistic and happy. Once he started drinking diet soda again, within 3 days he was back into a depressive state. Needless to say, he no longer drinks sodas of any kind. -Laura Clement