Ginseng : Technical documentation
Ginseng helps to give a boost thanks to its effect on tone, energy, libido and stress reduction.
Claim 3677 filed with EFSA: "Contributes to maintaining good sexual relations."
Claim 2676 filed with EFSA: "Ginseng contributes to inducing and improving erections."
Claim 2669 filed with EFSA: "Invigorates the body. Korean ginseng helps maintain optimal endurance, feelings of energy and vitality, and physical and mental well-being. / Helps maintain optimal endurance, feelings of energy and vitality / Helps support the body's vitality / Contributes to the body's resistance to temporary stress / Helps make you feel more energetic."
Claim 2671 filed with EFSA: "Ginseng helps with fatigue, stress, and convalescence."
Claim 2808 filed with EFSA: "Increases physical performance. Ginseng increases physical performance." Ginseng increases physical endurance by promoting the breakdown of sugar and lactic acid. / Improves physical performance / Enhances learning abilities / Tonic to invigorate and strengthen in cases of fatigue and weakness / Tonic to invigorate and strengthen during convalescence.
Claim 3671 filed with the EFSA: "Ginseng contributes to the body's natural defenses and the normal function of the immune system."
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