Athletics, Sports, and High Level Fitness

Athletes and fitness buffs, as well as those beginning on a path seeking fitness, gain multiple benefits with the inclusion of superior grade tonic herbs to a personalized Three Treasure program. Physical performance of any and all types may be noticeably improved and enhanced through the addition of tonic herbs to any daily program and diet.

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Career Athletes

Tonic herbs are a profound tool for meeting specific athletic and fitness needs.  Tonic, and especially adaptogenic, herbs have been used by amateur and professional sports champions around the world throughout history. The use of powerful tonic herbs has been documented to the time of the original martial artists over two thousand years ago and is essential for the training of the monks of the Shaolin Temple. Herbs are taken daily to build muscle, increase strength, sharpen focus and concentration, build will power and self-discipline, alleviate stress and minor discomforts, creating greater and greater endurance, coordination and, ultimately, limitless vitality and vigor. Career athletes and those who engage in specialized or seasonal physical activities may require specific and additional herbal products to meet specialized needs on an individual basis.

We prefer not to mention celebrity-athlete names, but let it be said that among the super athletes who have used (and are currently using) Dragon Herbs tonic herbs are multiple Olympic gold medalists, multiple tennis Grand Slam champions, multiple NFL, NBA and major league baseball players, hall of fame hockey players, professional volleyball players, world class runners, world class body builders, world champion bicyclists and more.

The goal of tonic herbalism is to build muscle, increase strength, sharpen concentration, build endurance, alleviate stress, relieve pain, and to build will power. The physical challenges experienced by athletic endeavors and exertions require adaptogenic herbs to help the body respond appropriately and efficiently to the requirements of the physical challenge – terrain, weather, environment, duration, season -  with as little demand upon the Jing, the adrenals and kidney system, as possible. The structural aspect of the body is built, maintained and restored through the function of the Kidney organ system, our Jing.



Product Description
Energy Drink Options

Most athletes consume an energy drink during their breaks or directly during competition or working out. Dragon Herbs offers a variety of powerful, convenient opportunities for athletes to create THEIR OWN personal energy drink. 

Feel free to use any one of these instant powders, or to blend them until you find a perfect blend for YOU. World class athletes are already doing this.

  1. Green Tea, Organic Dragon Well in Teal Pouch 2.2 oz.
    $19.00
    Chrysanthemum eeTee is made from a special species and variety of small Chrysanthemum flowers that have been used for centuries in Asia to help keep a cool head. Chrysanthemum can reduce the heat you feel, especially in your head, eyes, neck and face. This is a great ingredient to your personal sports drink when the weather is warm and the heat presents a challenge.
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    $19.00

Muscle

  1. Astragalus Advanced
    $55.00
    Astragalus root has been known to help build muscle for over two thousand years. It has been used by countless warriors and athletes to build muscle and to improve muscle firing capacity and endurance. This is the most advanced Astragalus product on the market with 5% Astragaloside IV and 25% total Astragalosides.
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    $55.00
  2. Shaolin Inner Power eeTee in Jar
    Special Price $35.99 was $39.99
    • Clearance Sale: 10% Off. Consumer accounts only, while supplies last.
    • Powerful inner power tonification
    • Meditation clarity and centering
    • Conceived at the Shaolin Temple in China by Master Herbalist Ron Teeguarden wih support from the Shaolin chief medical monk Shifu Yan Lin
    • Di Tao tonic herbs from Song Mountain, site of the Shaolin Temple
    • Approved and used by Shaolin monks
    • All herbs extracted by FITT technology to dissolve instantly in hot or cold water or beverage
    • Portion of the proceeds go to the Shaolin Temple
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    Special Price $35.99 was $39.99
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Strength

  1. Supreme Creation
    $55.00
    • Dragon Herbs' most powerful Jing tonic formulation
    • Inner power
    • Creative power
    • Healthy aging
    • Used by geniuses and emperors for a thousand years
    • Contains Deer Antler tips, Chinese Red Ginseng root, Deer Placenta, Cistanche stem, Eucommia bark, Polygala root and 10 other premium quality tonic herbs to build Jing
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    $55.00
  2. Magu's Treasure
    $55.00
    • Premium women's tonic for women
    • Ultimate female beauty tonic
    • Composed of highly prized herbal substances
    • Supports healthy beautiful aging
    • Enriches the skin
    • Contains Pure Pearl powder, Deer Antler tips, Deer Placenta, Royal Jelly powder, Schizandra berry, Dang Gui root, Longan fruit and 4 other premium tonic herbs
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    $55.00

Mental Power

  1. Earth Drops Wild Ginseng 2 oz. – PRIVATE RESERVE
    $195.00
    Tibetan Magic is similar to Diamond Mind, but is an eeTee instant powder that can easily be mixed into a liquid as a sports drink, or a sports drink component. It too incorporates Himalayan Rhodiola which is among the world’s most powerful adaptogens and mind-clearing herbs, It promotes circulation in the brain and heart.
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    $195.00
  2. Shaolin Inner Power eeTee in Jar
    Special Price $35.99 was $39.99
    • Clearance Sale: 10% Off. Consumer accounts only, while supplies last.
    • Powerful inner power tonification
    • Meditation clarity and centering
    • Conceived at the Shaolin Temple in China by Master Herbalist Ron Teeguarden wih support from the Shaolin chief medical monk Shifu Yan Lin
    • Di Tao tonic herbs from Song Mountain, site of the Shaolin Temple
    • Approved and used by Shaolin monks
    • All herbs extracted by FITT technology to dissolve instantly in hot or cold water or beverage
    • Portion of the proceeds go to the Shaolin Temple
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    Special Price $35.99 was $39.99
    Out of Stock
  3. Schizandra eeTee in Jar
    Special Price $33.30 was $37.00
    • Clearance Sale: 10% Off. Consumer accounts only, while supplies last.
    • Arguably the ultimate tonic herb
    • Taoists call it the "quintessence of tonic herbs"
    • Made from super-premium wildcrafted Changbai Mountain Schizandra berries
    • Produced by FITT raw extraction technology
    • Famed for its ability to help generate beautiful skin
    • Supports the liver and lungs
    • Supports mental clarity and memory
    • Mental power, no jitters
    • Supports healthy aging
    • Contains all 5 flavors, for all 5 Elements
    • Yin and Yang balanced
    • Fruit is traditionally prepared for easy digestion
    • Supports sexual health in men and women, aphrodisiac
    • A large amount of Schizandra on the American market is faux Schizandra from non-Di Tao regions of Asia
    • Mobilizes all 12 meridians-organ systems
    • Supports all 5 elements
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  4. Schizandra
    $29.00
    • Arguably the ultimate tonic herb
    • Taoists call it the "quintessence of tonic herbs"
    • Made from super-premium wild crafted Changbai Mountain, Manchuria, fruit
    • Traditionally prepared for easy digestion
    • Famed for its ability to help generate beautiful skin
    • Supports the liver and lungs
    • Supports mental clarity and memory
    • Mental power, no jitters
    • Supports healthy aging
    • Contains all 5 flavors, for all 5 Elements
    • Yin and Yang balanced
    • Supports sexual health in men and women, aphrodisiac
    • A large amount of Schizandra on the American market is faux Schizandra from non-Di Tao regions of Asia
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    $29.00

Endurance

  1. Cultured Cordyceps Drops 2 oz.
    $29.50
    Tibetan Magic contains Cordyceps mushroom and Himalayan Rhodiola, among other adaptogenic tonic herbs, that have been used seemingly forever in Asia to promote athletic endurance. Sure, you’re an elite endurance athlete, but try trekking across the Himalayas or rowing a boat twelve hours a day and see if endurance is an issue just for modern athletes. These herbs were treasures to the endurance athletes of the past, and remain at the cutting edge of endurance-enhancing substances on earth – and they are natural and safe to use indefinitely until you are a centenarian athlete.
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    $29.50
  2. Eleuthero Drops 2 oz.
    $17.00
    Cordyceps is a mushroom that grows wild in the Himalayas at about three miles above sea level. It is an awesome adaptogenic herb, but for endurance-oriented athletes it is one of the world’s great treasures. It improves lung capacity and endurance, benefits muscle endurance and helps maintain healthy organ functions under extreme stress. Cordyceps Drops is a tincture that can be added to tea or a liquid, or it can be taken straight into your mouth (it has a delicious mushroom flavor).
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    $17.00

Power

If you’re a serious athlete, you need serious power. Power is different than strength or endurance or will. It is a combination of all of them and more. It is a force of nature that is furious, controlled and explosive. Whether you are hitting a forehand, driving to the finish line, or meeting your opponent literally head-on, you need powerto be victorious. The Asian tradition has focused on power. In fact, the most important book in Asian philosophical history is entitled “The Way and the Power” (by Laozi). Great herbal geniuses and omnipotent warriors and fighters discovered the “herbs of power” and have learned to put them to use. Here are a few.

  1. Ant Power
    $32.00
    Korean Ginseng is a primal herb of power. Both the variety and the processing matter. True Korean Red Ginseng has been coveted by kings and athletes for centuries for its power enhancing capacity. It has always been the primal martial arts herb, especially in northern Asia where it was most accessible.
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    $32.00
  2. Super Yang Jing Drops 2 oz.
    $39.99
    Many athletes have used deer antler extracts to promote muscle growth and power. Dragon Herbs Deer Antler Drops is made from 100% pure deer antler “tips.” The tips are the last 1 inch of the antler. Over 90% of the stem cells and important chemistry of deer antler is contained in just this 1 inch. All other deer antler products are made from the less expensive, vastly less potent section of the deer antler. Within a few days, you will feel the difference in your physical and mental power.
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    $39.99

Structural Integrity

  1. Strong Bones
    $27.00
    Strong Bones was used by martial artists to nourish the bones and to support the skeleton’s natural, constant healing. Athlete all need strong bones. This formulation specifically strengthens bone structure and research indicates the herbs in Strong Bones help in the constant “remodeling” of our bone tissue. It is a fundamental principle of the Chinese art of glowing health that “bones are controlled by the kidneys.” The “kidney” is defined in Chinese health care as the system of functions that control our adrenals, sexual functions, skeleton and related structural tissues, renal functions, our spine and one’s courage and ability to handle stress. The kidney is the primary storage vesicle in the body of a primal energy known in China as Jing. Jing determines the power of your life and your longevity potential. Strong Bones formula is a very powerful “kidney tonic” and “Jing tonic.” It strengthens many functions related to your kidneys and central to your life and longevity.
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    $27.00
  2. Frame Builder
    $27.00
    Similar to Strong Bones, Frame Builder is designed to strengthen the bones, but also to strengthen the connective tissues. So it is often used by athletes to support their joints and bones. In the end, almost every serious athlete experiences structural issues - sometimes temporary, sometimes debilitating and sometimes disastrous. Obviously, some structural problems are career ending, leaving a once-formidable athlete hobbled for life. Athletes must focus some of the attention on developing strong bones, ligaments and tendons. These tissues are within the scope of tissues and organs we can largely control, and certainly can fortify. It is far better to nourish these all-important tissues on an ongoing basis than waiting until an injury or general failure occurs. Like Strong Bones, Frame Builder is a very potent formula “kidney tonic.” It strengthens all functions related to your kidneys and may be used a a primary Jing tonic to promote longevity.
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    $27.00
  3. PureTrans Resveratrol
    $48.00
    • Our Resveratrol is over 98% pure trans-Resveratrol (not cut 50% like most brands)
    • 100 mg pure trans-Resveratrol per capsule
    • In a base of Muscadine grape skin, which is a source of multiple grape antioxidants including resveratrol, quercetin, kaempherol and more than a dozen other major antioxidants
    • Supports sirtuin activity, and thus supports healthy longevity
    • Ultimate cellular tonification
    • An acknowledge calorie restriction mimetic
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    $48.00

Stress Management

  1. Tao in a Bottle
    $29.00
    If you never experience stress, you are not a great athlete. Athletics are a priori stressful. You play to win against competition who is also playing to win. There is often a great deal at stake. Tao in a Bottle is an adaptogenic formula that contains the wonderful nutraceutical L-theanine, an amino acid derived from green tea. L-theanine
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    $29.00
  2. Shaolin Inner Power eeTee in Jar
    Special Price $35.99 was $39.99
    Shaolin inner power has a true double purpose: (1) it provides inner power, and (2) it is emotionally and psychically centering. Both effects are of extreme importance to a serious athlete. The Shaolin Temple was both the birthplace of gongfu (kung fu) and the birthplace of Zen meditation. That paradoxical dualism is also built into Shaolin Inner Power. Calm, controlled power – think about it.
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  3. Kinetic Ginseng 30 cap
    $79.00
    • Fermented Korean Red Ginseng
    • Advanced technology Ginseng extract utilizing the gut bacteria (probiotic) that naturally digests Ginseng in the human gut
    • Rich in ginsenosides, including those normally produced in the human gut
    • Fermentation results in 100% bioavailability of all Ginseng ginsenosides
    • Contains Rg3, Compound K and Rb1, the three most important ginsenosides (not available in normal Ginseng products)
    • Supports the immune system
    • Supports metabolic functions
    • Supports respiratory functions
    • Supports neurological functions
    • Supports healthy aging
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    $79.00
  4. Super Adaptogen
    $23.00
    • Full-spectrum adaptogenic formula
    • 15 superior quality tonic herbs
    • All herbs from authentic Di Tao sources
    • Promotes well-being
    • Supports healthy aging
    • Supports immune function
    • Supports strong adaptive responses to stress and challenge
    • Builds Qi
    • Support Jing and Shen
    • Antioxidant
    • Modulates NFкB (Nuclear Factor kappa B) activity
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    $23.00

Winning

The difference between exercise, fitness and a “sport” is that a sport is by definition competitive, which therefore calls for “winning.” Winning requires the full range of athletic attributes described here, plus a boost in mental focus, energy and coordination at exactly the right moments to assure winning. All else being equal, winners become better performers in crunch time. Typically this involves an explosion of will power, extreme focus, nerves of steel and a Zen state of mind (being in “the zone”).

We believe the following herbs help make “winners.”

Here is an ancient story (poem) that sounds counterintuitive at first, but is 100% true:

 

The Need to Win

 

When an archer is shooting for nothing

He has all his skill.

If he shoots for a brass buckle 

He is already nervous.

If he shoots for a prize of gold

He goes blind

Or sees two targets – 

He is out of his mind!

 

His skill has not changed. But the prize

Divides him. He cares.

He thinks more of winning 

Than of shooting – 

And the need to win

Drains him of power.

 

Chuang Tzu

The Way of Chuang Tzu

400 BCE

Translated by Thomas Merton

 

In other words, keep your focus on your performance, not on winning. Winning is only a side-effect of near-perfect performance. There is no question, will power is all-important. A steady mind, absolute focus, and the ability to draw from your inner power at the appropriate times are the characteristics of the Way of Mastery and the Way of Winning.

  1. Kinetic Ginseng 30 cap
    $79.00
    • Fermented Korean Red Ginseng
    • Advanced technology Ginseng extract utilizing the gut bacteria (probiotic) that naturally digests Ginseng in the human gut
    • Rich in ginsenosides, including those normally produced in the human gut
    • Fermentation results in 100% bioavailability of all Ginseng ginsenosides
    • Contains Rg3, Compound K and Rb1, the three most important ginsenosides (not available in normal Ginseng products)
    • Supports the immune system
    • Supports metabolic functions
    • Supports respiratory functions
    • Supports neurological functions
    • Supports healthy aging
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    $79.00

Luck

It may seem ridiculous to include luck in a listing of functions, but in Taoism luck is believed to play a role in everything that happens in life. Taoists believe it is possible to make your own luck, good or bad. It is obvious that “winners” have more good luck than bad luck. Is this just coincidence? No. Your state of mind influences your luck. If you feel unlucky, you will be unlucky. If you feel lucky, more often than not you will have some level of good luck. That said, a superior athlete will usually beat another athlete simply out of skill, will, focus, superior fitness and more adept application. So you can’t count on luck, unless all things are about equal and then you get a bit of luck. This happens.

A couple of tonic herbs have been associated with luck. They are not magical herbs, but they support mental awareness, deep stability, clarity and psychological power. These herbs are: 

All four of these “lucky herbs” are athletes powerhouses without this added element, so be wise and consume at least one of them, if not all of them daily.

Athletic Longevity

How long will you perform? Will you still be an athlete in your 40s or 60s? That of course depends upon how you take care of yourself, how you nurture your body, how well your body repairs itself, and upon your will to continue. From a big point of view, you don’t want to be a fine young athlete who loses it completely once you pass your athletic prime. In fact, if you want to extend your career you must in a sense age more slowly. Not many things can serve you better in this regard than tonic herbs.

  1. Return to Youth Formula
    $21.00
    Return to Youth Formula was invented about one thousand years ago in China. It remains to this day one of the most widely used youth and health-preserving formulations. It contains herbs from each of the three “treasures,” Jing, Qi and Shen. It is a power formula and preserves fluids. It is a powerful antioxidant formula made with numerous high-potency antioxidant herbs. This formulation can form the foundation of a long career.
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    $21.00
  2. Super Pill No. 2
    $99.00
    This is a very modern formulation made with cutting edge ingredients and made by cutting edge technology. All of the herbs in the formula are premium adaptogens extracted and refined by FITT technology. Super Pill No.2 also contains a rich dose of the most active constituent of the great tonic herb Astragalus root, Astragaloside IV. It also is a rich dose of Resveratrol. You know about Resveratrol – it protects your tissues and organs, it helps self-healing throughout the body, and lengthens the life of every animal it has been tested on.
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    $99.00

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Safety, legality and drug testing

Serious athletes who perform in sanctioned events are generally subject to random recurrent drug testing. This is good. It protects the athletes and is an ethical approach to maintaining integrity in sports nutrition. We at Dragon Herbs have been working with world class athletes for over forty-five years. Hundreds of serious athletes who have consumed Dragon Herbs products (or earlier renditions) have been tested literally thousands of times. This continues to this day. Only once in all these years has one athlete been called out because he had a “performance enhancing drug” in his body. It was in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and it was due to the presence of Ginseng metabolites in his urine. For that very short window of time, Ginseng was prohibited, (reportedly because it was gaining high profile due to use by many Asian athletes), a status that was reversed for Ginseng just one year later (sadly for our athlete). Other than that, tonic herbs and superfoods that we offer have not triggered even one other sanction in all these years. Our herbalists will be happy to do research on the current status of our herbs and their constituents for you and your sport to be certain that you are “safe.”

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