Uncaria rhynchophylla

Interstellar grade B

Preclinical: Mechanistic, cell or animal evidence. No single preclinical driver opens a pathway on its own.

Appears on 3 blend pages, each linked below.

Gou teng, the hooked vine of Chinese medicine: its rhynchophylline raises serotonin tone and blocks excess glutamate, the brain's loudest excitatory signal.

Where it appears

3 blend pages carry this ingredient. Open it and you will find this ingredient in the list.

• Autophagy Activator (Cellular Self-Renewal)
• Ecstatic (Nervous System Stand-Down)
• Hypnotic Sleep (Slow-Wave Architecture)

Pathways it touches