As with many health products, the pharmacological action of G.H.3 is not entirely understood. However, 32 years of laboratory research and clinical investigation have been compiled. Therein we can identify three main areas of health maintenance in which G.H.3 is reported to have empiric or practical benefits:

(a) BALANCE among the complex and interactive systems of the human body is a key to health. Imbalances can lead to breakdown or disease. There are three major bodily systems in which G.H3 appears to have an unusual ability to facilitate balance.

The first area of balance is the circulatory system. Dr. Aslan co-ordinated a two-year control study of 15,000 subjects. She observed that more than 80% in the G.H.3 treated group experienced improvement toward blood pressure normalisation. Both hypertension and hypotension showed desirable adjustments. More than 90% of the G.H.3 treated subjects in this same study also recorded a normalisation of heart rate. Both tachycardia and bradycardia responded favourably.

The second major area of balance with regards to G.H.3 is the endocrine system. Dr. Sidney Cohen of the University of California at Los Angeles (18) and Dr. Aslan and associates (19) conducted lengthy scientific studies on this subject. They concluded that the product can facilitate a functional balance in the endocrine system and can normalise hormone levels. Dr. Cohen was struck by the elevated emotional tone in most of his G.H.3 treated subjects. He theorised that this uplift reverberated on the neurendocrine, thus prolonging vigour and health.

The third major area of balance is the nervous system. Dr. Aslan and her associates decided that G.H.3 tends to restore a functional balance in the central nervous system.(20). A 1965 study by Gordon, Fudema and Abras concluded that G.H.3 increased the nervous conduction speed. (21) The conduction rate tends to decrease with age. It can account for some of the "slowing" of ageing people. Functional adjustments on the vegetative nervous system also have been reported with subjects on G.H.3. Lung capacity often increases, or at least maintains with advancing age. (22)

(b) CIRCULATION Circulation is the second major area of health maintenance believed to be improved by G.H.3. Studies show that G.H.3 tends gently to dilate and cleanse blood vessels (23) Obviously, many conditions of decaying health accompany a reduction in circulation. In some cases cardiac patients may improve from the vasodilating action of G.H.3

G.H.3 can also increase the oxygen supply through coronary vasodilation. (24) Improved circulation may lead to a cleansing of toxins from the body, partly because of increased organ function. (25) Importantly, the vasodilating properties of the product are mild.

Blood of course acts as a messenger in the body by communicating nutrients, oxygen, hormones and other healing factors throughout the system. It also facilitates the excretion of toxins which otherwise could damage the cells. G.H.3 may speed these functions by increasing circulation to all parts of the body. Other conditions such as senility also may improve from G.H.3. It is generally believed that a majority of senility symptoms arise from arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis in the brain capillaries. If these tiny passages become hard or clogged , blood flow may decrease. Activity in those parts of the brain then may decline. G.H.3 experiments suggest that it is effective in alleviating senility symptoms by reversing this trend in many instances. (26)

(c) ENZYME ACTION The third major area of health maintenance involves the vital enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO). It plays important roles in blood pressure equilibrium, liver function and nervous system activity. Though MAO is necessary, it can also become a problem. Age 45 often marks the beginning of a rise in MAO levels in the blood and brain, although this may occur sooner. MAO is a dominant substance and tends to displace factors related to youth and vitality.

Many gerontologists theorise that a rise in MAO level can be seen as a biological law of ageing. As MAO goes up, youth and vitality go down (27). Individuals with high MAO level thus may experience pessimism, depression, fatigue, irritability, fluctuating moods and reduced interest in life. These changes define ageing with respect to emotion and mental status.

More than any other area of balance, G.H.3 shows itself to have beneficial effects on MAO level. It is believed to inhibit excess MAO and push the level toward normal (28,29,30,31) This one property may have much to do with its reduction of ageing symptoms.