Complete herbal support for the central nervous system
The central nervous system, which consists primarily of the brain and spinal cord, acts as one of the body's major communication and control networks. It receives and processes information while coordinating countless physical and mental functions. Supporting this system involves more than focusing on one aspect of wellness, which is why Central Nervous System combines botanicals traditionally used for nerve health, cognitive function, circulation, relaxation, and mental well-being.*
A broad-spectrum botanical approach
Central Nervous System brings together 19 herbs selected to provide complementary forms of nervous system support. Rather than relying exclusively on stimulating herbs or exclusively on calming botanicals, the formula includes ingredients from both categories, along with herbs traditionally associated with cognitive and circulatory support.*
Ginkgo biloba, gotu kola, periwinkle, green tea, and kapikacchu contribute to the formula's cognitive-focused profile, while valerian, lavender, chamomile, jatamansi, wild lettuce, and damiana complement its relaxing side. Other botanicals help round out the formula with antioxidants and traditional circulatory support.*
Supporting healthy nerve function
Healthy nerves allow signals to travel throughout the body and are essential for normal communication between the brain and other tissues. Central Nervous System is designed to nourish and support this intricate network while helping maintain healthy nervous system function.*
Supporting the myelin sheath
Myelin is a protective, lipid-rich covering surrounding many nerve fibers. Its role is comparable to insulation around an electrical wire: it helps nerve impulses travel efficiently along nerve cells.
Central Nervous System is formulated to contribute to the maintenance of healthy nerve and myelin function as part of an overall approach to neurological wellness.*
Mental clarity and cognitive support
The nervous system is closely connected to concentration, memory, alertness, and the ability to process information. That makes cognitive support an important part of a comprehensive CNS formula.
Central Nervous System contains ginkgo biloba and gotu kola, two botanicals traditionally associated with cognitive wellness. Ginkgo is especially recognized for its use in supporting healthy cerebral circulation, while gotu kola has a long history of traditional use for mental and nervous system support.*
Focus without making stimulation the entire formula
Several ingredients—including green tea, yerba mate, guarana, and kola nut—naturally contain caffeine and related methylxanthines. These compounds contribute to alertness and complement the formula's cognitive-supporting botanicals.
At the same time, Central Nervous System contains relaxing herbs such as chamomile, lavender, valerian, and jatamansi. This creates a more comprehensive formula than a conventional stimulant-focused energy supplement.*
Relaxation and emotional balance
A nervous system supplement does not necessarily need to be sedating. Central Nervous System is formulated to help support relaxation and a balanced emotional state while also providing herbs associated with daytime mental clarity and alertness.*
Calming botanicals within the formula
Valerian root, chamomile flower, lavender flower, wild lettuce, damiana, and jatamansi have histories of traditional use associated with relaxation and nervous system wellness. Together, they provide a calming botanical component that complements the more mentally stimulating ingredients in the formula.*
This combination makes Central Nervous System appropriate for people seeking broader nervous system support rather than a formula designed solely for sleep or energy.*
Nervous system support and healthy circulation
The brain has substantial oxygen and nutrient requirements, making healthy circulation an important component of normal brain function. Several botanicals in Central Nervous System, particularly ginkgo biloba, periwinkle, and cinnamon, have histories of use related to circulation.*
Cerebral support as part of CNS wellness
Ginkgo biloba is particularly well known for its association with healthy blood flow and cognitive function. Periwinkle has also traditionally been used in connection with cerebral circulation.*
These ingredients broaden the formula beyond relaxation and help explain why Central Nervous System combines cognitive, circulatory, and nervous system botanicals within one supplement.*
Antioxidant support for nervous system wellness
Normal metabolism produces free radicals, and antioxidant compounds help protect cells against oxidative stress. Central Nervous System contains several plant ingredients that naturally provide antioxidant phytochemicals.
Green tea supplies polyphenols such as catechins, rose hips naturally contain vitamin C and other plant antioxidants, cinnamon contains polyphenols, and ginkgo contains flavonoids and terpene compounds.*
Why antioxidants belong in a CNS-focused formula
The purpose of these ingredients is not to turn Central Nervous System into a basic antioxidant supplement. Instead, antioxidant-rich herbs complement the formula's primary focus on nervous system, cognitive, and emotional wellness.*
Ingredients
The ingredients in Central Nervous System were selected for complementary roles ranging from cognitive and circulatory support to relaxation, antioxidant activity, and mental alertness.*
Ginkgo biloba leaf
Ginkgo biloba has a long history of use for cognitive wellness and is commonly associated with supporting healthy circulation to the brain. In Central Nervous System, it provides cognitive and cerebral circulatory support.*
Notable compounds: flavonoids, flavonol glycosides, terpene lactones including ginkgolides and bilobalide.
Damiana leaf
Damiana is traditionally used as a relaxing and mood-supporting botanical. We include it to complement the formula's nervous system and emotional wellness focus.*
Notable compounds: flavonoids, terpenoids, phenolic compounds, arbutin.
Gotu kola
Gotu kola is a traditional Ayurvedic herb associated with memory, mental clarity, relaxation, and nervous system wellness. Its triterpenoid compounds make it an important botanical component of the formula.*
Notable compounds: asiaticoside, madecassoside, asiatic acid, madecassic acid and flavonoids.
Periwinkle herb
Periwinkle has traditionally been associated with cerebral circulation and brain wellness. It complements ginkgo and other cognitive-focused botanicals in Central Nervous System.*
Notable compounds: indole alkaloids, including vincamine-related compounds.
Blessed thistle herb
Blessed thistle has a long history of traditional herbal use and contributes bitter plant compounds and complementary botanical support to the overall formula.*
Notable compounds: cnicin and plant polyphenols.
Kola nut leaf
Kola provides naturally occurring methylxanthines associated with alertness and mental energy. It contributes to the stimulating side of Central Nervous System, balancing the formula's relaxing botanicals.*
Notable compounds: caffeine, theobromine and polyphenols.
Corydalis mushrooms
Corydalis has a history of traditional use in herbal systems for relaxation and nervous system support.*
Notable compounds: corydalis species are known for naturally occurring isoquinoline alkaloids.
Green tea leaf
Green tea provides antioxidant polyphenols while naturally occurring caffeine and L-theanine complement the formula's focus on alertness and mental clarity.*
Notable compounds: catechins, including EGCG, L-theanine, caffeine, flavonoids and manganese.
Yerba mate leaf
Yerba mate is traditionally consumed for energy and alertness. In Central Nervous System, it supports the formula's mental energy and focus profile.*
Notable compounds: caffeine, theobromine, chlorogenic acids, polyphenols and small amounts of minerals such as potassium and magnesium.
Rose hips fruit
Rose hips are naturally rich in antioxidant compounds and are particularly recognized as a botanical source of vitamin C. They provide nutritional and antioxidant support within the formula.*
Notable vitamins and compounds: vitamin C, carotenoids, flavonoids, polyphenols and galactolipids.
Cinnamon bark
Cinnamon has traditionally been used to support healthy circulation and supplies antioxidant plant compounds that complement the broader herbal blend.*
Notable compounds and minerals: cinnamaldehyde, procyanidins, polyphenols, manganese and small amounts of calcium.
Manjistha root
Manjistha is a traditional Ayurvedic botanical commonly associated with blood and lymphatic wellness. We use it to broaden the formula's systemic botanical support.*
Notable compounds: anthraquinones, iridoids and other polyphenolic compounds.
Guarana seed
Guarana is naturally rich in caffeine and is traditionally used to promote alertness and mental energy. It complements yerba mate, kola, and green tea within the formula.*
Notable compounds: caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, tannins and catechins.
Wild lettuce leaf
Wild lettuce has traditionally been used as a calming herb. Its role in Central Nervous System is primarily to complement the formula's relaxation-focused botanicals.*
Notable compounds: lactucin, lactucopicrin and other sesquiterpene lactones.
Jatamansi rhizome
Jatamansi has a long history in Ayurvedic herbalism, particularly in preparations intended to promote calmness and mental tranquility.*
Notable compounds: sesquiterpenes, jatamansone and related volatile compounds.
Lavender flower
Lavender is widely recognized for its aromatic and calming properties. We include it to support relaxation and emotional wellness.*
Notable compounds: linalool, linalyl acetate, rosmarinic acid and flavonoids.
Valerian root
Valerian is one of the best-known traditional relaxation herbs. Within Central Nervous System, it complements chamomile, lavender, jatamansi, and wild lettuce to support the formula's calming profile.*
Notable compounds: valerenic acids, iridoids and volatile oils.
Chamomile flower
Chamomile is traditionally used for relaxation. Apigenin is one of its best-known naturally occurring flavonoids and contributes to chamomile's distinctive botanical profile.*
Notable compounds and minerals: apigenin, bisabolol, chamazulene, flavonoids and small amounts of minerals such as calcium and potassium.
Kapikacchu seed
Also known as Mucuna pruriens, kapikacchu has a long history of Ayurvedic use for nervous system and mental wellness. Its naturally occurring L-DOPA makes its phytochemical profile particularly distinctive.*
Notable compounds: naturally occurring L-DOPA, proteins, polyphenols and plant sterols.
Central Nervous System vs. Brain Booster
Both formulas support mental performance, but they are designed with different primary goals.
Central Nervous System provides broader nervous system support. Its ingredient profile addresses nerve health, relaxation, emotional balance, mental clarity, alertness, and cerebral support.*
Our Brain Booster is more specifically oriented toward cognitive performance, including memory, concentration, mental clarity, and staying mentally sharp during work, studying, or everyday activities.*
Which one should I choose?
Choose Central Nervous System when your priority is comprehensive CNS and nervous system support that includes both cognitive and relaxation-focused herbs.*
Choose Brain Booster when your primary goal is supporting memory, concentration, focus, and everyday cognitive performance.*
The two formulas can also complement each other because their purposes overlap without being identical. Dherbs currently lists Brain Booster and Central Nervous System as frequently bought together on the Brain Booster product page.
Central Nervous System vs. Nerve Formula
Central Nervous System takes a broad CNS approach, combining herbs for mental clarity, cerebral circulation, alertness, relaxation, and nervous system wellness.*
Nerve Formula has a more relaxation-centered botanical profile, including ingredients such as valerian, spikenard, kava kava, lion's mane, passionflower, blue vervain, skullcap, chamomile, and other herbs. Dherbs also currently pairs Nerve Formula with Central Nervous System in the frequently bought together section of the product page.
Broad CNS support vs. targeted nerve support
For someone primarily interested in comprehensive brain-and-nervous-system support, Central Nervous System is the broader choice.
For someone looking for a formula whose botanical profile places greater emphasis on the nerves and relaxation, Nerve Formula may be the more appropriate companion product.
Central Nervous System vs. stimulant-based focus supplements
Many conventional focus and energy products rely heavily on caffeine or other stimulating ingredients to temporarily increase alertness.
Central Nervous System does contain naturally caffeinated botanicals—including guarana, yerba mate, green tea, and kola—but stimulation is only one part of its botanical profile. The formula also contains calming herbs, cognitive botanicals, antioxidants, and ingredients traditionally associated with healthy cerebral circulation.*
A more comprehensive approach
This distinction matters because supporting the nervous system is different from simply increasing energy. Central Nervous System is formulated around overall nervous system wellness rather than functioning as a basic caffeine supplement.*
Because several ingredients naturally contain caffeine, people who are sensitive to stimulants should consider their total daily caffeine intake when using the product.
Who may benefit from Central Nervous System?
Central Nervous System is designed for people who want comprehensive herbal support for the brain and nervous system rather than a supplement focused exclusively on one outcome.*
It may be particularly suitable for adults seeking botanical support for mental clarity, focus, relaxation, emotional balance, healthy nerve function, and overall nervous system wellness.*
Building a broader cognitive routine
People whose main priority is memory and concentration may also consider pairing Central Nervous System with our Brain Booster. Brain Booster places greater emphasis on cognitive performance, while Central Nervous System provides the broader nervous system foundation.*
100 vegetarian capsules per bottle
