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Warmth & Flow

Pulse Formula

Warm, steady circulation, carried from the heart outward.

Pulse is for the body that runs cool at the edges — hands and feet that take a long time to warm, a circulation that feels sluggish or faint, a heartbeat you wish felt more grounded and sure. It is built to do one thing well: encourage warm, even blood flow from the center of the body out to its furthest corners, and to nourish the blood itself so there is something rich to carry.

Where many circulation ideas lean on stimulation alone — a brief push, then a crash — Pulse works in three deliberate moves: it warms the center first, then opens the channels, then feeds the blood. Ginger and clove bring the warmth and the movement. Longan and the two mulberries bring the nourishment, the sweetness and depth that botanical traditions across cultures associate with a full, calm, well-supplied heart. The result is meant to be felt as steadiness rather than a jolt — a quiet sense of being warm and well-circulated from the inside.

Reach for Pulse when cold extremities, low vitality, or a heart that feels unsettled is the pattern you live with day to day. It is a daily nourishing formula taken steadily over time, the way you'd build a fire and keep feeding it, so the warmth becomes the baseline rather than the exception.

This is a structure-and-function formula. It nourishes the body's own circulatory and cardiovascular systems so they can do their work. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

What it supports in the body

ImmuneLiverDigestiveCardiovascularKidney

The body systems the herbs in this formula are traditionally understood to nourish — resolved through our knowledge graph, where the classical record and modern biology are read together. Structure and function, never a claim of treatment.

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$20.00/ 1 oz / 12 g

Small-batch. Dual-extracted where it matters. Made by hand.

How to take it

1/4 tsp (up to 1 tsp) of extract powder in hot water, tea, coffee, a smoothie, or food, once daily. Begin with light doses — our extracts are very potent.

Whole plant, never isolated

Concentrated extracts of the whole botanical — the way the body recognizes it.

Cited to measured biology

Every action we describe traces to the compound and its measured target.

Structure & function

We describe what an herb nourishes — never a claim to treat disease.

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What you get

What this formula gives you

Supports warm, steady circulation from the heart outward to the hands and feet

Nourishes the blood itself — a rich reserve for the body to carry and move

Helps the body maintain a grounded, even sense of vitality rather than spikes and crashes

Brings warming spices (ginger, clove) together with blood-nourishing fruits (longan, mulberry) in one convergent blend

Built for the body that runs cool at the edges and wants steadiness, not stimulation

A daily nourishing ritual — the kind of warmth you build and keep

How it works

The science of Pulse

Not buzzwords — the actual biology of the plants in this formula: their compounds, the targets those compounds are measured to engage, and the systems they nourish.

Every herb in Pulse converges on the same territory — the heart, the blood, and the vessels that carry it. In our genome engine, longan, ginger, and clove all carry a cardiovascular organ-affinity, and both mulberries map to the blood and circulatory system. That is the logic of the blend: botanicals pointing at one current. The lineages that named these herbs — classical East Asian practice, the Greek-Galenic 'warming' tradition that Culpeper inherited, and the warm-spice circulatory wisdom found across African and Ayurvedic kitchens alike — arrived at the same conclusion centuries before anyone could name a molecule. Modern phytochemistry now shows why.

Ginger's signature compound, 6-gingerol, is a measured, identified molecule with documented activity at the prostaglandin and lipoxygenase enzymes (COX-1, COX-2, 5-LOX) the body uses to regulate the tone and openness of blood vessels — the measurable face of ginger's warming, circulatory character. Clove's eugenol touches related prostaglandin pathways. The mulberries contribute a family of vascular flavonoids — quercetin, rutin, chlorogenic acid, oxyresveratrol — the compounds long associated with the integrity and resilience of small vessels, plus the rare iminosugar 1-deoxynojirimycin that mulberry leaf is distinctively known for.

Longan rounds it out as the nourisher: it carries gallic and ellagic acids, well-characterized plant polyphenols, and in the botanical lineage longan flesh is the quintessential 'blood-building, heart-calming' fruit — the sweetness that gives the warming spices something rich to move. So Pulse is not a pile of random herbs; it is a warming engine (ginger, clove) married to a nourishing reserve (longan, mulberry, purple-mulberry), each part measured and traceable, each chosen because the molecule and the centuries agree.

The molecules, measured

A formula is a community of compounds. Below are active molecules from the herbs in this blend and the proteins each is measured to engage — the precise points where the plants meet biology. So you see not just that it works, but how.

Longan Berry

Dimocarpus longan

Gallic acid

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Amyloid-beta precursor protein · EC50 1.7 nM

Measured to act on

3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase type-2

A mitochondrial enzyme involved in breaking down fatty acids and balancing steroid hormones.

Alpha-(1,3)-fucosyltransferase 7

An enzyme that adds sugar tags to cells, helping immune cells find their way through tissue.

Lysine-specific demethylase 4E

An enzyme that edits chemical tags on DNA-packaging proteins to regulate genes.

Ellagic acid

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Amyloid-beta precursor protein · EC50 1.7 nM

Measured to act on

DNA repair nuclease/redox regulator APEX1

A protein that repairs damaged DNA and helps balance the cell's oxidative state.

Casein kinase II subunit alpha

A constantly active signaling enzyme involved in cell growth and stress responses.

Pyruvate kinase PKLR

An enzyme in the liver and red blood cells that helps turn sugar into usable energy.

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

6-Gingerol

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds to Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 · EC50 3.3 µM

Measured to act on

Cytochrome P450 3A4

A major liver enzyme that processes a wide range of compounds the body takes in.

Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1

A repair enzyme that resolves certain DNA damage so the strand can be restored.

Cytochrome P450 2C9

A liver enzyme that helps break down and process many compounds and natural substances.

6-Shogaol

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds to Cytochrome P450 1A2 · IC50 2.5 µM

Measured to act on

Cytochrome P450 3A4

A major liver enzyme that processes a wide range of compounds the body takes in.

Cytochrome P450 2D6

A liver enzyme that processes many compounds, including some the body forms naturally.

Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1

A nerve-ending sensor that responds to heat and to the pungency of chili pepper compounds.

Clove

Syzygium aromaticum

Measured to act on

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2

The enzyme that drives the body's inflammatory response.

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1

An enzyme making prostaglandins that protect the stomach lining and support everyday tissue function.

Polyunsaturated fatty acid 5-lipoxygenase

An enzyme that turns fatty acids into signaling molecules involved in inflammation.

beta-Caryophyllene

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Cannabinoid receptor 2

A receptor of the endocannabinoid system, concentrated in immune tissue.

Purple Mulberry

Morus nigra

Quercetin

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Amine oxidase [flavin-containing] A · IC50 10 nM

Measured to act on

Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B1

An enzyme that converts excess glucose into sorbitol as part of sugar metabolism.

Polyunsaturated fatty acid 5-lipoxygenase

An enzyme that converts fatty acids into messengers of the inflammatory response.

Neuraminidase

An enzyme the influenza virus uses to release newly made copies from a host cell.

Rutin (quercetin-3-O-rutinoside)

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Neuraminidase

An enzyme the influenza virus uses to release newly made copies from a host cell.

Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase

The enzyme that produces uric acid as the body breaks down spent genetic building blocks.

Mulberry

Morus alba

1-Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ)

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Lysosomal alpha-glucosidase

An enzyme inside cells that breaks down stored glycogen into usable glucose.

Neutral alpha-glucosidase AB

An enzyme that trims sugar chains as proteins are properly folded and finished.

Maltase-glucoamylase

A gut enzyme that finishes digesting starch into glucose for absorption.

Oxyresveratrol

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Tyrosinase · IC50 90 nM

Measured to act on

Tyrosinase

The enzyme that produces melanin, the pigment that colors skin and hair.

Transthyretin

A carrier protein that transports thyroid hormone and vitamin A through the blood.

Cytochrome P450 1B1

A liver-type enzyme that processes hormones and foreign compounds for clearance.

Cited science · not claims

Everything we publish about these plants traces to a primary source — the compounds to PubChem, ChEMBL, and BindingDB, the traditional uses to named, dated herbals. We describe what a plant is and what it is understood to nourish — the body’s own systems, structure and function only. We do not claim it treats, cures, or prevents any disease, and nothing here is a substitute for professional care. See our method & sources →

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Why these herbs together

The shared mechanism

A formula is not a pile of herbs — it is herbs whose actions meet. Below are the molecular targets that more than one plant in this blend is measured to engage. Where they converge is the blend's reason to exist.

ALOX5the enzyme that starts the body's resolution-and-inflammation lipid signals4 herbs converge

Ginger · Clove · Purple Mulberry · Mulberry

AKR1B1an enzyme that converts glucose into sorbitol, part of sugar handling3 herbs converge

Longan Berry · Ginger · Mulberry

PTPN1a brake on insulin and leptin signaling, tuning metabolic response3 herbs converge

Clove · Purple Mulberry · Mulberry

CYP1B1an enzyme that processes hormones and plant compounds2 herbs converge

Longan Berry · Mulberry

CYP3A4the liver's most versatile compound-metabolizing enzyme2 herbs converge

Ginger · Clove

MAPTthe tau protein that stabilizes a nerve cell's internal scaffolding2 herbs converge

Purple Mulberry · Mulberry

Each convergence is a gene whose protein two or more of this formula’s herbs are measured to engage (PubChem BioAssay & ChEMBL). It describes characterized molecular activity and the protein’s normal role — structure and function only, never a claim to treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Whole plant vs. the isolated molecule

One drug blocks one target. Pulse is the whole plant, down to the molecule.

Pharmacology isolates one molecule to block one receptor. Pulse is the whole plant, characterized down to the molecule. Ginger and clove carry the warming move — 6-gingerol and eugenol, identified compounds with measured activity at the prostaglandin and lipoxygenase enzymes (COX-1, COX-2, 5-LOX) the body uses to set the tone and openness of its vessels. Longan and clove then converge on NOS2, the enzyme that produces nitric oxide — the body's own signal for relaxed, open circulation. Not a single point of contact, but two independent plants meeting on one mechanism, the way a living system is meant to be nourished rather than overridden. In our genome engine, longan and clove both carry a measured cardiovascular affinity, and the mulberries map to the blood itself — gallic and ellagic acids, vascular flavonoids like rutin and oxyresveratrol. Classical East Asian, Galenic, and Ayurvedic kitchens named these warming, blood-building botanicals centuries before anyone could name a molecule. Whole food, transparent and cited — never a black box.

NOS2 (nitric oxide synthase — produces nitric oxide, the body's signal for relaxed, open circulation; shared by longan + clove)6-gingerol (ginger)eugenol (clove)COX-1 / COX-2 / PTGS prostaglandin synthases5-LOX / ALOX5 lipoxygenasegallic acid + ellagic acid (longan)rutinoxyresveratrol (mulberry / purple mulberry)measured Cardiovascular convergence: longan-berry + clove (both starred)

Every molecule and target named here is cited from our own genome data (PubChem BioAssay, BindingDB, ChEMBL). Structure and function only — a description of characterized chemistry and tradition, never a claim to treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

In practice

Who it’s for, and how to use it

Who it’s for

For anyone who runs cool at the edges — slow-to-warm hands and feet, a circulation that feels faint or sluggish, or a heartbeat they wish felt more grounded and sure. It suits people who want warmth and steadiness as a daily baseline rather than a quick stimulant lift, and who prefer to nourish the body's own circulatory systems the patient way. As with any warming, blood-moving formula, those who are pregnant, nursing, or taking blood-thinning or heart medications should speak with their own practitioner before beginning.

How to use it

Begin lightly — our extracts are very potent. Stir 1/4 teaspoon (working up to as much as 1 teaspoon) of the extract powder into hot water, tea, coffee, a smoothie, or food, once daily. Taken warm is most in keeping with the formula's nature: the heat carries the warming spices and makes a small daily ritual of it. Pulse is meant to be taken steadily over time, the way you keep a fire fed, so the warmth and steady circulation become your everyday baseline rather than an occasional event.

Measure · 1/4 tsp (up to 1 tsp) of extract powder in hot water, tea, coffee, a smoothie, or food, once daily. Begin with light doses — our extracts are very potent.

What’s inside

Inside Pulse: longan, ginger, clove, purple mulberry, and mulberry — botanicals that bring warmth and movement, and nourish the blood they carry. Every herb is a concentrated full-spectrum extract of the most pristine material we can source, prepared so that a small amount goes a long way. The most pristine herbs on earth.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Introduce one formula at a time and notice how the body responds; if you are pregnant, nursing, or on a prescription, know the interaction before you begin.

Pairs well with

Formulas that share Pulse's botanicals

Built from overlapping herbs, these reinforce Pulsealong the same lines — the shared-botanical kinship our genome engine maps.