For Pets
Restore
Rebuild the reserves — gentle recovery and steady vitality after the hard days.
Restore is for the animal who has spent themselves — the dog who pushed through a long recovery, the senior cat coming back from a thin, tired stretch, the working or sporting animal who gives everything and needs to fill the tank back up. It is not a stimulant and it is not a quick lift. It is a slow, nourishing tonic built to rebuild the deep reserves an animal draws on every day, so vitality returns on its own terms and holds.
Every culture that worked with plants understood the difference between pushing a tired body and feeding it. The Chinese lineage called the deep reserve qi and named codonopsis and astragalus as the gentlest, surest way to replenish it. The Greek-Galenic physicians spoke of restoring the body's innate heat and moisture after depletion. Ayurveda called this class of plant rasayana — the rejuvenators that rebuild ojas, the vital essence spent by stress and recovery. Across Africa, the Americas, and the old English herbals of Culpeper, the principle is the same: after the hard days, you do not whip the body forward, you nourish it back to fullness. Restore carries that single lineage in one blend.
These five botanicals were chosen because they converge on the same outcome from different directions. Codonopsis and astragalus rebuild the foundational reserve and support the body's own defenses. Reishi, the storied mushroom of long life, steadies the whole system rather than driving any one part of it. Goji feeds the blood and the bright, carotenoid-rich nourishment behind clear eyes and good condition. Longan berry, sweet and calming, settles the spirit so that rest is real rest. Together they support recovery, rebuilding, and a steady, grounded vitality — the kind that lasts past the afternoon.
Restore works gradually and gently, the way real rebuilding does. You will not see a jolt. Over days and weeks you should see an animal who holds their condition better, comes back to themselves after exertion, and carries a calmer, more even energy through the day.
What it supports in the animal
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.
For Pets
Small-batch. Dual-extracted where it matters. Made by hand.
How to take it
A small amount of the dilute hot-water extract or powder stirred into food, scaled to body weight. Start low and build gradually over days.
What you get
What this formula gives you
Supports recovery and rebuilding after exertion or a hard, depleting stretch
Helps replenish the deep reserves of vitality rather than forcing a short-lived lift
Supports the body's own defensive and regenerative systems with two of tradition's gentlest tonics
Feeds blood and condition with carotenoid-rich, nourishing botanicals for good color and steady energy
Helps an animal settle into real, restorative rest with calming, spirit-nourishing herbs
Builds slowly and holds — grounded, even vitality through the whole day, not just the first hour
How it works
The science of Restore
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.
The foundation of Restore is the pairing of codonopsis and astragalus, the classic restorative duo of the Chinese tradition. Codonopsis carries lobetyolin, lobetyol, tangshenoside, and syringin — the compounds behind its reputation as a softer, food-grade stand-in for ginseng, a tonic that supports the digestive core where reserves are actually built and replenished. Astragalus brings a measured family of saponins and isoflavones — astragaloside IV, cycloastragenol, formononetin, and calycosin — long used to support the body's defensive reserve. Several of these are well characterized at the molecular level: formononetin interacts with the metabolic enzyme CYP2C9, and calycosin engages HMGB1, a protein central to how the body manages stress and recovery signals. This is structure-and-function support for the systems that rebuild.
Reishi anchors the blend as a true adaptogen — a plant that helps the whole system find steadiness rather than pushing it in one direction. Its signature triterpenes, the ganoderic acids, are among the better-studied mushroom compounds. Ganoderic acid A measurably engages targets tied to inflammatory signaling (TNF, STAT3) and to the body's stress-hormone metabolism (the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzymes), while ganoderic acid B touches the cholinesterase enzymes connected to a calm, attentive nervous tone. The thread through all of it is balance: reishi supports the body's own regulation so recovery can proceed without overdrive.
Goji and longan berry complete the formula on the nourishing side. Goji is dense with carotenoids — zeaxanthin and beta-carotene — alongside betaine, the same bright, blood-feeding nutrition every tradition prized for restoring condition and good color after a depleted stretch. Longan berry, rich in gallic and ellagic acids, is the sweet, settling fruit used across the Chinese materia medica to nourish the blood and quiet the spirit, so that the rest an animal gets is deep enough to actually rebuild. Every compound named here is genuinely present in these herbs — the formula is what it says it is.
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.
Codonopsis pilosula
Syringin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday housekeeping like stomach lining and blood flow.
An enzyme that breaks down fatty-acid signals involved in blood vessel and inflammation balance.
Atractylenolide I
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that converts fatty acids into messengers of the inflammatory response.
An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday housekeeping like stomach lining and blood flow.
A guardian protein that watches over DNA and helps cells decide when to repair or stop dividing.
Astragalus membranaceus
Formononetin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
A liver enzyme that breaks down many compounds the body takes in.
A protein that helps decide whether a cell continues living or undergoes natural turnover.
An enzyme that edits proteins to manage cellular cleanup and the cell internal scaffolding.
Calycosin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
A protein that helps organize DNA and acts as an alarm signal during tissue stress.
Lycium barbarum
Betaine
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that recycles the amino acid homocysteine back into methionine using betaine.
Scopoletin
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that helps cells balance acidity by managing carbon dioxide.
Ganoderma lucidum
Ganoderic acid A
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
An enzyme that locally regenerates active cortisol, shaping how tissues respond to the body's stress hormone.
An enzyme that quiets cortisol inside kidney and salt-handling tissues, helping govern fluid and mineral balance.
An enzyme that converts glucose into sorbitol, part of how cells handle sugar.
Ganoderic acid B
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
The enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine, resetting nerve and muscle signals between pulses.
A blood enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine and helps clear certain compounds from circulation.
An enzyme that converts glucose into sorbitol, part of how cells handle sugar.
Dimocarpus longan
Gallic acid
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
A mitochondrial enzyme involved in breaking down fatty acids and balancing steroid hormones.
An enzyme that adds sugar tags to cells, helping immune cells find their way through tissue.
An enzyme that edits chemical tags on DNA-packaging proteins to regulate genes.
Ellagic acid
PubChem ↗Measured to act on
A protein that repairs damaged DNA and helps balance the cell's oxidative state.
A constantly active signaling enzyme involved in cell growth and stress responses.
An enzyme in the liver and red blood cells that helps turn sugar into usable energy.
Measured molecular activities drawn from public scientific databases (PubChem, ChEMBL), shown as the characterized chemistry of the plants in this formula — every edge traced to its source record. This describes the molecules, not the product. Structure and function only; these statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
In practice
Who it’s for, and how to use it
Who it’s for
For the animal who has been spent — the senior coming back from a thin or tired stretch, the companion recovering from a rough season, the working, sporting, or hard-playing dog who gives everything and needs to refill the tank. It is for any animal whose vitality has dipped and needs to be rebuilt gently rather than pushed. Restore is a slow, nourishing tonic, not a stimulant, so it suits sensitive and older animals as well as active ones. As with any tonic, it is meant to support a healthy animal's own vitality, not to replace the care of someone who knows your animal well.
How to use it
Restore is given as a small amount of the dilute hot-water extract, or as the powder stirred into food, scaled to your animal's body weight. Start low — a pinch for a cat or small dog, a little more for a large one — and build gradually over several days so the body adjusts at its own pace. This is a tonic, not a single dose: its value comes from steady, gentle use over weeks while the reserves rebuild, easing off as your animal comes back to full condition. Always scale to the animal in front of you, and introduce it slowly alongside their normal food.
Measure · A small amount of the dilute hot-water extract or powder stirred into food, scaled to body weight. Start low and build gradually over days.
What’s inside
Inside: codonopsis, astragalus, goji, reishi, and longan berry — five convergent botanicals from one unbroken lineage, prepared gently and scaled to the animal in front of you. The most pristine herbs on earth.
Structure-and-function support for animal nutrition and vitality. Introduce gradually and watch how your companion responds. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If your animal is pregnant, nursing, or on medication, consult your veterinarian first.