It has a rich history of use in the Indian ayurvedic and siddha systems of medicine, and it is known as a rasayana because of its rejuvenating qualities.*
Think of it as a smoke detector for something called oxidative stressa major factor behind the ageing process and chronic disease
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Folinic acid produced significant improvements in global ADOS score, social interaction, and communication, whereas placebo showed no meaningful change (Renard et al., 2020)