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The ingredients were selected with help from medicinal herb specialists at the Far East Academy of Sciences, where Ms. Savostyanova worked in the 1980's as a specialist in sugars. Besides well-known components like raspberry, mint and camomile, the balzam includes ginseng, which grows wild in the area; schizandra, eleutherococus and red linden berries from Altai Province, near Mongolia, which are said to improve one's mood and restore energy.
The mixes of berries and herbs are aged in huge stainless-steel vats at the two-story Ussuriysk distillery, then mixed with pure alcohol before bottling. The result, the company claims, is not just booze, but ''a biologically active supplement'' good for everything from depression to the common cold -- though not, the company warns, for bad nerves, insomnia, hypertension or arteriosclerosis. Used after a drinking bout, it is said to ease hangovers as well.
The mixes of berries and herbs are aged in huge stainless-steel vats at the two-story Ussuriysk distillery, then mixed with pure alcohol before bottling. The result, the company claims, is not just booze, but ''a biologically active supplement'' good for everything from depression to the common cold -- though not, the company warns, for bad nerves, insomnia, hypertension or arteriosclerosis. Used after a drinking bout, it is said to ease hangovers as well.
