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Adaptogens, held to a higher standard.

Adaptogens are plants that help the body adapt to stress and return to balance. Ashwagandha, Rhodiola and Holy Basil are three of the most researched adaptogens in the world. They anchor Daily Mood Enhancer, Ashwagandha carries into Soultrum PM as well, and each active ingredient beside them has published human research behind it too. Every ingredient in Soultrum earns its place: a real mechanism, a real research story, and a dose chosen on purpose. This page walks through all of it, one ingredient at a time.

Doctor formulatedScientifically proven ingredientsThird party tested by EurofinsGMP certified facilityMade in the USANon GMO, vegan capsules

One honest note before we begin: the research described here is ingredient science, the published study record behind each botanical and nutrient. It is the reason each one is in the bottle, told without inflation.

Three rules, no exceptions.

Dr. Edward Ehsan formulated Soultrum around principles that show up on the label, not just the marketing.

Scientifically proven, ingredient by ingredient

Every active ingredient in Soultrum has published human research behind it, and the key botanical extracts are measured for their active compounds, so what goes in each capsule is set on purpose, not left to whatever the harvest happened to yield.

Honest doses

A deliberate 3mg of melatonin instead of a megadose, and no caffeine or stimulants by day. Enough to matter, never enough to bulldoze your own biology.

Tested, then tested again

Every batch is tested by Eurofins, an independent third party lab, for purity and potency. Eurofins is one of the largest testing laboratory networks in the world, with more than 950 laboratories in 59 countries and over 65,000 people, trusted by food, pharmaceutical and supplement companies worldwide. Both formulas are made in the USA in a GMP certified facility, with non GMO ingredients in vegan capsules.

Meet the doctor behind the label

The whole system runs on a 24-hour clock.

Cortisol is built to peak in the morning and fade by night, while melatonin does the opposite. Stress bends that rhythm out of shape: wired days, restless nights, and each one feeding the other.

That is why Soultrum is a system rather than a pill. Daily Mood Enhancer reduces anxiety and supports a steady daytime arc, Soultrum PM supports the nighttime handoff, and the two together work on the cycle from both ends.†

Soultrum Duo The stress and sleep cycle
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Illustrative of how the Duo is designed to support your full 24 hours, not a clinical measurement.†

By day: Daily Mood Enhancer, ingredient by ingredient.

Five ingredients proven to reduce anxiety: L-Theanine, Organic Holy Basil and Rhodiola at 200mg each, with Ashwagandha and Saffron in a 180mg proprietary blend.† Here is why each one is in the bottle.

Loose dried green tea leaves with fresh camellia leaves

L-Theanine

Found naturally in Camellia sinensis

An amino acid found almost exclusively in tea leaves, the calming half of a cup of green tea.

Daily Mood Enhancer · 200mgSoultrum PM · 200mg

How it works. L-theanine crosses into your brain, where it is associated with alpha waves, the gentle electrical rhythm your brain produces when you are relaxed but still fully awake. It is the pattern of quiet, absorbed moments, a few minutes into a walk or deep in a good book. Rather than sedating you, l-theanine supports that settled, alert state so your attention has somewhere calm to rest.†

What the research looks at. Trials have explored l-theanine’s effects on stress, anxiety, relaxation, attention, and sleep quality, both on its own and alongside caffeine. Studies using brain wave recordings have also observed the relaxed rhythm it is best known for.

Where it comes from. People have been drinking green tea for its calm, clear energy for well over a thousand years, from Chinese tea culture to the Japanese matcha ceremony. L-theanine is a large part of why a cup of tea settles you in a way coffee never quite does.

In the formula. In Daily Mood Enhancer it balances the energizing edge of rhodiola, and in Soultrum PM it settles mental chatter so melatonin’s sleep signal can land.†

The mental noise turns down while the lights stay on. Calm, not sleepy.†

A fresh sprig of holy basil with purple flower spikes beside dried tulsi leaves on linen

Organic Holy Basil Extract

Ocimum sanctum

An extract of organically grown Ocimum sanctum, the fragrant basil known across India as tulsi.

Daily Mood Enhancer · 200mg

How it works. Holy basil is traditionally counted among the adaptogens, plants used to help the body meet everyday stress with balance. Its leaves carry aromatic compounds such as eugenol, along with ursolic and rosmarinic acids, and research has explored how they relate to the systems that manage the stress response. The effect is usually described as steadying rather than stimulating.†

What the research looks at. The human research on holy basil is younger than the record behind ashwagandha or rhodiola, and still growing. Randomized, placebo controlled trials have looked at its role in perceived everyday stress and in attention and mental clarity, and other human studies have looked at anxiety.

Where it comes from. Tulsi has held a place in Ayurveda, India’s traditional system of herbal practice, for thousands of years, where it is revered as a sacred plant and often called the queen of herbs. Many families still keep a tulsi plant at home and brew its leaves as an everyday tea.

In the formula. It works beside rhodiola and the ashwagandha in the daily blend, three adaptogens with different temperaments, while L-Theanine keeps attention calm and clear.†

Even, not flat. A quiet background that may help ordinary pressure feel a little more manageable.†

Chunks of dried rhodiola root with golden brown bark

Rhodiola Rosea Root Extract

Rhodiola rosea

A root extract from Rhodiola rosea, a hardy plant of Arctic coasts and high mountain regions, with 3% rosavins and 1% salidroside.

Daily Mood Enhancer · 200mg

How it works. Rhodiola is the other kind of adaptogen. Where ashwagandha leans calm, rhodiola leans stamina: it is studied for how the mind keeps its footing when demand is high and energy wants to fade. Research has explored how compounds in the root interact with the systems that manage the stress response and the sense of mental fatigue that follows a long push.†

What the research looks at. Researchers have been testing rhodiola on tired, overworked people for decades. Placebo controlled trials have studied its effects on stress, fatigue, and mental performance during demanding stretches of work, from single doses before a hard task to consistent daily use over time, and other human studies have looked at anxiety and everyday mood. Much of that work uses extracts measured for rosavins and salidroside, the two markers named on the Soultrum label.

Where it comes from. Rhodiola grows where almost nothing else will, in the thin soil of Arctic coasts and high mountain ranges across Europe and Asia. People in Scandinavia, Siberia, and other cold northern regions traditionally used the golden root to help endure long winters, hard physical work, and life at altitude.

In the formula. It is the counterweight in the daily formula: ashwagandha and holy basil settle the baseline while rhodiola supports the push, so the formula covers calm and drive at the same time.†

Present, not amped. On long afternoons it may be easier to stay with the task in front of you, with less of that running on fumes feeling a stressful stretch usually brings.†

Dried ashwagandha roots on washed linen in soft window light

Ashwagandha Root Extract

Withania somnifera

The root of Withania somnifera, as an extract with 5% withanolides in both formulas.

Daily Mood Enhancer · In the 180mg proprietary blendSoultrum PM · 120mg

How it works. Ashwagandha is the textbook adaptogen. Central to that story is cortisol, the hormone your body releases under pressure, useful in short bursts and best kept in a healthy rhythm. Research on the root has focused on how it supports that rhythm, which is why its effect is often described as a lower idle rather than a switch turning off.†

What the research looks at. Ashwagandha is one of the most studied adaptogens in modern herbal research. Randomized, placebo controlled trials of root extracts have looked at anxiety, perceived everyday stress, cortisol, and sleep quality. That record is why it earns a place in both Soultrum formulas: inside the daytime blend with saffron, and on its own at night.

Where it comes from. Ashwagandha has long been a cornerstone of Ayurveda, India’s traditional system of herbal practice, with a written record that runs back roughly two thousand years. It was classically taken as a tonic for strength and vitality, and its Sanskrit name translates roughly to smell of the horse, a nod to the robust energy it was thought to impart.

In the formula. By day it shares a blend with saffron and sets the steady baseline that rhodiola and holy basil build on. By night it works alongside L-Theanine and chamomile to ease the handoff from a full mind to an unwinding one.†

Steady, not sedated. By day it shares the blend with saffron, by night it sits beside L-Theanine and chamomile.†

Deep red saffron threads spilling from a small ceramic dish

Saffron Extract

Crocus sativus

An extract of the dried crimson stigmas of Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus, gathered by hand at bloom, with 2% safranal.

Daily Mood Enhancer · In the 180mg proprietary blend

How it works. The compounds that give saffron its deep color and distinctive aroma appear to be the same ones that matter for mood. Research suggests they support healthy activity of serotonin, one of the brain’s main mood messengers, and help support a balanced response to everyday stress. In plain terms, saffron seems to help the system that steadies you do its job.†

What the research looks at. Modern mood research keeps returning to saffron. Placebo controlled trials have followed adults through weeks of consistent daily use, watching everyday mood, stress and anxiety rather than any single dramatic effect. For a kitchen spice, its research footprint runs unusually deep.

Where it comes from. Each saffron crocus opens for only a brief window and gives just three stigmas, still picked by hand the way harvesters across Persia and the Mediterranean have done for thousands of years. That patient labor made saffron among the most treasured spices on earth, valued in those cultures at the table and, traditionally, for brightening the spirit.

In the formula. Saffron shares the 180mg daily blend with ashwagandha: ashwagandha steadies the stress response while saffron supports the everyday mood that sits on top of it.†

It tends to read as ordinary days sitting a little easier, a baseline that holds rather than a mood that spikes.†

By night: built around one gentle signal.

3mg

on purpose.

Melatonin

A supplemental form of the darkness hormone your own pineal gland releases each night.

How it works. As evening light fades, a small gland deep in your brain releases melatonin into the bloodstream, and rising levels tell receptors throughout the body that night has arrived. That nightly rise anchors your circadian rhythm, the internal clock that decides when you drift down and when you surface. Soultrum PM supplies a deliberate 3mg, a clear cue designed to work with your body’s own signal rather than replace it.†

What the research looks at. Melatonin is one of the most widely studied ingredients in the entire sleep category. Randomized, placebo controlled trials have explored its role in supporting sleep onset and healthy sleep wake timing, and its function as the body’s own darkness signal is well established science. Research has also looked closely at timing and dose, which is part of why we kept this one low and precise.

In the formula. It pairs naturally with L-Theanine in Soultrum PM, melatonin cueing the body toward night while L-Theanine helps quiet a busy mind so the cue gets heard.†

A cue, not a knockout. Very large doses of melatonin can leave some people foggy the next morning, so this formula keeps the dose low and lets your own biology do the rest, with the aim of waking up clear.†

A single fresh passion flower bloom with purple and white filaments

Passion Flower Extract

Passiflora incarnata

An extract from the flowering vine Passiflora incarnata, native to the Americas, with 4% flavones.

Soultrum PM · 150mg

How it works. Compounds in passion flower appear to support the activity of GABA, the brain’s own hush signal. When that calming signal has support, looping thoughts get less traction, and the mental chatter that shows up right at lights out has less to hold onto. It encourages quiet rather than flipping a switch.†

What the research looks at. Researchers interested in calm and sleep quality have studied passion flower, including in randomized, placebo controlled trials. Work has also explored the interaction between its compounds and GABA activity, and its long record in two herbal traditions is part of why it keeps drawing that attention.

Where it comes from. Native peoples of the Americas used passion flower as a calming herb long before European contact. Spanish travelers later carried it across the Atlantic, and it became a fixture of European herbalism for restless evenings.

In the formula. It runs beside L-Theanine, which encourages the relaxed alpha wave state while passion flower supports the GABA activity that quiets the chatter underneath it.†

The lights are off and your mind is still walking through tomorrow. Passion flower is in Soultrum PM to support quiet in that exact moment, a wind down that feels calm, not blank.†

Loose dried chamomile blossoms gathered on linen

Chamomile Flower Extract 10:1

Matricaria chamomilla

A 10:1 extract of Matricaria chamomilla flowers, meaning about ten parts dried flower go into each part of extract, from the small daisy family bloom behind Europe’s favorite bedtime tea.

Soultrum PM · 100mg (10:1 extract)

How it works. Chamomile’s best studied constituent is apigenin, a natural compound concentrated in the flower heads. Apigenin binds gently to calming receptors in the brain, part of the nervous system’s built in braking system, and that gentle binding is thought to encourage the shift from alert to at ease. The effect is settling rather than sedating, which is why chamomile has always read as mild.†

What the research looks at. Chamomile is among the most widely consumed herbal preparations in the world, which has made it a natural subject for modern research. Placebo controlled trials have looked at chamomile extract for its role in supporting relaxation and restful sleep, and the way apigenin interacts with the brain’s calming receptors is well described science.

Where it comes from. Chamomile may be the most familiar calming plant on earth, brewed as an evening tea across Europe for many centuries and part of traditional herbal practice since antiquity. Grandmothers were pouring it long before anyone could explain why it worked.

In the formula. In Soultrum PM it is layered with passion flower, two gentle botanicals with long evening traditions, so the wind down feels gradual instead of abrupt.†

It feels like the capsule version of the tea, a soft easing at the edges of the evening.†

Vitamin B6

Pyridoxine hydrochloride

An essential B vitamin, supplied as pyridoxine HCl, a stable and well absorbed form used in supplements for decades.

Soultrum PM · 1.7mg (100% DV)

How it works. B6 is a cofactor: certain enzymes cannot finish their work without it. The enzymes that build serotonin and GABA, two of the brain’s key chemical messengers, both depend on it. Melatonin is made from serotonin, so the same quiet helper supports the supply line your body draws on at night.†

What the research looks at. The chemistry here is not speculative. B6’s role in neurotransmitter production, the assembly of the brain’s chemical messengers, is settled textbook biochemistry that has been described in detail for decades. Beyond those fundamentals, research has also explored how B6 status relates to mood and healthy sleep in adults. Soultrum PM supplies 1.7mg, 100% of the Daily Value: a full day’s amount, not a megadose.

Where it comes from. B6 emerged in the 1930s, in the decade scientists spent pulling the B complex apart into its separate vitamins. Among its many roles, it helps the body build the brain’s chemical messengers, which is exactly the job it holds in Soultrum PM.

In the formula. It pairs with melatonin in Soultrum PM: melatonin supplies the nightfall signal directly, while B6 supports the pathway your body uses to make its own.†

You will not feel B6 on its own, and that is by design. It works in the background so the rest of the formula has what it needs.†

Also on the night shift

L-Theanine

200mg · Settles a busy mind at bedtime†

Read the deep dive

Ashwagandha Root Extract

120mg · Part of the evening wind down†

Read the deep dive

Just as deliberate: what is not here.

A formula is defined by what it leaves out as much as what it puts in.

In every ritual

  • L-Theanine, Holy Basil and Rhodiola by day
  • Ashwagandha and Saffron in the daytime blend
  • A gentle 3mg of melatonin at night
  • Passion Flower, Chamomile and Ashwagandha at night
  • Scientifically proven ingredients, day and night
  • Two capsules per formula, one simple routine

Never in the bottle

Caffeine Stimulants Added sugar Artificial colors Preservatives GMO ingredients Habit forming sedatives Megadose melatonin

Vegan capsules, non GMO ingredients, made in the USA in a GMP certified facility. Every batch is tested by Eurofins, an independent third party lab, for purity and potency.

Now that you know what is inside.

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† 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. Individual results may vary. Reviews reflect the personal experiences of individual customers.