No problem, telling other people about stuff that works for you is what phoenixrising is for, along with sympathy from fellow sufferers. Cardio in the broad sense is the thing I noticed literally within half an hour of taking Chinese skullcap for the first time. I did a kettlebell session, and previously I would have to lie down after each set and do breathing exercises so that I didn't trigger PEM, but this time I didn't feel dangerously out of breath from the same exercises. The boxing or the running is probably the hardest cardio I do know, the latter being shorter but more intense - duirng both my heartrate is significantly raised for blocks of 10-15 minutes at a time, and I get very little or no PEM from it.
Re: the astralagus, I guessed it has some effect on the gut (I think I found something showing this) , since I think most of the effects of alcohol with regard to PEM are mediated through its effect on gut permeability, at least in my case - I came to this conclusion after observing that if I ate a lot of FODMAPs the same day I had a few drinks the PEM would be worse. The astralagus seems to even allow me to eat a bit of gluten without increasing PEM significantly, although I still try to generally stick to the FODMAP diet.
