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Nutritional Information per Daily Intake (1 capsule)
Echinacea purpurea 45:1 extract 55mg; Echinacea angustifolia (providing root
extract standardised at >4% echinacosides) 38.5mg.
Ingredients:
Lecithin 1 (providing 30% phospholipids), Capsule (Hydroxypropyl methycellulose
& Water), Echinacea purpurea (juice concentrate 45:1), Beeswax, Echinacea
angustifolia (root extract standardised to 4% echinacoside), maltodextrin.
This product may have the following benefits
(please
read this important notice concerning supplement medical claims)
Potential
applications where Echinacea may be helpful with symptoms:
-
Viral
infections (e.g. colds, influenza, herpes, etc.)
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Bacterial
infections
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Candida
albicans infections
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Arthritis
and other inflammatory conditions
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Eczema,
acne and other bacterially-related and/or inflammatory skin
conditions
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Wound
healing
Immune
stimulant
A number of
immuno-stimulatory compounds have been isolated from echinacea.
Echinacea elevates white blood cell count and activity, enhances
antibody activity, speeds migration of white blood cells to areas of
infection, boosts interferon activity and inhibits hyaluronidase (an
enzyme that allows pathogenic organisms to become more invasive).
Anti-bacterial
Echinacea
exerts a mild anti-bacterial effect on the body. For example, two
compounds found in echinacea, echinacoside and caffeic acid, inhibit the
growth of staphylococcus aureas, corynebacterium diptheria, and proteus
vulgaris.
Anti-viral
The various
components of echinacea appear to block viral receptor sites on cell
surfaces as well as having an inhibiting effect on hyaluronidase, which
increases connective tissue permeability and allows the organism to
become more invasive.
Anti-fungal
Studies have
shown that echinacea specifically enhances the ability of macrophages
(white blood cells which 'eat' pathogens) to destroy fungal organisms
such as candida albicans.
Anti-inflammatory
Studies
suggest that polysaccharides in echinacea exert anti-inflammatory
activity, primarily due to what has been reported as a 'cortisone-like'
effect.
Wound healing
It has been
reported that echinacea speeds up the healing of damaged tissue - an
action that appears to be associated with an ability to promote
connective tissue regeneration and the herb's anti-inflammatory
properties.
Research
Wacker
A & Hilbig W, Planta Medica, 33 19788 pp89-102
Stimpel
M et al, Infection Immunity, 46 1984 pp845-849
Mose,
J Med Welt, 34 1983 pp1463-1467
Wagner
H et al, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Congress on Medicinal Plant
Research, Hamburg September 22-27, 2986
Wagner,
Arzneim Forsch, 38, 2, 1988 pp1069-1975
Bauer
R, et al, Arzneim Forsch, 38-2, 1988 pp276-281
Coeugniet
and Elek, Onkologie 10, 3, 21987, pp27-33
McGregor
R L Univ.Kansas Sci.Bull. 1968, 48, pp113-142
Any references,
studies or testimonials on this website do not imply that similar
results will happen with your use of products referred to. Our web
pages are not intended to recommend any supplement as a drug, as a
diagnosis for specific illnesses or conditions, nor as a product to
eliminate diseases or other medical conditions or complications. We make
no medical claims as to the benefits of any of the products to improve
medical conditions.
*We always recommend
that you work in conjunction with your primary medical advisor,
particularly if you have an existing medical condition, and that you do
not take any products during pregnancy or breast-feeding without first
referring to your primary medical advisor.
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