Lehning Echinacea n°40 - Natural Defenses Immunity 30ml

The Echinacea No. 40 food supplement from Laboratoires Lehning helps support natural defenses and maintain buona health of vie respiratory (throat, pharynx). This unique formula composed of 6 plant extracts is offered in the form of gocce for better conservation of the active ingredients of the plants. Echinacea and matricaria help support natural defenses. Thyme, white broth, calendula and poppy contribute to the maintenance of buona health of vie respiratory (throat, pharynx). | THE BENEFITS OF THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS PRESENT IN ECHINACEA N°40 The benefits and properties of echinacea | Echinaceae are perennial plants of the Asteraceae family. They form flowers with pink (sometimes yellow or white) petals and whose center is covered with small thorns. Three species of echinacea are known and cultivated for their properties: Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea pallida. Native to North America, echinaceas were used by Native Americans for their benefits and in particular to relieve infections of vie respiratory. Today Echinacea angustifolia and Echinacea purpurea are the two species most used in herbal medicine to strengthen natural defenses and prevent winter infections. These properties are due to the numerous active ingredients contained in the roots and aerial parts of these plants. We can cite for example echinacosides, alkalamides and polysaccharides which have numerous virtues, in particular that of stimulating the activity of the immune system. | The benefits and properties of white broth | White broth (Verbascum thapsus) is a biennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Scrophulariaceae family. Originating in Europe, white broth, sometimes called mullein, has been used since ancient Greece for its benefits, and its use in herbal medicine became widespread starting from the 19th century for its calming and emollient effect to relieve the cough. In the 20th century Fournier described the expectorant and antitussive action of white broth flowers. The white flowers in broth contain many active ingredients such as mucilages that soothe throat irritations, saponins, iridoids and flavonoids. The Echinacea n°40 food supplement contains a hydroalcoholic extract of white broth which, thanks to its emollient and antitussive properties, will help maintain a buona health of vie respiratory and to strengthen your natural defenses. | The benefits and properties of calendula | Marigold or marigold (Calendula officinalis) is an annual herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family, with bright orange flowers, native to the basin of Mediterraneo. Marigold has been known since ancient times for its culinary, cosmetic and medicinal virtues as well as as a colourant, but its use in herbal medicine has intensified since the Middle Ages. Calendula officinalis is also recognized for its soothing action on insect and snake bites, but also for reducing fever and relieving painful periods. Calendula officinalis contains flavonoids, triterpene saponosides (farradiol), carotenoids, coumarins, polysaccharides and an essential oil. The anti-inflammatory action of calendula derives mainly from triterpene saponosides (farradiol), which also promote healing. Flavonoids and carotenoids, for their part, have an antioxidant action. The essential oil has antibacterial properties. Today calendula is known and used in dermatology above all for its benefits on the skin, but its anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action also make it an excellent ally to support natural defenses. | The benefits and properties of chamomile | Chamomile Chamomile (Chamomilla recutita or Matricaria recutita), also called small chamomile, true chamomile or German chamomile, is an annual plant of the Asteraceae family. Chamomile flowers, rich in active compounds such as lactones, coumarins, phenolic derivatives and bioflavonoids (apigenin), are used in herbal medicine for various therapeutic indications. In fact, it contributes to the body's natural defenses, facilitates breathing and has a soothing action on the body vie respiratory in addition to its antioxidant and healing action. The hydroalcoholic extract of matricaria chamomile used in the Echinacea n°40 food supplement helps support the body's natural defenses and facilitate breathing in case of colds. | The benefits and properties of the poppy | The poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Papaveraceae family. The poppy is native to the basin of Mediterraneo, but today it is found throughout Europe, North America and Asia, dove it grows spontaneously in the fields of cereal plants such as wheat, or even on the edges of paths. Poppy petals have an antitussive effect. The mucilage of the poppy, in fact, will cover the irritated walls of the respiratory system and soften it, while the readin will reduce the cough reflex thanks to its soothing properties; Poppy petals contain several active compounds responsible for its health benefits: | Anthocyanins and flavonoids with antioxidant properties | Mucilages which are substances with emollient properties | And alkaloids (and in particular readin) with sedative effects. | The hydroalcoholic extract of the poppy flower contained in the Echinacea n°40 food supplement will help preserve the vie respiratory thanks to its soothing and emollient properties for the throat. | The benefits and properties of thyme | The thymus (Thymus vulgaris) is a perennial and bushy shrub, native to the basin of Mediterraneo which grows on rocky, dry and sunny soils. Thyme has been known since ancient times for both its culinary use and its medicinal benefits. Thyme was used by the Egyptians to embalm the dead and by the Greeks to purify the air. In the Middle Ages it was used to fight epidemics. Thyme contains flavonoids, vitamins, minerals but above all it contains an essential oil rich in active compounds such as thymol, geraniol and linalool which are powerful antimicrobials. Thyme leaves are used in herbal medicine for their anti-infective, antispasmodic and expectorant action. Thyme is traditionally used to relieve respiratory ailments such as coughs, and is noto also to stimulate the immune system and natural defenses.