Evening primrose

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Evening Primrose Oil: An old Native American herb. The evening primrose grows like a weed. Not really a primrose, it is sometimes called "sun drop." The large yellow flower opens late in the day and last only one evening, then produces lots of small seeds. Presumably, these seeds were carried to Europe early in the history of colonization of North America because evening primrose now grows wild in many parts of the continent. The oil of evening primrose has a high content of gammalinolenic acid (GLA), which is converted by your body into prostaglandins (fatty acids that act a lot like hormones) producing a wide range of effects on your body. It supplies many essential fatty acids the body needs to maintain optimal health. Essential fatty acids are as important to good health as vitamins and minerals. Studies show that evening primrose oil might help lower blood cholesterol, can reduce the discomfort associated with premenstrual syndrome, is

used to treat eczema and is a traditional remedy for arthritis. Evening primrose oil may even correct the body's imbalances that cause mood swings, irritability and breast tenderness. The strongest evidence for efficacy is in the treatment of atopic dermatitis when the skin is itchy, red, scaly, dry, and inflamed. Evening primrose to be used for herbal medicines is commercially cultivated and carefully bred to yield constant levels of the essential fatty acids in the seeds. Growers in the United States and Canada alone produce three hundred to four hundred tons of seeds each year. Oil from the seeds is the only part of the plant currently used. Approximately 70 percent of the oil is cis-linoleic acid, and as much as 9 percent cis-gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) which is a rare find in plants. Most over-the-counter pain relievers and many prescription arthritis medicines work primarily by blocking prostaglandin synthesis, however prostaglandins play an

important role in many biochemical reactions. Evening primrose oil is available in 500-mg capsules. Most of the clinical trials have utilized doses of one or two capsules two or three times a day, with the maximum adult dose of 4 g daily. Up to three months may be needed to see a response in some conditions. Usual dosage is around 500-1,000 mg a day. Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats

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Hi Suzi

this sounds like a good herbal for what it does.

Question please. Do you know what melatonin is? my health store lady

said that it make you go right to sleep an hour after taking it or 20

minutes usually. As we get older our sleeping patterns begin to

change and from those who I talked with all of them have problems

going to sleep or staying to sleep at night. I have some problems

that correct themselves alternately during the week so she

recommended taking a pill form but than showd me a cherry drink

(concentrated) that has melatonin listed as well as potassium..and

she said with this drink of a 8oz glass a day anytime will make your

body manufacture its own melatonin? what it this if its not a plant

source based is it a hormone? thanks for any help

Rita

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> Evening Primrose Oil: An old Native American herb. The evening

primrose grows like a weed. Not really a primrose, it is sometimes

called " sun drop. " The large yellow flower opens late in the day and

last only one evening, then produces lots of small seeds. Presumably,

these seeds were carried to Europe early in the history of

colonization of North America because evening primrose now grows wild

in many parts of the continent. The oil of evening primrose has a

high content of gammalinolenic acid (GLA), which is converted by your

body into prostaglandins (fatty acids that act a lot like hormones)

producing a wide range of effects on your body. It supplies many

essential fatty acids the body needs to maintain optimal health.

Essential fatty acids are as important to good health as vitamins and

minerals. Studies show that evening primrose oil might help lower

blood cholesterol, can reduce the discomfort associated with

premenstrual syndrome, is used to treat eczema and is a

> traditional remedy for arthritis. Evening primrose oil may even

correct the body's imbalances that cause mood swings, irritability

and breast tenderness. The strongest evidence for efficacy is in the

treatment of atopic dermatitis when the skin is itchy, red, scaly,

dry, and inflamed.

> Evening primrose to be used for herbal medicines is commercially

cultivated and carefully bred to yield constant levels of the

essential fatty acids in the seeds. Growers in the United States and

Canada alone produce three hundred to four hundred tons of seeds each

year. Oil from the seeds is the only part of the plant currently

used. Approximately 70 percent of the oil is cis-linoleic acid, and

as much as 9 percent cis-gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) which is a rare

find in plants.

> Most over-the-counter pain relievers and many prescription

arthritis medicines work primarily by blocking prostaglandin

synthesis, however prostaglandins play an important role in many

biochemical reactions. Evening primrose oil is available in 500-mg

capsules. Most of the clinical trials have utilized doses of one or

two capsules two or three times a day, with the maximum adult dose of

4 g daily. Up to three months may be needed to see a response in some

conditions. Usual dosage is around 500-1,000 mg a day.

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