Allergy Aid is formulated to help relief allergies.
Ingredients: Bupleurum radix root**, Horse Radish root (Armoracia rusticana), Scutellaria Baicalensis, Coleus**, and Nettle leaf (Urtica doica)**.
* Certified organic ** Wild Crafted
Other ingredients: (capsule) Vegetable cellulose and reverse osmosis water.
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Healing Vineyard capsules feature the highest quality of organic, responsibly wildcrafted or cultivated herbs, which maintain the naturally-occurring constituents found in the plant. They are carefully selected & finely milled and are free of synthetic ingredients. Healing Vineyard is a whole food/herb supplement company.
Bupleurum - Key actions: protects liver, anti-inflammatory, tonic and diaphoretic (induces sweating). Uses: Bupleurum is used to "protect the liver from toxicity and strengthen liver function, even in people suffering from immune system disorders". (Enclyclopedia of Herbal Medicine Andrew Chevallier, p. 72) "Bupleurum stops the effects of allergies by blocking serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5HTP). This hormonelike chemical make the walls of capillaries more permeable, leading to soft-tissue swelling, including the swelling of the nasal membranes that causes a stuffy nose". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 37)
Horseradish - is used to heal asthma, bronchitis, chronic respiratory problems, cold, coughs, hay fever, laryngitis and sinusitis. Horseradish also help eliminate phlegm and help to relieve cough.
Scutellaria Baicalensis (Baical Skullcap) – "kill bacteria and viruses, and also relieves allergies, asthma, anxiety, and atherosclerosis...Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners also use it for fevers, colds, diphtheria, hepatitis, high blood pressure and shingles". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 122)
Coleus – has being traditionally used for circulatory problems, respiratory problems, glaucoma, eczema asthma and to reduce high blood pressure. "Forskolin, the main active ingredient of Coleus, stabilizes the mast cells in the lining of the lungs to keep them from releasing massive amount of histamine in response to irritation... One of the causes of eczema is believed to be a defect in the central nervous system's ability to activate beta-agonists, chemical that stop the release of histamines that cause skin inflammation. Forskolin is not only a potent antihistamine in itself, but it also reactivates these chemicals". (Herbal Healing, Phyllis A. Balch p. 51)
Stinging Nettle - Key actions: Diuretic, tonic, astringent, prevents hemorrhaging, antiallergenic, reduces prostate enlargement and anti-inflammatory. Stinging Nettle is one of the most potent herbs for use in allergy relief. Nettle "contains many active painkilling and anti-inflammatory compounds, such as caffeic acid, ferulic acid and scopoletin. Nettle can be taken orally or applied to the skin. Since the late 1990,s studies have shown system, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1B, and may be useful in treating osteoarthritis". (Healing Foods, James A. Duke p. 288) Nettle is high in flavonoids and potassium.