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Evening Primrose
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Evening primrose
oil is extracted from the evening primrose plant, a wildflower found
in North America, Europe and parts of Asia. The plant's pale yellow
flowers open in the evening--hence its common name--and its seeds bear
the special fatty oil that is used in healing today.
In another era, Native
Americans and the early settlers gathered the plant and its root to
treat such ailments as hemorrhoids, stomachaches, sore throat, and bruises.
Evening primrose oil contains omega-6 fatty
acid gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), which is also produced naturally in
the body from linolenic acid obtained from the diet.
Scientists
have not figured out how exactly evening primrose oil exerts its effects,
but theorize that GLA has anti-inflammatory activity. Inflammation is
mediated in part by substances known as prostaglandins and leukotrienes,
both by-products of metabolism of arachidonic acid, a fatty acid in
cell membranes. GLA is able to reduce the formation of pro-inflammatory
prostaglandins and leukotrienes by replacing arachidonic acid in cell
membranes. GLA is a precursor of the prostaglandin PGE, which opposes
the inflammatory effects of leukotrienes and the prostaglandin PGE.
Read more below...
Purchase Online
You can get Evening Primrose Oil Supplements
online at stores below:
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Drugstore.com
The home of the GNC Store. They also teamed up with other great suppliers to bring you a broad selection of vitamins, private label vitamins & herbs, herbal supplements & minerals, body building & dietary supplements, and more at everyday low prices.
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Puritan's Pride
Puritan's Pride
manufactures over 1,000 high quality vitamins, minerals, herbs and other
nutritional supplements in their own state-of-the-art facilities and produces
supplements in every available form, including tablets, two-piece capsules,
softgels, powders and liquids.
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The
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Americas Health
Superstore and leading value price retailer of vitamins, supplements, and
everything else for good health and nutrition. Over 25,000 products from more
than 400 national brands at the lowest possible value price every day.
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BotanicChoice.com
Indiana Botanic Gardens providing the largest selection of herbs, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, aromatherapy, essential oils, homeopathic remedies, and everything you need to boost your health. Their low prices and high quality keep your body and your budget healthy.
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WebVitamins.com
Offers one of the largest selections of the finest vitamins, herbs and minerals brands available anywhere. They make their marketing and purchasing decisions to maintain their products the lowest prices in the industry.
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 MotherNature.com
Great selections of quality, all-natural products for a healthy lifestyle, including vitamins and minerals, supplements, herbs, and more.
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In conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, ageing, cancer, premenstrual
syndrome, eczema, high cholesterol conditions, and nutritional deficits, the
ability of the body to produce GLA from linolenic acid can be reduced. It
is thought that directly ingesting GLA will bypass this process, but there
is no evidence that replenishing GLA levels will reverse the effects of these
conditions.
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Scientific
Name
Oenothera
biennis
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Also Known As
EPO, night
willow herb, fever plant, kings cure-all
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Uses
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To treat cancer
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To treat diabetic neuropathy
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To treat eczema
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To treat gastrointestinal disorders such
as colitis or irritable bowel syndrome
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To reduce high cholesterol
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To relieve breast pain (mastalgia)
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To relieve menopausal symptoms
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To prevent premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
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To reduce inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis
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Warnings
This product is regulated by
the FDA as a dietary supplement. Unlike approved drugs, supplements are not
required to be manufactured under specific standardized conditions.
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Side Effects
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Headache
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Stomach upset
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Nausea
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