Article from Wellbeing Abounds
Eclectic Institute’s Fresh Freeze-Dried, Organic Herbs
500 mg. per cap, 45 caps $9.50
Actions: Alterative, depurative, diuretic, bitter, tonic.
Common Use: This root is well known for its blood cleansing properties and is used in innumerable herbal medicines and blood remedies. Skin eruptions, due to impurities in the blood, are quickly remedied by burdock. It is extensively used in lymphatic, liver, rheumatic and skin diseases. Experiments on burdock have shown it to inhibit tumors, lower blood sugar, and destroy fungal and bacteria cultures. For example, two Hungarian scientists reported "considerable anti-tumor activity" in a purified fraction of burdock. Japanese researchers at Nagoya University found in burdock (aka as Gobo root in Japan) a new type of desmutagen, a substance that is uniquely capable of reducing cell mutation in either the absence or the presence of metabolic activation. This new property is so important, the Japanese scientists named it the B-factor for "burdock factor." In general, it is claimed burdock will help restore the body to a state of integration and health. Burdock is also included in the Hoxsey formula and Rene Caisse's Essiac formula.
45 caps - $9.50
