Evening Primrose:What about its aroma essentials and natural gamma-linolenic acid.

Contents

• Basic Botanical Info:Evening Primrose.
• Evening Primrose Physical Characteristics and Botanical Description.
• Phytochemicals and Constituents of Evening Primrose.
• Evening Primrose Edible Uses and Properties.
• Evening Primrose Oil and Other GLAs.
• Herbalism medicinal uses of Evening Primrose.
• Evening Primrose Suggestions and Administrations.
• How Evening Primrose Can Help.
• Evening Primrose History and Uses:Area of Adaptation,Cultivation and Processing.
• Evening Primrose Research Update.

Phytochemicals and Constituents of Evening Primrose.:

Rich in an essential fatty acid called gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) that is vital for good health.
 GLA is a building block for various prostaglandins -hormone-like chemicals vital for a number of bodily systems.
 Actions: alterative, hormone regulator; source of essential fatty acids
 Application Using a chemical called hexane, oil is taken from the seeds and prepared as medicine. The preferred method is chemical free, and uses the 'cold pressed' extraction

 The seeds contain essential fatty acids, or EFAs, which are a necessary part of our diets. The EFAs in evening primrose seeds are linoleic acid (LA) and gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). Because GLA is known to affect systems in the body that cause or reduce inflammation, it may have a major role in treating many illnesses, especially those that cause pain and inflammation.

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♣ last edit date:22nd,Oct.2010.