mardi 27 avril 2010

Benefits of Evening Primrose

Rich in essential fatty acids and in E vitamin, the evening primrose oil is efficient taken internally and externally. This vegetal oil is mostly known for its anti-ageing, restructuring and regenerative effects.

Principal components: mucilage, phytosterols, tannins.
Properties: pneumogastric sedative, antiphlogistic, antispasmodic.
Several recent studies show that the evening primrose oil reduces considerably the troubles that appear before menstruations. The evening primrose oil is also very efficient to fill in the gamma-linoleic fatty acid deficiency when menopause appears.

The human system needs to secrete regularly prostaglandin in sufficient quantity. Most of the time, the prostaglandin synthesis is insufficient in different place of our body, because we have an unbalanced diet (due mostly to industrialized foods) or for women, because of the hormonal changes. This lack of prostaglandin can provoke some troubles. The evening primrose is the perfect remedy in this case, for it can stimulate the production of prostaglandin.

1) The evening primrose, the perfect remedy for women at all age:
  • to fight PMS: headaches, water retention, painful breasts, mood swing... the evening primrose oil is one of the best remedies to reduce the unpleasantness of those symptoms.
  • At the time of menopause, the hormonal imbalance causes a fall of the prostaglandin production. This situation may provoke troubles like skin dryness, ageing of the skin, chronical inflammation, sensitivity to allergies... By stimulating the production of prostaglandin, the evening primrose oil helps alleviate these troubles.
2) Other benefits of evening primrose oil:
  • Though mostly recommended to women, the evening primrose oil can benefit to men with cardio-vasculary problems, for it helps to reduce tension and it has anticoagulant properties.
  • Used internally, it is also recommended in case of asthma, cystitis, whooping cough.
  • Externally, it is used to ease painful breasts, eczema, rheumatism, pruritus.
 Contra-indication: epilepsy

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  1. Once you take these supplements and enjoy evening primrose oil benefits, your body produces this type of mucus in the cervix that strengthens the lining of your cervix and paves the way for sperm survival. It aids the sperm survive in your uterus therefore pump up the chances for you to get pregnant.

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