Herbacort ingredients

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Hi again (gee, I'm posting like a madwoman today!),

I just did a little poking around online to clarify for myself what

some of the ingredients in Herbacort are. For those of you who are

interested, here's what I found:

Piscea-abies: a.k.a. the Norway spruce

Kartnig, T., F. Still, F. Reinthaler. 1991.Antimicrobial activity of

the essential oil of young pine shoots (Picea abies L.). J

Ethnopharmacol 35(2):155–157.

Pine oil: Pine oil is a powerful natural deodorizer, germincide and

high-powered grease-cutting cleaner.

Hippophae: (from http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/hippo.html)

It is a plant that bears small fruit, very rich in vitamins

(especially C) and minerals and also contains essential fatty acids.

These fatty acids have been shown to prevent cancer whentaken as part

of the diet and experiments in Sweden are indicating that they can be

used in treating cancer. A superb lotion for treating burns can be

made from the fruits and also from the young twigs. This lotion is

said

to prevent scarring.

Vitamin F (a.k.a. Esssential Fatty Acids): (from

http://www.naturesjunction.com/healingfattyacids.htm)

Like vitamins, EFAs are essential to health. Older literature, in

fact, refers to them as vitamin F.EFAs play their essential roles by:

Helping to form the membrane barrier that surrounds our cells and

intracellular factories (organelles). Determining fluidity and

chemical reactivity of membranes. Increasing oxidation rate, metabolic

rate, and energy levels. Serving as starting material for hormone-like

regulating molecules (prostaglandins) that govern cell activities on a

moment-to-moment basis.