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Milk-thistle

Milk thistle

Milk thistle is a herbaceous plant traditionally associated with the well-being of the liver and gallbladder (and biliary tract in general). Thanks to the anti-hepatotoxic properties known since ancient times, the milk thistle is used in case of organic and functional suffering of the liver due to pathologies such as hepatitis, cirrhosis and steatosis (anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties). It also has cholagogue properties, which promotes the excretion of bile, helps preserve the gallbladder from certain ailments, and also has...

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Dioscorea

Dioscorea is the women’s friendly plant: it helps relieve the symptoms of menopause but also has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, depurative and slimming properties. Diosgenin, contained in dioscorea, is a substance similar to progesterone. This kind of natural hormone is useful to accompany some delicate phases of women’s life, such as those who have passed childbearing age, as an alternative to the usual hormonal treatments. The plant, in addition to having positive effects on hormone production promotes the activation of metabolism and...

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Berberis-aristata

Berberis aristata

The Berberis aristata, is a thorny shrub become famous for the beneficial effects demonstrated on the control of blood sugar and cholesterol and, therefore, for the prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This virtue is due to the active substance berberine, a vegetable alkaloid with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, capable of inhibiting the action of the enzyme ACC, responsible for the synthesis of fats. Berberine is an excellent remedy to get back online because, in addition to blocking...

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Melatonin

Melatonin

Melatonin is a very important hormone since it regulates the circadian rhythm of the organism. Its secretion is regulated by light: when the light stimulus reaches the retina a signal is transmitted to the epiphysis where its secretion is inhibited. Darkness, on the contrary, stimulates its release. Melatonin plays a crucial role in regulating the sleep-wake cycle and is therefore essential for the physiology of sleep. By binding to its specific receptor, the hormone helps the body, reducing the...

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California-poppy

California poppy

California poppy is a plant known for its sedative and hypnoinducent properties, useful against headaches, mood and sleep disorders, and high blood pressure.  The alkaloids contained in it act on the one hand at the level of the central nervous system, inducing sleep and exert anxiolytic and spasmolytic activity, on the other hand on heart activity, lowering its pressure. The action of the plant decreases the period of falling asleep and produces the maintenance of a good quality of...

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Black cohosh

Black cohosh is a plant native to North America known and used hundreds of years ago by Native Americans, who used it as a remedy for various ailments, from gynecological problems (uterine colic, dysmenorrhea) to arthritis, to snake bites.  It is a plant with anti-inflammatory and rebalancing properties of the hormonal system, female, relieving the neurovegetative disorders of menopause, such as hot flashes, sweats, headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations, ringing ears, nervousness and irritability, sleep disturbances and depressive states. The...

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Alfa-lipoic-acid

Alfa Lipoic Acid

Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is a fatty acid with a powerful antioxidant action that helps fight oxidative stress caused by free radicals responsible for aging and cell damage. It is a molecule that promotes the protection of the nervous system and helps combat diabetic neuropathy. Among the unique peculiarities of alpha-lipoic acid, there is to act both within the cell, in an aqueous environment (hydrophilic) as the cytoplasm of cells, both in an environment rich in lipids (lipophilic) as is the...

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Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)

Ashwagandha is considered among the most effective adaptogen plants, ideal in stress situations also for its positive action on relaxation, since it has a calming effect and acts on the symptoms of anxiety. It helps to soothe insomnia and depressive sensations induced by stress and can significantly reduce cortisol concentrations and the immunodepressive effects resulting from stress. This plant is also used for other purposes such as natural anti-inflammatory, astringent, antispasmodic, and immunostimulant as well as anti-inflammatory, anti-stress, antiftatic,...

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Hericium

Hericium erinaceus

Hericium erinaceus is an edible fungus used for its excellent properties for inflammatory and infectious diseases involving the digestive system. In fact, its action rebalances the intestinal bacterial flora nourishing it, strains the mucous membranes healing them and thus correcting the situations of intestinal permeability. Very useful therefore to deal with swelling, difficult digestion, dyspepsia, gastric acidity, nervous gastritis, gastritis from Helicobacter Pylori, irritable colon, acute and chronic intestinal inflammations and grastrointestinal with double anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action, probiotic and...

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Vitamin-c

Vitamin C

Vitamin C (or ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble vitamin that performs a wide range of important functions: has a high antioxidant capacity, thanks to the ability to neutralize oxygen free radicals and regenerate other antioxidants such as Vitamin E;participates in numerous enzymatic reactions, including those that lead to the synthesis of norepinephrine, carnitine (necessary for the correct metabolism of fats), cholesterol, amino acids and proteins (eg collagen) increases intestinal absorption of iron;it contributes to the production of neurotransmitters, the...

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