Evening primrose oil is extracted from the evening primrose plant (Oenothera biennis), a wildflower found in North America, Europe and parts of Asia. The plant's pale yellow flowers open in the evening--hence its common name--and its seeds bear the special fatty oil that is used in healing today.
In another era, Native Americans and the early settlers gathered the plant and its root to treat such ailments as hemorrhoids, stomachaches, sore throat, and bruises. It took modern research to unveil the therapeutic power contained within the seed oil: an essential fatty acid (EFA) called gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). Once processed in the body, GLA, an omega-6 fatty acid, exerts anti-inflammatory and other healing actions.
Evening primrose oil is certainly not the only source of GLA; various foods actually contain small amounts of it and the body produces GLA on its own from a number of dietary fats. But evening primrose oil offers an unusually concentrated source, with 7% to 10% of its fatty acids available in the form of GLA. Interestingly, borage oil features even more GLA (20% to 26%), and black currant oil offers rich stores as well (14% to 19%), but their effectiveness and safety for many ailments has not been as intensively examined as evening primrose oil.
-Relieve the discomforts of PMS (premenstrual syndrome), menstruation, endometriosis and fibrocystic breasts.
-Ease the joint pain and swelling of rheumatoid arthritis.
-Prevent diabetes-associated nerve damage.
-Reduce the symptoms of eczema
Each Softgel Contains
Oenothera Biennis L.,Evening Primrose Oil...............1000mg
(Cold Pressed, Contains 100mg of Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA)(10%) and 720 mg of Linoleic Acid (LA)
Non-medicinal ingredients: Vitamin E, Gelatin, Glycerin, Purified Water
Contain no artificial preservatives, colors, flavours or added sugar, starch, milk products wheat or yeast.
Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80000236
Adult: Take1~2 softgels 3 times daily with meals
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking blood thinners
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking anti-psychotics
Do not use if you are taking black cohosh, chasteberry, phenothiazines
Do not use if you have any seizure disorder, mania and/or schizophrenia
Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding
(This supplement is not intended to replace any prescription medicine and/or treat medical conditions. Consult a health care practitioner if sympton persists)
