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Undoubtedly one of our best selling products throughout the winter months, Terranova’s Astragalus, Elderberry and Garlic Complex is fully loaded with immune boosting, microbial fighting botanicals to help you stay healthy and free of common winter bugs (or accelerate or recovery from them!).

Astragalus has been widely used in Asia as a traditional herbal remedy for various illnesses. The phenolic acids and saponins are considered as the main active compounds contributing to its therapeutic effects (Li et al., 2019).

Elderberry contains flavonoids, which possess a variety of biochemical and pharmacological actions, including antioxidant and immunologic properties. A recent systematic review by Ulbricht et al. (2014) assessed the efficacy and safety of elderberry for the treatment of influenza and concluded that the plant does indeed provide significant therapeutic action.

Garlic is one of earliest known medicinal plants. Some of its main uses are lowering of blood pressure (Ried et al., 2008), and fighting of pathogenic infections as an antimicrobial (Harris et al., 2001).

References

Harris, J., Cottrell, S., Plummer, S. and Lloyd, D. (2001). Antimicrobial Properties of Allium Sativum (garlic). Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 57(3), pp.282–286. doi:10.1007/s002530100722.

Li, Y., Guo, S., Zhu, Y., Yan, H., Qian, D.-W., Wang, H.-Q., Yu, J.-Q. and Duan, J.-A. (2019). Comparative analysis of twenty-five compounds in different parts of Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus and Astragalus membranaceus by UPLC-MS/MS. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 9(6), pp.392–399. doi:10.1016/j.jpha.2019.06.002.

Ried, K., Frank, O.R., Stocks, N.P., Fakler, P. and Sullivan, T. (2008). Effect of Garlic on Blood pressure: a Systematic Review and meta-analysis. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 8(1). doi:10.1186/1471-2261-8-13.

Ulbricht, C., Basch, E., Cheung, L., Goldberg, H., Hammerness, P., Isaac, R., Khalsa, K.P.S., Romm, A., Rychlik, I., Varghese, M., Weissner, W., Windsor, R.C. and Wortley, J. (2014). An Evidence-Based Systematic Review of Elderberry and Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration. Journal of Dietary Supplements, 11(1), pp.80–120. doi:10.3109/19390211.2013.859852.