FROM:  PET  MEDICINE  CHEST
RE:         THE  ECHINACEA  HERB

The Echinacea herb is indigenous to North America and is commonly
known as purple coneflower and pale purple coneflower.  Echinacea
grows in all the states from Montana to Texas and east from there.
Australians and Europeans now cultivate echinacea for their citizens.

In earlier times, this herb was known as "Kansas snakeroot" and
Missouri "snakeroot".  Native American Indian Medicine Men first
introduced echinacea to the fur traders and pioneers.  The medicinal
uses of echinacea have since been passed down from generation to
generation. 

The flowers, leaves, oils and roots are all used in various medicinal
preparations.  This wonderful herb has nine species native to North
America.  We use two--Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea augustifolia
and these are certified organic--in our Systemajuv health remedy.

The medicinal qualities of echinacea oil has been shown to help with
hard to heal wounds, eczema, burns, psoriasis and herpes simplex.

Echinacea leaves and root extracts have shown to have anti-bacterial,
anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory activities.  It has been
shown that certain staph infections, pseudomonas and Ecoli have
been corrected with echinacea extracts.

The major activity for the Echinacea herb is nonspecific stimulation
of the immune system.  Immune stimulation involves an increase of
phagocytosis.  Phagocytes are hungry little white blood cells that
love to eat up bacteria and viruses that invade the body, sort of
like the little Pac-Men.  Phagocytes will actually surround the
bacterial and viral invaders and destroy them. 

Whenever an animal is not feeling well, we would definitely
administer Systemajuv.  This promotes the immune system to
get busy producing white blood cells in order to attack the
invaders that are causing problems whatever that health
problem may be.

Our recommendation is to boost or stimulate the immune
system whenever a pet is facing a stressful condition.  We
would even recommend a boost of the immune system on a
monthly basis even under normal everyday conditions.

In preparation for breeding, we would certainly recommend
increasing the phagocytes in order not to pass on any bacterial
or viral conditions to the egg or fetus.  Prevention of problems
in the parents saves the newborn with an under-developed
immune system from a lot of agony once they enter our
unfriendly environment.  Keep the parents healthy and the
offspring will most likely be healthy.

Humans use echinacea as an immunostimulant internally
whenever they feel a cold or flu symptoms developing. 

Pet Medicine Chest recommends echinacea for any chronic
respiratory problem including pheumonia and snuffles.  This
herb that is indigenous to us North Americans was put here
for our use and for our precious pets use. 

It is because echinacea is in Systemajuv that we recommend
Systemajuv to be administered as an adjunct to any and all
our other pet health remedies.  We always recommend
stimulating the immune system because this system is what
heals the body. This is how Mother Nature intended it to be.

We thought you ought to know.