References

The Strauss family has been aware of the medicinal benefits of herbs for centuries, to assist in validating their beliefs and to supply additional information on herbs we have supplied some historical uses of the individual ingredients comprised from both Traditional and Modern herbal books.

1) Warshafsky, S., et al. "Effect of Garlic on Total Serum Cholesterol''. Annals of InternalMedicine 1993, 119:599 – 605

2) Abdullah et al. (1989) found that Aged Garlic Extract enhanced natural killer cell activity and improved helper/suppressor T cell ratios in AIDS patients. After only six weeks intake, natural killer cell activity was within the normal range for all subjects. Further, patients in this study noted improvements in diarrhea, candidiasis, pansinusitis with recurrent fever and interruption of recurrent cycles of genital herpes

3) Silagy CA, Neil HAW. A meta-analysis of the effect of garlic on blood pressure. Journal of Hypertension, 1994; 12 (4):463-468

4) Kikuchi, N. et al. 1994. Clinical effects of Leopin-five (LE-5) and garlic extract (GE) on peripheral microcirculation. Shinyaku To Rinsho (Jpn. J. New Remedies Clin.) 43(1): 146- 158. Okuhara, T. 1994. Clinical study of garlic extract on peripheral circulation. Jpn. Pharmacol. Therapeut. 22(8): 3695-3701

5 + 6) Schussler M, et al. Myocardial effects of flavonoids from Crataegus species. Arzneim Forsch Drug Res 1995;45:842-5. Holzl J, et al. [Studies of pharmacological mechanism of action of Craetaegus fraction and their analytical characteristics.] Arch Pharm 1988;321:631. Abdul-Ghani AS, et al. Hypotensive effect of Crataegus exyacantha. Int J Crude Drug Res 1987; 25:216

7 - 10) Capsicum. Therapeutic Powerhouse and Herbal Catalyst. Pleasant Grove, UT: Woodland Publishing; 1996