German discovery reveals how this ‘lung flower’ BOOSTS your breath
Friend, no sooner did the record-breaking heatwaves subside… than early snowstorms STRUCK parts of this country just this week.
And September’s only JUST begun!
It’s a (perhaps unwelcome) reminder of what’s right around the corner – cold and flu season.
And with the cold, dry air comes the ONSLAUGHT of upper respiratory infections.
Fortunately, there’s an ancient “lung tonic” that can help keep your air passages wide…
And help promote UNOBSTRUCTED breathing.
It’s renowned for helping CONQUER one of the WORST respiratory illnesses that could strike…
So, it certainly could be up to the task of beating back your everyday coughs and cold.
RECLAIM your breath
Elecampagne (Inula helenium) is a flowering plant whose use dates back to Ancient Greece… and whose name translates to mean “Helen of the fields.”
Legend has it that Helen of Troy wore these yellow flowers in her hair…
And when she was abducted, those same flowers grew from her fallen tears.
A member of the sunflower family, elecampagne has been used by Native Americans and other practitioners of traditional medicine to treat tuberculosis…
But it’s a helpful remedy for many respiratory ailments.
The root contains a slippery substance called mucilage, which is soothing to a sore throat that’s raw and red from coughing.
In fact, in addition to relieving irritation of your “breathing tubes”… this mucilaginous quality also helps heal damaged linings of the lungs!
But that’s not all elecampagne can do.
A potent expectorant, it also helps break up phlegm and bring up mucus.
And that helps open up your airways… and allows more oxygen to flow throughout your entire respiratory system.
One of the surprising weapons that elecampagne brings to your respiratory battle is the presence of a substance called inulin.
Now, you may have heard about the digestive benefits of inulin, as it acts as a gut-supporting prebiotic fiber…
But remember that MUCH of your immunity also comes from your gut!
And it turns out that inulin can help beat back respiratory ailments just by helping BALANCE your gut microbiome .
In fact, a report published in The Lancet last year revealed how inulin intake could help control asthma .
In 1804, German scientist Valentin Rose was the first to identify this “peculiar substance” in elecampagne… and named it after the plant’s scientific genus (Inula).
And out of all the plants in the world, the root of elecampagne has one of the highest concentrations of inulin.
In present-day Germany, they know elecampagne root as “alantwurzel,” or “elephant root”… and they still drink it as a tea!
Elecampagne has also solidified its place in Anglo-Saxon herbal medicine… and Nordic traditional medicine, too.
In this country, you can find elecampagne in raw material form as a dried root… or in supplement form as a powder, tincture, or capsule.
You may find it labeled with an alternate spelling of “elecampane.”
Traditional Chinese Medicine also uses elecampagne – not the root, but the flower (a.k.a. Flos Inulae). A certified Chinese herbalist will know it as Xuan Fu Hua.
To breathing effortlessly,
Melissa Young
P.S. There’s another yellow flower… and sunflower cousin… that can help you GET RID of a nagging cough in 4 different ways. Click now to find out what those ways are… and how to get this herbal remedy.
