Chinese virus-killer stops respiratory infections in their TRACKS

Your throat is red and sore… you’re burning up… and you can’t breathe.

It may have been a while since you’ve had an upper respiratory infection…

We were LOCKED DOWN all winter, after all.

But you remember what it’s like.

And as the world begins to “open back up” again… and the masks come off…

That means the NEXT cold and flu season could be right around the corner.

Fortunately, we’ve learned how important it is to support our respiratory health…

And how many different ways there are to do that.

Here’s one you’ve probably NEVER heard of… but has been used for THOUSANDS of years on the other side of the world!

Woad for respiratory woes

Isatis (Isatis tinctoria) is a flowering plant that’s been used to make dark blue (indigo) dye since the time of the Ancient Egyptians.

It’s a type of woad plant, also known as “dyer’s woad.”

Both the roots and leaves of this “dye plant” have been used traditionally to help fight upper respiratory infections, like cold and flu…

And related symptoms, like fever and sore throat.

Modern research has shown show it can help EXTINGUISH airway inflammation… and CALM hyper-responsiveness… when it comes to allergic reactions or even asthma attacks.

But that’s not all…

Because Isatis has also shown the ability to DESTROY viruses… and ENHANCE immunity.

According to a 2017 study out of China, isatis is effective against not only influenza A (H1N1)… but also MULTIPLE other flu varieties, including “bird flu”!

Even better, that same study showed how isatis extract could help keep the expression of inflammatory cytokines from RAGING out of control.

Isatis may get its anti-inflammatory AND antimicrobial powers from a plant chemical called tryptanthrin…

But you won’t find this substance on its own at your local pharmacy.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, isatis is consumed as an herbal tea.

The root is known in Chinese as “Ban Lan Gen”… which loosely translates to mean “blue root”…or by the Latin phrase Radix Isatidis.

The Chinese call the leaves “Da Qing Ye” or “Qing Dai”… or, in Latin, Folium Isatidis.

And as I shared with you recently, it’s one of nearly a dozen ingredients in the flu-fighting Chinese herbal formula known as Lianhua Qingwen (LHQ)… which BEAT Tamiflu for influenza A symptoms in a 2014 study.

To banishing the flu blues,

Melissa Young