Untitled Background Immunosuppression is a common problem for millions of people. Depressed immune function increases risk for colds, flus, asthma and other infectious diseases. The prevalence and incidence of asthma and hay fever continues to grow at an alarming rate, and asthma is now the leading cause of school absenteeism in the United States.
Immunosuppression is also a common problem underlying allergic diseases of the skin.
Modern medicine has failed to find effective cures and treatments for many common immune problems, and new approaches must be explored. Botanical extracts have been used for millenia as traditional medicines for the treatment of common immune disorders, and are likely to contain compounds with identifiable immune boosting properties. Glandular extracts have also been used to treat immune diseases for centuries. Indeed, corticosteroid drugs had their origins as extracts from animal adrenal glands. Various corticosteroid medicines are now a central part of the conventional doctor's pharmacopeia in treating inflammatory immune diseases such as allergies and asthma.