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Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis

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Common Names
Evening Primrose , Night Willow-herb
Botanical Name
Oenothera biennis
Family
ONAGRACEAE Evening Primose family
Evening Primrose Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Cancer Prevention * Cholesterol Control * Eczema * Hypertension HBP * Natural Skin Care-Oils & Herbs * Neuralgia * PMS * Rheumatoid Arthritis *
Properties: EFA*
Parts Used: oil from seeds
Constituents:fatty acids :gamma linolenic 9.2%,linoleic 74.6%,oleic 6.7%, palmitic 6.2%
Traditions: European * North America *

Evening primrose contain a fragrant oil that plays an important part natural health. The seed oil contains gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), an omega-6 fatty acid that the body uses to manufacture a prostaglandin vital to soothing inflammation and supporting the immune system. It also helps keep the blood flowing freely, reduces high blood pressure, plays a role in reducing breast cancers,and lowers cholesterol.

Evening primrose oil is a prized oil in aromatherapy skin care because of its many health benefits.


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Certified Organic Evening Primrose Oil
Made from fresh cold pressed Evening Primrose seeds (Oenothera biennis). A prized oil for its abundant food, health, cosmetic and medicinal benefits.
PRODUCT DETAILS

No other carriers or oils are included, just 100% pure Evening Primrose seed oil.

Side Effects:
Suitable for food and cosmetic use, however bloating or abdominal upset may occur from the excessive use of Evening Primrose Seed Oil internally.
How to Use: Evening Primrose
Preparation Methods : Evening Primrose Seed Oil may be taken as a supplement form or used as a salad and vegetable dressing. Also great for skin care. Do not heat.

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referencesEvening Primrose Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Cancer Prevention * Cholesterol Control * Eczema * Hypertension HBP * Natural Skin Care-Oils & Herbs * Neuralgia * PMS * Rheumatoid Arthritis *
Evening Primrose for :Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Scientists have pinpointed how evening primrose oil fights breast tumours. A substance in the oil called gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) that acts on the same receptor in tumours as the powerful breast cancer drug Herceptin. Unlike Herceptin, which blocks the Her-2/neu receptor, GLA interferes with the gene carrying the DNA code needed to make the receptor work.

Dr Javier Menendez (quoted from). Plant oil acts like cancer drug. (2005-11-02), BBC News

Evening Primrose Oil for :Damaged skin, aromatherapy carrier oil
Damaged skin, aromatherapy carrier oil Evening Primrose Oil can be combined with other carrier oils to form an excellent base oil in formulations that treat damaged skin and skin disorders. Helps to prevent premature aging of the skin.
Evening Primrose Oil for :Rheumatoid arthritis, GLA
Rheumatoid arthritis, GLA The seed oil of evening primrose may significantly help arthritis pain, and reduce inflammation especially in cases of rheumatoid arthritis, due to it's GLA content

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Evening Primrose oil for :Eczema, pms, GLA
Eczema, pms, GLA Research shows that GLA content of Evening Primrose is helpful against arthritis, eczema and premenstrual tension, among other conditions.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Plant Description


  • Flowers:Yellow, fragrant, opening at evening, 1 to 2 in. across, borne in terminal leafy-bracted spikes. Calyx: tube slender, elongated, gradually enlarged at throat, the 4-pointed lobes bent backward; corolla of 4 spreading petals; 8 stamens; 1 pistil; the stigma 4-cleft.
  • Stem: Erect, wand-like, or branched, 1 to 5 ft. tall, rarely higher, leafy. Leaves: Alternate, lance-shaped, mostly seated on stem, entire, or obscurely toothed.
  • Preferred Habitat: Roadsides, dry fields, thickets, fence-corners.
  • Flowering Season: June—October.
  • Distribution: Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico, west to the Rocky Mountains.

Like a ball-room beauty, the Evening Primrose has a jaded, bedraggled appearance by day when we meet it by the dusty roadside, its erect buds, fading flowers from last night's revelry, wilted ones of previous dissipations, and hairy oblong capsules, all crowded together among the willow-like leaves at the top of the rank-growing plant. But at sunset a bud begins to expand its delicate petals slowly, timidly—not suddenly and with a pop, as the evening primrose of the garden does. Now, its fragrance, that has been only faintly perceptible during the day, becomes increasingly powerful. Why these blandishments at such an hour? Because at dusk, when sphinx moths, large and small, begin to fly, the primrose's special benefactors are abroad.

If a flower has not been pollenized during the night it remains open a while in the morning. Bumblebees now hurry in, and an occasional humming bird takes a sip of nectar. Toward the end of summer, when so much seed has been set that the flower can afford to be generous, it distinctly changes its habit and keeps open house all day.

Netje Blanchan. Wild Flowers worth Knowing (1917)

Astrology:
folklore Of the leaves of Primroses is made as fine a salve to heal wounds as any that I know; you shall be taught to make salves of any herb at the latter end of the book: make this as you are taught there, and do not (you that have any ingenuity in you) see your poor neighbours go with wounded limbs when an halfpenny cost will heal them Nicholas Culpeper
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