Alfalfa Extract Medicago Sativa
Product Name: Alfalfa Extract.
Plant Origin: Medicago sativa

Uses of Alfalfa

Herbalists often recommend alfalfa preparations as a potent nutritive in cases of malnutrition, debility, and prolonged illness.

Alfalfa contains substances such as isoflavones and coumestans, which bind to estrogen receptors in the body. Estrogen binds to these receptors like a key in a lock. If the estrogen level is low and many of these "locks" are empty, the constituents of alfalfa -- which resemble estrogen "keys" -- bind to them instead and increase estrogenic activity. Alfalfa's estrogenlike "keys," although similar to estrogen, are not nearly as strong. If estrogen levels in the body are too high, the estrogen "keys" fill up some of the locks, denying the space to estrogen, thereby reducing estrogenic activity. Because alfalfa may provide some estrogenic activity when the body's hormone levels are low and may compete for estrogen-binding sites when hormone levels are high, alfalfa is said to be hormone balancing.

Alfalfa is used for a variety of herbal remedies including lowering cholesterol and treating arthritis symptoms.

Alfalfa Extract Benefits

• Useful as a nutritive tonic
• Has anti-hemorrhagic and diuretic properties
• Promotes digestion and assimilation of vitamins, minerals
• Blocks the absorption of cholesterol and prevents the formation of atherosclerotic plaque
• Rich in detoxifying chlorophyll
• Increases stamina and strength
• High in phytoestrogens - stimulates hormone functions

Alfalfa Extract Nutrient Content

Alfalfa leaves contain betacarotene, vitamins C, D, E, and the coagulant, Vitamin K. It also contains various trace minerals, including calcium, potassium, and iron.

Alfalfa Extract Notes

Generally regarded as safe by the FDA. Alfalfa is slow and has deep action so it should be taken regularly (on a daily basis) for treating chronic disorders. Contact dermatitis has occurred in hypersensitive individuals

AMA Alfalfa P.E. Series:

• Alfalfa Extract 8:1
• Alfalfa Extract 5% Flavonoids 
• Alfalfa Powder 5:1

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