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Flu Season is here! Try Olive Leaf Extract!

In American Sign Language (ASL), We are now entering the flu season so how do we keep ourself from getting sick? In holisitic medicinal use, I am using the herb called Olive Leaf Extract, Standardized Extract. I havent gotten any flu shots for years since I took so many vitamins and other immune enhanced herbal medicines. So I got the information from the source, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia about the Olive Leaf Extract. So hope you all have a healthy season this coming months. Take care with love in peace! .............................................. Olive leaf extract is the leaf extracting from the olive tree (Olea europaea). While olive oil is well known for its flavor and health benefits, the leaf has been used medicinally in various times and places. Natural olive leaf and olive leaf extracts (OLE), are now marketed as anti-aging, immunostimulators, and even antibiotics. Olive leaf extract is derived from the leaves of the olive tree. Recorded evidence of olive leaf's medicinal use dates back thousands of years: it was used by ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean cultures to treat a variety of health conditions. Olive leaf is commonly used to fight colds and flu, yeast infections, and viral infections such as the hard-to-treat Epstein-Barr disease, shingles and herpes. Olive leaf is also good for the heart. Olive leaf has been shown to reduce low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or bad cholesterol. Researchers have found that olive leaf lowers blood pressure and ...