Black Currant Oil 1, 000 mg 60 capsules: K

Black Currant Oil differs from other Essential Fatty Acid oils because it contains both Omega-6 Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA) and Omega-3 Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA). Black Currant Oil supplements are ideal for people who want a simple way to fortify their diet with GLA and ALA. Black Currant 1000 is a rich source of omega-6 GLA (gamma linolenic acid), an essential fatty acid beneficial for the immune system, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular system, blood pressure, menstrual cramps, and PMS. Black Currant 1000 is a Bio-EFA food oil, ensuring the most Bioavailable Essential fatty Acids. Independently tested to guarantee purity and truth-in-labeling. Also known as Quinsy Berries, this woodland berry ranges from the USA to Chile to Europe and Asia Minor. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The berries are sometimes put into brandy like Black Cherries. The Russians make wine of them, with or without honey or spirits, while in Siberia a drink is made of the leaves which, when young, make common spirits resemble brandy.' 'An infusion of them is like green tea, and can change the flavour of black tea. Goats eat the leaves, and bears especially like the berries, which are supposed to have medicinal properties not possessed by others of the genus.' 'The juice can be boiled to an extract with sugar, when it is called Rob, and is used for inflammatory sore throats. Excellent lozenges are also prepared from it. The infusion of the leaves is cleansing and diuretic, while an infusion of the young roots is useful in eruptive fevers and the dysenteric fevers of cattle. The raw juice is diuretic and diaphoretic, and is an excellent beverage in febrile diseases. A decoction of the bark has been found of value in calculus, dropsy, and haemorrhoidal tumours.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: 'The juice of these berries, especially of the black currant, is said to be diuretic and diaphoretic. They may be made into a jelly, a jam, paste, etc., and are very useful in febrile and inflammatory diseases, and in hoarseness and affections of the throat. The raw juice is an excellent refrigerant beverage in febrile diseases. A decoction of the bark of the black currant has proved useful in calculous affections, dropsy, and hemorrhoidal tumors. It may be freely used. The French prepare from the berries an aromatized, fermented liquor called cassis (Amer. Jour. Pharm., 1888, p. 337).'