{"id":2674,"date":"2013-02-14T13:46:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T21:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2013-02-14T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T21:46:56","slug":"pycnogenol-for-your-asthma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2013\/pycnogenol-for-your-asthma\/","title":{"rendered":"Pycnogenol for Your Asthma?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just several days ago, a friend emailed me about some of his health struggles related to (he suspects) some sort of asthma.<\/p>\n

So a headline this morning lassoed my attention and hauled me in: Pycnogenol Shows Benefits for Asthmatics<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Daily supplements of the French Maritime Pine bark extract Pycnogenol may improve symptoms of asthma, according to results of a clinical trial.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

After six months of intervention, the researchers observed that the use of a salbutamol rescue inhaler was required, on average, every fifth day in the Pycnogenol group, whereas such inhalers were required, on average, every second day in the control group.<\/p>\n

In addition, the pine bark group reported fewer night awakenings caused by asthma symptoms to only half the frequency as before, while no significant change was found for the control group, said the researchers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above article also has these info-bits about pycnogenol.<\/p>\n