Alleviating the auto-immune response and allergic conditions.

A.M.P. in relation to Immune System Function

Benefits for a virtual cascade of different medical conditions.

The consequences of having a properly functioning immune system are extremely far reaching. Perhaps the most obvious and most expected change is that the body is very much strengthened with regard, not only to fighting infection, but also with regard to keeping infections at bay in the first place. The work that has been done in this area includes both bacterial and viral infections of various types. The biomedical literature shows clearly that this is the case.

In order to present a balanced picture, it has to be stated that not all plant substances which stimulate the immune systems of animals and humans do so in a useful, efficacious and supportive way. There is a whole range of such plant substances, loosely classified under the heading of "lectins" which, although they are immune-stimulators, nonetheless fail to produce a good and useful effect on the immune system that is of demonstrable benefit to it's performance. The special importance of Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides (A.M.P.) is that its immune-active effects have been clearly shown to be of functional benefit.

The whole area of auto-immune disorders is one where we might well expect significant benefit from the use of a substance such as Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides, which make the immune system more effective. Auto-immune disease is perhaps rather a special case, since the defects which exist do not relate so much to the deficiency of the immune function, but rather, it is a miss-direction of immune function. There is much evidence, which favors a conclusion of efficacy for A.M.P. in Auto-immune conditions. This need cause no surprise in the view of A.M.P.'s known anti-inflammatory properties combined with it's tendency to normalize immune function. The following page offers a list of conditions, which might well be expected to be benefited by a better direction of function in the immune system - i.e. auto immune conditions.

The gastro-intestinal tract is a significant location for immune function. There are concentrations of immune (i.e. lymphoid) tissues throughout the intestines. The small intestines contain the special area called "Peyer's patches", but the large intestine, together with the appendix, is also a rich area for lymphoid tissue. Bowel health and function is an area of popular interest for the application of Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides amongst alternative and complimentary health professionals. Much anecdotal evidence form alternative health care professionals and their patients already suggests that Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides are of great benefit to such conditions as colitis, including ulcerative colitis, polyposis of the colon, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Crohn's disease.

Lastly there are diseases or disorders known or believed to involve the immune system in a major way. The most obvious of these are allergies. On the face of it, the last thing which the immune system might appear to need in such cases is stimulation, because the trouble appears to arise from an over-stimulated condition of the immune system in which the system attacks foods and environmental non-foods in an unnecessary and unproductive way. However, allergies can be viewed as a misdirection of immune function. Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides may be found to put the immune system back into a better ordered state of function, and to alleviate allergic conditions. Once again, anecdotal evidence from alternative health care professionals and their patients already suggests that this is the case.