Elixir Bio Les Défenseuses - Immunity

As a winter preventative treatment:

• Children over12 years + Adults = 3ml per dayin a drink (ideally water but it can be juice too)
• Children over 3 years (alcohol-free version) = 2ml per dayin a drink (ideally water but it can be juice too)

To support and strengthen the immune system, reduce the time and intensity of infection:

• Children ofover 12 years + Adults=3-4ml 2Xper dayin a drink (ideally water but juice can also be used), which can be divided into several doses. Until symptoms improve
• Children over 3 years old (alcohol-free version) = 2ml 2Xper dayin a drink (ideally water but juice can also be used) which can be divided into several doses. Until symptoms improve.

If immune strengthening for theintimate health: associateElixir Balance Vulva Vaginaand/orNatural Defenses Herbal Tea

Precautions for use:

Not recommended for children under 3 years old, pregnant or breastfeeding women.

This product is not a medicine. To be used as part of a varied, balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.

Do not exceed the recommended daily dose. Keep out of reach of children. Store in a cool, dry place, protected from light.

Elixir for 4ml including 933mg of PS (dry plant) and BF (fresh buds):

• Echinacea*–Echiancea purpurea– Root 200mg PS
• Shiitake*–Lentinus edodes– Whole mushroom 200mg PS
• Elderberry*–Sambucus nigra– Fruit 200mg PS
• Silver fir buds*–Abies pectinata– Buds 333mg BF

***Alcohol* 55° organic (for the normal version)

Purified water

***Organic vegetable glycerin* (for the alcohol-free version 55%)

*Product from Organic Agriculture

Echinacea purpurea (Échinacée)

• Goel V, Lovlin R, Barton R, Lyon MR, Bauer R, Lee TD, Basu TK. Efficacy of a standardized echinacea preparation (Echinilin) for the treatment of the common cold: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2004 Feb;29(1):75-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2003.00542.x. PMID: 14748902.
• Goel V, Lovlin R, Chang C, Slama JV, Barton R, Gahler R, Bauer R, Goonewardene L, Basu TK. A proprietary extract from the echinacea plant (Echinacea purpurea) enhances systemic immune response during a common cold. Phytother Res. 2005 Aug;19(8):689-94. doi: 10.1002/ptr.1733. PMID: 16177972.

Lentinus edodes (Shiitake)

• Dai X, Stanilka JM, Rowe CA, Esteves EA, Nieves C Jr, Spaiser SJ, Christman MC, Langkamp-Henken B, Percival SS. Consuming Lentinula edodes (Shiitake) Mushrooms Daily Improves Human Immunity: A Randomized Dietary Intervention in Healthy Young Adults. J Am Coll Nutr. 2015;34(6):478-87. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2014.950391. Epub 2015 Apr 11. PMID: 25866155.
• Chandra LC, Traoré D, French C, Marlow D, D'Offay J, Clarke SL, Smith BJ, Kuvibidila S. White button, portabella, and shiitake mushroom supplementation up-regulates interleukin-23 secretion in acute dextran sodium sulfate colitis C57BL/6 mice and murine macrophage J.744.1 cell line. Nutr Res. 2013 May;33(5):388-96. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2013.02.009. Epub 2013 Mar 28. PMID: 23684440.

Sambucus nigra (Sureau)

• Zakay-Rones Z, et al. Randomized study of the efficacy and safety of oral elderberry extract in the treatment of influenza A and B virus infections. J Int Med Res. 2004. PMID: 15080016
• Macknin M, Wolski K, Negrey J, Mace S. Elderberry Extract Outpatient Influenza Treatment for Emergency Room Patients Ages 5 and Above: a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Nov;35(11):3271-3277. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06170-w. Epub 2020 Sep 14. PMID: 32929634; PMCID: PMC7661609.
• Setz C, Rauch P, Setz M, Breitenberger S, Plattner S, Schubert U. Synergistic Antiviral Activity of European Black Elderberry Fruit Extract and Quinine Against SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virusa. Nutrients. 2025 Mar 29;17(7):1205. doi: 10.3390/nu17071205. PMID: 40218964; PMCID: PMC11990106.

Abies pectinata (Sapin pectiné)

• Ledoux, Franck & Guéniot, Gérard.La phytembryothérapie – L’embryon de la gemmothérapie, Éditions Amyris, 2014.
• Pol Henry.Les Cahiers de Biothérapie (1960–1980) – Travaux fondateurs sur la phytembryothérapie.