Categories: Immune System, Digestive System, Structural System

Symptoms: Inflammation

Uña de Gato, also known as cat's claw, has been used for centuries in South America, and is continuously gaining popularity in the U.S. Today, uña de gato is ranked highly with other important immune-building herbs, including echinacea, golden seal, pau d'arco, garlic, Siberian ginseng and shark cartilage.

Uña de Gato is vine that grows in the rainforests of Peru and can take more than two decades to mature. Only the inner bark of the uña de gato plant is harvested, so that the root can be left to regenerate for future harvesting. The inner bark provides all of the beneficial alkaloids found in uña de gato plant.

Uña de Gato contains powerful antioxidants, such as proanthocyanidins, which help fight against free radical damage, strengthen the cardiovascular and immune systems, protect collagen and reduce swelling and inflammation. Uña de Gato is considered beneficial not only for the immune system, but for the digestive and structural systems as well.

Take one Nature's Sunshine Uña de Gato capsule or 15-20 drops of liquid daily with a meal.

Nature's Sunshine Uña de gato provides 300mg of uña de gato per capsule, combined with astragalus and echinacea; Uña de gato liquid provides 500mg pure uña de gato extract per 1 ml serving.

Uña de Gato is also available in the following combination:

• Glucosamine

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