LIFEFLOWER®
Breviscapini™
Brain Formula
U.S. Patent 6,084,080 

This unique herb is widely used by hospitals throughout Northern China to supplement the body for nervous conditions. Breviscapini®, proven in many clinical pharmacological studies, may be taken with other health supplements or prescription drugs, works with your body's natural process, and  is rapidly absorbed by the human body after oral administration. 

Benefits

Lifeflower is all-natural, does not contain any artificial ingredients or additives. 
Lifeflower supports a healthy cerebrovascular system. 
Lifeflower nutritionally supports post-cerebrovascular accident recovery. 
Lifeflower dosage is only one or two capsules daily. 
Lifeflower is effective and safe.

Action on the Body

1. Raises the permeability of blood-brain barrier;
2. Increases nutritional blood flow of myocardium;
3. Raises immune function of cellulose dissolution;
4. Increases peripheral coronary blood flow; and
5. Helps maintain a healthy brain.

Those Who May benefit From Supplementation With Lifeflower™

Stroke Patients
Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease
Patients Subject to Intense Migraines

Cerebrovascular Disorders 

Thrombosis, embolism, and hemorrhage are the three major causes of cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Thrombosis usually occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. CVA occurs when blood vessels are obstructed. Typically, the main site of the obstruction is the extra-cerebral or intra-cerebral vessels. 

Embolism can occur at any age, especially among patients with a history of rheumatic heart disease, endocarditis, post transmatic valvular disease, myocardial fibrillation, and other cardiac arrhythmias, or after open-heart surgery. Usually it occurs in the left middle cerebral arteries. 

Hemorrhage also occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, sudden rupture of a cerebral artery from hypertension or aneurysms will cause hemorrhage and endanger one's life. 

A stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain is blocked or bursts and the brain is damaged in that area. The consequences can be catastrophic. A stroke can kill quickly, and brain damage can paralyze or rob a victim of the ability to speak and think properly. There are certain risk factors for stroke: older age, male sex, nonwhite race, and existing heart disease or family history of heart disease. If you have more than one of these or all, the risk of stroke increases even more. And if you've already had a mild stroke, you risk of a major stroke goes way up, especially in the first few days afterward. 

If you fall into a stroke risk category, you should definitely seek the advice of your doctor, because your doctor can keep track of some important aspects of your health that can be controlled to keep your stroke risk down. 

Additional Stroke Risk Factors

Obesity 
Smoking
Physical inactivity 
Heavy alcohol use 
Existing conditions like diabetes, heart arrythmia, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. 

These are risk factors that you can try to modify the hard way through diet and exercise, but if that doesn't work, your doctor can also prescribe drugs to control high cholesterol, diabetes, arrythmia and high blood pressure. Aspirin therapy which can activate PPAR gamma for people with heart disease also significantly lowers the risk of a stroke. 

Clinical Pharmacology of Breviscapini® 

Breviscapini® is formulated by using the effective elements extracted from an herb named Erigeron Breviscapinus, and it has been prescribed for centuries to treat cerebrovascular disorders. Many patients get a second chance of life after taking Breviscapini™ when they have cerebrovascular complications. Thus, named LIFEFLOWER™ 

Over 10 million clinical cases (aged 30-85 years) have proved that Breviscapini® is highly effective in cerebrovascular disorders, including cerebral embolism, and blood-brain barrier diseases, It is important to note that 82% clinical cases reported improvement in their state of cerebrovascular diseases.

The Medicine Hunter Investigates LifeFlower 

Chris Kilham is a "medicine hunter" and journeys regularly to the world's most exotic locations, seeking out native healers in the hope that they will let him in on their secret herbal remedies. - The Boston Herald 

To become a star, every herb needs a prophet. In the case of kava, it is Mr. Kilham, who hails from Lincoln, Massachusetts. Kilham has become a one man public relations agency for the herb. - The Wall Street Journal 

As a medicine hunter, I seek natural, plant-based remedies of high value to health. My work generally takes me to faraway locales where, thanks in great measure to the generous sharing of time and knowledge by the local experts, I am able to gain an in depth understanding of various traditional medicines. In the spring of 2003, I went to China with Joy Pan from Long Star to research a plant extract called Erigeron Breviscapini known by the popular name LifeFlower. Joy shared some traditional and folk information on the plant explaining that its extract is highly beneficial to the cardiovascular system and it helps stroke patients to recover function in cases of stroke related paralysis. Because this plant comes from Yunnan, the most southwestern province of China, a great deal of the science on LifeFlower is in Chinese and has not yet been translated. Nonetheless, Joy shared with me a toxicity report, a mouse memory study, a human memory study, several study abstracts and the results of an 18,000 patient research project conducted in twenty-one Chinese hospitals which showed that LifeFlower helps to restore muscular control and overall function in a high percentage of stroke patients. 

Though the information I garnered was by no means comprehensive, it suggested that LifeFlower could be one of those few Holy Grail plants, a true life-saving remedy of potential value to the millions of people who suffer strokes each year. (an estimated half million in the US alone). A plant demonstrating significant benefits against this massive killer would truly be a miracle medicine. Sometime during the 1960's word was spreading throughout China about a plant being used by the traditional Maio people to treat rheumatoid arthritis. That plant turned out to be Erigeron Breviscapus. Subsequent pharmacological investigation of this plant confirmed its uses for cerebrovascular health. In fact, an old traditional medicinal text entitled "Dian Nong Ben Cao" published in the Han language listed the use of Erigeron Breviscapus for treatment of stroke victims. That claim turned out to be exactly correct. 

On July 4th, 2002, the US Patent Office granted a patent to Farlong International in California for Breviscapinum and its extraction. According to experts involved with the plant, it is specifically the phytochemical Breviscapinum that aids cerebrovascular health. In the text of the patent I found the following: "...Breviscapinum ... increases blood flow for significantly decreasing cerebrovascular resistance, raises permiability of blood brain barrier, increases nutritional blood flow of myocardium; raises immune function of body macrophage cell and counteraction against blood and oxygen depletion induced by hypophyseal pituitrin and thrombocyte agglutination induced by adenosine diphespate inhibiting internal thrombosis and promoting activity of cellulose dissolution; increases peripheral and coronary blood flow, effective for sequelas induced by cerebrovascular accident; palsy, coronary heart disease and angina pectoris." If the information in the patent checked out well, then Erigeron Breviscapus, or LifeFlower, was in fact a very special plant medicine deserving of much greater recognition and use. I spoke with Joy and she arranged a trip to Yunnan for me to see the LifeFlower situation for myself. 

LifeFlower itself is a small perennial plant with oval leaves about six inches in diameter that lies close to the ground and has slender stalks with purple flowers. The plant grows wild in various regions of Yunnan but is actually quite sparse so overpicking would certainly endanger it. For this reason, LifeFlower is cultivated in several places throughout the region. After visiting several areas where the plant is cultivated, we moved on to the city of Gejiu located several hours south of Kunming, the provincial capitol of Yunnan. In Gejiu, we visited a manufacturing facility where LifeFlower is transformed from a plant to an injectable form designed to save lives. LifeFlower ampules are used in hospitals throughout the country to treat stroke patients. One acre of LifeFlower yields 150 kilograms of the dried plant and it takes 100 kilograms of the dried plant to produce one kilogram of the final extract. LifeFlower plants are started from seed and take one year to mature. At this point the plants are harvested, dried and cleaned. Next, the plant goes through a patented extraction process which yields Brevicapinum, the agent believed to be the source of its protective and healing capabilities. LifeFlower is also available in 20 milligram tablets and is usually prescribed in a recommended dosage of six tablets daily. The injection form is used in acute cases but the tablets have also been found to be highly beneficial to the brain. 

Testimonials

"I have just commenced LifeFlower capsules with my 87 year old mother. She has been suffering memory loss and confusion for 14 months. This is probably the result of some minor strokes. Thank god she has shown an improvement over the past four days. It was even noticeable after two capsules!" - Liam O'Mahony, Ireland 

Mr. Ruan, 44, from Las Vegas suffered from headache, loss of memory, and dizziness. After taking LifeFlower for a few weeks, memory and reaction time have significantly improved. 

Mr. Chan, 38, has suffered from stroke and minor paralysis. He turned to herbal medicine due to stomach ulcers caused by drugs. He has found LifeFlower to be effective in the relief of his symptoms and mobility with no side effects. 

Mrs. Liu, 72, had poor response to surroundings as seen with most stroke patients. After taking LifeFlower for 2 months, she is now able to talk much more clearly and has improved memory. 

Abstract Translations of Clinical Studies from China 

• The Curative Effect of Breviscanpine on Cerebral Infraction 
Zhou, Wen Hui Dong Zheng Hospital, Canton, China 

• Efficacy of Erigeron on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy 
WU Jing, Zhong Hui-ju, Sun Zhi-xiang, et al. Department of Endocrinology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China) 

• Effects of Dengzhanxixin* Injection on Hyperviscosity Syndrome 
SHEN Wei-zhong, LI Gao-chao Department of Medicine, Zhoushan Thrid Hospital, Zhejiang 316000, China 

• Clinical Effect Observation of Erigeron Injection on Acute Cerebral Infraction 
Department Three of Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Chuzhou, Chuzhou 239000, Anhui, China 

• Clinical Observation of Yun Nan Deng Zhan Hua (Erigeron Breviscapus-Vant. Hand-Marz) Intravenous Injection in Treatment of Angina: Report of 31 Cases 
Xu jimin, Huang Nonghua, Yang juxian, Zheng huijun, Hou renjun, Yan minqin Shanghai Second Medical University 

• Neuroprotective Effect of Erigeron Breviscapus (Vant) Hand-Mazz for Patients with Glaucoma 
CH Ye, YQ Jiang Department of Ophthalmology, Second Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China