Kolorex: Advanced Candida Care is a herbal remedy intended as a natural antifungal alternative to drugs such as nystatin and Diflucan (fluconazole). It may help to reduce numbers of Candida/yeast colonies in the gut - an overgrowth of which may occur due to overuse of drugs such as antibiotics and anti-inflammatory steroids, a high sugar diet, and factors which lower immunity including chronic stress. As such Kolorex helps support a healthy microbial balance.
Kolorex is an extract of organic RedLeaf Horopito from New Zealand. This red horopito (Pseudowintera colorata) has traditionally been used by the Maori people as an ointment to help healing of cuts, bruises and other wounds, as well as being taken internally as a painkiller.
Modern scientific research has determined that a chemical consituent of red horopito known as polygodial is a highly potent antinfungal substance. Studies have shown red horopito to be comparable to amphotericin B (a drug used in IV form for systemic fungal infections) and Diflucan, and to have a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) lower than other natural antifungals including caprylic acid, pau d’arco, and grape seed extract (GSE). This means that less red horopito is required to inhibit the growth of yeast/fungi such as Candida species than of other more common and well known alternatives.
The action of the red horopito in Kolorex is fungicidal as opposed to fungistatic i.e. it actively kills yeast/fungal cells by puncturing their cell walls, rather than simply inhibiting their growth.
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For more information on red horopito see: http://www.nutritionalwellness.com/archives/2007/may/05_horopito.php
