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In response to the growing phenomenon that is stress, CYRACOS as a Natural Anti Anxiety Drug naturally helps you fight against daily stress. Helps relaxation by assisting in reducing stress and associated symptoms. www.cyracos.com

What is stress?

Who can boast not to have been subjected ever to stress, whether in personal or professional life? It is a worrying phenomenon of today society implicating both individual health disorders and of economic difficulties. Stress is “a state of mental, emotional, or other strain” (Concise Oxford Dict.). It seems that one of the major consequences of stress is the high secretion of cortisol, reported hormone “of stress”. 

This reaction leads to a certain number of physiological and psychological disorders with an influence on the general state of health. There is no universal definition of stress. On the other hand, there are numerous theories relating to what is believed to be stress. The organism tends to permanently support a constant equilibrium or homeostasis and tolerates restricted modifications. When modifications produced by internal or external agents are extreme, they affect the homeostatic mechanisms of the organism which is very busy restoring equilibrium. Stress is then the result, speeded up by any extreme urges, which permits adaptation by maintaining the basis equilibrium of the organism. This reaction is not specific as it does not depend on the stressful agent. Usually, the state of stress is generated by a stressful agent or the apprehension of stress. The attack, internal or external, is not confined in the psychical sphere but in repercussions on the body and draws away organic modifications Stress results therefore in an inability to deal with a strong accumulation of tension. 

Stress is an inherent phenomenon in life; it can be perceptible as positive or negative. However the sector of the population complaining about the inconveniences linked to stress is in constant increase. It doubled for instance in only 10 years in industrial countries. (To find out more on this phenomenon of society, go to www.cyracos.com). Our society tends to always demand more effectiveness, more output, more performance with so many conditions resulting in the increase of persons put on edge.

The main sources of extended stress recorded by the practitioners on their patients are the following: a poor state of health, financial or professional difficulties, the loss of a job, an uprooting, etc.

The consequences of a state of extended stress are numerous. This phenomenon could lead to physiological, physical and psychological disorders. (To find out more on the repercussions of stress on our organism, go to www.cyracos.com).
 

Why Cyracos®?
 

Stress is a real phenomenon of society in “industrialized” countries. Cyracos® Stres-les Capsule brings a traditional an efficient answer against stress and its associated symptoms. In France, one person out of three – partly owing to settlement, usage of the car and environmentally – are familiar with perceived negative stress. Stress is none other than the inability in which a person is faced with bringing on an intense accumulation of tension. The European community estimates between 3 and 4% of the GDP is the amount owed to these problems. In Europe, stress is responsible for 30% of leaving a job (IWO source). The charge of stress – cost of health, professional instability, accidents – is estimated at 20 billion euro in Europe (source: WHO).

For information only, the professional stress in Switzerland, including medical expenses, wages and loss of production linked to absences for reasons of stress, costs 700 € by wage earner per year (source SECO).
In the United States, the expense of stress is estimated at 200 billion dollars (source: International Labour Organization).

In Quebec, in 15 years, the stress related reasons of absenteeism crossed from 2% to 33%. This stress then generates biological repercussions as well as sociological and economic. Treatments exist to fight against stress, such as tranquilizers or sleeping drugs. But these medicaments are not without side effects. They can cause dependency in the long term and therefore do not eliminate the cause of stress. That’s why we are more and more turning to natural solutions in the form of Natural Anti Anxiety Drugs, and particularly to the use of plants. Among plants most used against nervous disturbances, Lemon balm particularly interested Naturex. Its leaves have been used since Antiquity for their comforting properties. Numerous researches were performed to determine what the active molecules of Lemon Balm were. All arrive at the same conclusion: the comforting activity of the Lemon balm leaves results from a synergy between all the constituents of the plant (called totum in herbal medicine) and not of a constituent particularly. Naturex developed Cyracos® an extract of Lemon balm leaves. The technique of the manufacturing process is traditional and respects the totum of the plant.

The composition of an extract can vary in an important way depending on the manufacturing process. Thanks to his know-how in plant extraction, Naturex knew how to improve the particular composition of Stres-les Capsule, Cyracos®; the effectiveness against stress was validated by a scientific study. Naturex therefore guarantees a traditional and active extract.
 

A specific composition

Cyracos® is a plant extract of Lemon balm leaves, which preserves the qualities of the plant. The calming activity of Lemon balm leaves are acknowledged by the scientific world today. (To find out more on the properties of Lemon balm, go to www.cyracos.com). Supplementary works were carried out to identify the constituents of Lemon balm leaves to find the origin of its activity. The findings did not identify active molecules, or families of active molecules. On the other hand, these tests concluded that there is a synergy between the different constituents of the Lemon balm leaves. This conclusion underlines the importance to keep the totum of the plant during the extraction process.

Thanks to its expertise in extraction, Naturex developed Cyracos®, a whole extract of Lemon balm leaves. Indeed, Cyracos® is manufactured via a traditional process, developed with the intention of preserving all the plant’s identity in the extract in comparison with the raw material. Naturex therefore guarantees the effectiveness of the extract.

Naturex preserves the natural benefits of Lemon balm in order to guarantee both, a perfect traceability, and a quality extract.

To guarantee a constant quality, Cyracos® contains the following molecules:

- Hydroxycinnamic acids,

- A particular hydroxycinnamic acid – rosmarinic acid – known in the scientifical world for its health benefits.

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Why lemon balm? The traditional history

Thanks to a rigorous selection of the aerial parts of Lemon balm (leaves), an expertise in natural extraction and an unparalleled quality and analytical controls in all the stages of manufacturing process, Naturex guarantees a particular composition of Cyracos® thus preserving the totum of the selected plant.

Lemon balm is an aromatic plant that has been known forever. Traditionally used since the Middle Ages, notably in the form of liquor and often in association with other plants, Lemon balm is appreciated in European cooking as flavouring for salads, in marinades or in desserts and drinks. Lemon balm is a condiment bringing freshness with a touch of lemon. Appreciated for its tasting qualities, lemon balm is traditionally acknowledged as a condiment with beneficial effects on our health. The aerial parts of Lemon balm are part of the universal pharmacopoeia and have been used since Antiquity in Greek and Islamic medicines against nervous disorders.

Generally, lemon balm is used in traditional medicine against:

• anxiety, nervousness and hysteria;
• splitting headaches;
• gastric disorders.

Further to this usage in traditional medicine, scientific literature discovers more and more information on the various health properties of lemon balm. (To find out more on the properties of lemon balm, go to www.cyracos.com).

The effects of Lemon balm

Lemon balm: a plant with numerous virtues. Traditionally used for its beneficial effects on health, lemon balm has also been studied in numerous scientific works. Sedative and anti-stress activity Among these beneficial effects, researchers demonstrated the anxiolytic activity of lemon balm extract, both on animals and humans.

In 1980, initial scientific works demonstrated the neurotropic activity of this plant. Scientific studies recently showed, with the aid of various behavioural tests, that lemon balm extract had a sedative neurotropic activity. This anxiolytic activity was confirmed on a group of healthy volunteers subjected to a stress. This study shows a statistically significant increase of individual calm and statistically significant reduction of the anxiety in subjects supplemented with lemon balm extract.
 

The European Commission and ESCOP (European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy) acknowledge the use of lemon balm today to relieve nervous disorders (insomnia and agitation). Antioxidant activity Lemon balm was studied for its antioxidant effects. Studies have brought to light the strong antioxidant power of certain molecules present in lemon balm: the family of hydroxycinnamic acids and particularly rosmarinic acid.

Anti-stress action

The Anti-stress activity of Cyracos® was demonstrated in a clinical study carried out on 30 persons. Our way of life, has become more and more stressful due to social and economic circumstances, and results in a number of problems which are referred to under the generic term of “stress”. (To find out more on stress, go to www.cyracos.com).

A clinical study carried out on 30 persons from 18 to 70 years old scientifically showed the Anti-stress Action of Cyracos®. Two groups of volunteers demonstrating symptoms of anxiety and suffering from sleep disturbances were observed. The first group was supplemented with 300 mg of Cyracos® twice daily while the second group was given a placebo. To rapidly validate the effects of the extract, subjects were supplemented for only 15 successive days at a high dosage.

After 2 weeks of supplementation, the following was noted in the group consuming Cyracos®
(see figure):

- a reduction of 32 percentage points in the signs of anxiety;
- a reduction of 72 percentage points of stress associated symptoms;
- a reduction of 60 percentage points of initial insomnia.
 

Significant reduction of stress compared to the control Therefore a significant reduction of the signs of anxiety was noted in those supplemented with Cyracos®, compared to the placebo group. The study showed that the supplementation in Cyracos® gave no side effects. Antiviral properties In 1978, a team of researchers identified the antiviral properties of lemon balm aqueous extract. The activity of lemon balm on the herpes simplex virus is widely documented today. Antibacterial and antifungal properties. Finally, it was shown that lemon balm essential oil is antibacterial and antifungal.