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Essential Defense®

First Response Immune Support*

Essential Defense is an enhanced classic Chinese formula, known as yín qiáo san, used to provide immediate immune support, especially following a sudden temperature change.*
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Benefits

  • Targets initial immune defense mechanisms with a traditional water extract of herbs used since 1200 A.D.*
  • Soothes the throat with licorice and platycodon.*
  • Delivers the warming properites of ginger.*
  • Immune health support enhanced with isatis.*

Recommended Use

Take two tablets every half hour as needed or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.

Serving Size: 2 Tablets

A 5:1† proprietary extract of:
1000 mg
Forsythia Fruit (Forsythia suspensa)
Japanese Honeysuckle Flower (Lonicera japonica)
Platycodon Root (Platycodon grandiflorum)
Burdock Fruit (Arctium lappa)
Chinese Mint Leaf (Mentha haplocalyx)
Chinese Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis)
Fermented Soybean (Glycine max)
Schizonepeta Herb (Schizonepeta multifida)
Lophatherum Leaf (Lophatherum gracile)
Dyer's Woad Root (Isatis tinctoria)
Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber officinale)
Other Ingredients: Microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, cellulose, stearic acid (vegetable), silica, coating (water, hypromellose, medium chain triglycerides, and hydroxypropylcellulose)

WARNING: Do not use if pregnant or nursing.
CAUTION: If taking medication, please consult your healthcare practitioner before use. Keep out of the reach of children.

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Do not use if pregnant or nursing.
*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
This product is Gluten Free and Vegetarian.
†Equivalent to 5000 mg raw, dried, unprocessed herbs.
Contains: soy.
In order to ensure proper use of our high-quality nutritional supplements, Metagenics only sells to licensed healthcare practitioners. The products listed in this online catalog are available in the United States and may not be available in other countries. In addition, certain formulas may be slightly different outside the US.
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