The History of Olive Leaf Extract

IF YOU HAD entered through the low doorway of a Greek physician's home two millenniums ago, there is a high likelihood that you would have been advised to daily boil some Olea europaea leaves in water and drink the mixture.  And the interesting fact is that this herbal mixture could well have healed your present ills and, taken regularly, may have kept you in good health for years.

Two thousand years later, people of the Mediterranean are still drinking olive leaf tea and taking olive leaf extract.  If you ask them why, they will tell you with determined faces that it keeps them healthy and that it has kept their families in good health for generations.

It is only in recent years that scientific discoveries have found that these many generations of people over a score of centuries have concrete evidence to back up their claims of better health.  The active ingredients in the Olea europaea's foliage are called polyphenolic antioxidants and the reputation they are getting around the world is quite remarkable.

The olive is praised throughout the Hebrew Bible from Noah’s Ark onwards.  Two highly significant references in the Bible point to a tree whose leaves have medicinal qualities. The first is by the prophet Ezekiel (chapter 47:12) and the other in the New Testament.  Is there a connection between the olive tree and the "Tree of Life" spoken of in the last book of the Bible’s New Testament - Revelation 22:2?

" ...and the leaves of the tree shall be for the healing of the nations."

The earliest known usage of Olea europaea leaves for medicinal purposes was by the Ancient Egyptians more than four thousand years ago - they even used it to help preserve their mummies for the afterlife! In more modern times, leading American pharmaceutical company, Upjohn, investigated and proved the potency of some of the active compounds to fight a wide range of illnesses.

From laboratories as widespread as Hungary, Spain,Tunisia, Belgium, Italy and the United States of America, scientists have confirmed the remarkable healing nature of the Olea europaea leaf.  Advances in modern growing, harvesting and extraction techniques now allow Olive Leaf Australia to unlock the key synergies in this natural, centuries-old medicine. Olive Leaf Australia harvests our fresh, alive, olive leaves at sunrise to bring you a holistic, whole leaf extract with the full synergistic balance of all the healing compounds nature provides

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