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Echinacea and the White Blood Cells Echinamide and the Immune System Echinacea exerts multiple effects on white blood cell function. Remember echinacea’s historical use as a “blood purifier”? Well, nowadays, we know that the body’s chief garbage collection and elimination system is part of the immune system called the reticuloendothelial system. (Whew! That’s a mouthful.) Let’s call it the RES. The RES comprises white blood cells in the spleen, lymph nodes, liver, bone marrow, lungs and intestines. The RES is designed to purify the blood indirectly by filtering lymphatic fluid—a fluid that contains primarily waste products from cellular activity—as it passes through the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, soft, bean-shaped nodules clustered in various parts of the body, such as the neck, armpit, and groin. Lymph nodes are connected via lymphatic vessels that run parallel to our blood vessels. Lymph fluid flows through a lymph node in one direction, so that the fluid leaving the node is always cleaner than the fluid that enters it. Macrophage and neutrophils are two types of infection-fighting white blood cells 37
T H E I M M U N E F A C T O R The lymph nodes and other components filter lymph by calling on special white blood cells called macrophages, Latin for “big eaters.” These large and apparently hungry cells engulf and destroy particles such as old blood cells, bacteria, viruses and even cancer cells through a process known as phagocytosis. Another type of white blood cell capable of phagocytosis is Macrophage means Big Eater called a neutrophil. Macrophages are found throughout the body, especially in the liver, spleen and lymph nodes and macrophages that circulate in the blood are known as monocytes. The macrophage is so important to the RES, that this garbage collecting and eliminating system is also known as the monocyte-macrophage system. “Swollen Glands?” The Lymph Node vs Infection Phenomenon When foreign materials are recognized in the lymph fluid, the lymph nodes enlarge as they produce and supply additional white blood cells to help fight infection. During an infection, the nodes are working overtime to collect and destroy infectious agents. That’s why they often swell when an infection starts to attack. 38
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