Sentences with phrase «increased mucus secretion»

Slippery elm also causes reflux stimulation of nerve endings in the gastrointestinal tract leading to increased mucus secretion.

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The cysteinyl - containing leukotrienes are potent bronchoconstrictors, increase vascular permeability in postcapillary venules, and stimulate mucus secretion.

Chronic airway inflammation is characterized by the infiltration of EOS, an increase in serum immunoglobulin (Ig) E and excessive secretion of airway mucus (4 — 6), which result in airway structural changes and may even develop into refractory asthma or severe asthma (7).

This supplement both contains mucilage and stimulates nerve endings in the body's intestinal tract to increase natural mucus secretion, which is an instrumental part of the stomach's protective lining and helps combat ulcers and excessive acidity in the digestive system.

Reactions such as constriction of the bronchial tubes, mucus secretion, and increased vascular permeability may occur within minutes.

Some of the herbs act on the secretion of cervical mucus to facilitate the sperm journey to the fallopian tubes; others stimulate the uterus, or increase the production of the hormone progesterone in the luteal phase.

Multiple scientific studies have shown that DGL has the ability to restore the integrity of the esophageal, stomach and intestinal lining by increasing the secretion of protective mucus that lines the gastrointestinal tract.

COX - 1 produces prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), which plays a role in several functions involving the gastrointestinal system, such as increasing mucus and bicarbonate secretion, decreasing gastric acid secretion, and increasing the rate of turnover of gastric mucosa cells.