* Extracts of the herb Cistanche primarily boost the highly modulated adaptive branch of the immune system responsible for longer-term, more specific responses to threats and provide swift responses when you are re-exposed to a threat your body has "seen" previously.
Immune senescence involves the gradual loss of function of both of these components called the (1) innate and the (2) adaptive branches. (26,27) Normally, both branches of the immune system work closely together, with the innate immune system taking the initial lead in defending the body against infection.