Coughs can have many causes, and herbs have long been used by people who have coughs [1]. 

Intracellular Defense™ has been formulated to provide nutritional support for those who have a pattern consistent with an intracellular bacterial infection—and who normally demonstrate this with a chronic cough which is not known to have another cause.  

While allergies can cause many to have chronic coughs, Intracellular Cough™ is not intended to be used for coughs due to allergies. However, human research has shown that those with allergies can develop a bacterial sinusitis that contains intracellular bacteria in the sinuses [2]—for those people Intracellular Cough™ may possibly be indicated.

Mainstream research involving horses and dogs confirm that some chronic coughs seem to be related to intracellular bacterial infections [3-4]. Human research has also confirmed the presence of certain chronic coughs with intracellular bacteria [2,5-8].

Some strains can include Rhodococcus equi [5], Bordetella pertussis [6] (though it tends to more acute than chronic [7]), and Bordetella bronchiseptica [7], and Anaplasma phagocytophilum [8] . “The bacteria causing diphtheria, whooping cough, cholera and other diseases secrete mono-ADP-ribosylating toxins that modify intracellular proteins ” [9]. Some intracellular infectious agents, such as Simkania negevensis do not seem to directly cause chronic coughs [10], even though they have been suspected as causative agents.

Because of the nature of some of these infections, normal immune support products often do not provide the type of relief that the sufferer is hoping for. Many of these infections agents are difficult to deal with [6-7], which is part of why various standard interventions are inadequate. For some in that category, Intracellular Cough™ may be indicated.

Sometime in the last decade of 20 th century, some natural health professionals began specifically advising the combination of substances such as bovine glandulars, bromelain, vitamin C, B vitamins, and lecithin as nutritional support for the immune system support when intracellular bacterial infections were encountered [11]. And now for the first time, this type of relatively new strategy is now available in a 100% Food product for in the 21 st century.