Herbal Health Center

Horizons (7/1/2001)

Herbalists frequently discuss the role of oxidative damage and its relationship to overall health. Aging, with its accompanying changes, further reduces the body’s ability to effectively fight foreign invaders. Allopathic approaches combat some of the effects of oxidation but mainly with a broad-range approach.

Modern herbalists know the power of prevention, and that’s why so many value the remarkable health benefits of the Chinese herb astragalus. Scientific studies have identified the immune-building components of this powerful herb, including saponins (like astragalosides), sterols, isoflavones and polysaccharides.

Astragalus root exerts immunostimulatory activity in the body. The astragalosides and polysaccharides support immune response by enhancing the production of immunoglobulin and stimulating macrophages. All of this adds up to an optimal ability to stay healthy!

Wondering what the best vitamins for your kids is?

Neglecting your kids nutritional and dietary needs can pave the way to a less healthy adult life. Growth rate, bone health, activity levels, weight, attention span and the immune system can all be affected by a lack of proper nutrition during the formative years.

Improved Children’s Chewable Vitamins and Minerals includes 12 vitamins and seven minerals essential to the optimal growth, development and health of kids. It’s a more complete product to best meet your child’s nutritional needs.

• Vitamin A promotes strong eye health and vision.
• Vitamin B12 can aid in maintaining proper brain function and promoting healthy attention levels.
• Vitamin C strengthens and improves the immune system.
• Vitamin B6 helps maintain emotional health.
• Important minerals—zinc, copper, manganese, chromium, selenium, iron and iodine—provide multiple benefits.

One or two tablets of Children’s Chewable Vitamins and Minerals will help meet a child’s daily nutritional requirement. Enjoy the great-tasting new flavor, made with natural watermelon, banana and raspberry. Kids will love it!

Featured Products: Herbasaurs Chewable Vitamin & Minerals

Horizons (7/1/2001) by Tony Cobb

Looking to buy Chinese herbs direct from the manufacturer?

The Chinese have spent over two thousand years developing and perfecting their herbal formulas in accordance with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).  What’s unique about the Chinese approach is that it takes the whole body into consideration to achieve physical as well as emotional balance in light of the changing seasons and environments.  This has resulted in powerful and unique herbal formulas that promote health and harmony in the body.

Nature’s Sunshine’s Chinese herbal formulas are available in Chinese TCM concentrates. Produced through a unique extraction process, these are concentrated Chinese herb extracts in which one capsule is 4-5 times as potent as the regular herbal combination.

Buy Nature’s Sunshines Chinese herbs direct at wholesale through herbalhealthcenter.com and download free brochures about Chinese herbs.

Here, you may create your TCM Group health plan: Using the table below as a guide, purchase 3 months worth of the group that best describes you as you are now.  Each bottle will last 1 month taking just 1 capsule daily of each.  Many customers, after finishing the first 3-month segment, go on to complete the opposite group for the next 3 months to see incredible results in their total wellbeing. Purchase TCM Product Packs here.

Questions about buying Chinese herbs direct? Contact us!

In searching for excellent quality products to aid fertility, we have both Western herbal supplements as well as Chinese formulas.  See the infertility Power Plans for men and women at Herbal Health Center for excellent programs.

If you prefer the Chinese herbs for infertility, the following is the recommended program:

TCM Chinese Stress Relief: this is a mineral rich formula that assists in proper energy flow in the body. It is called a Fire Quenching formula as it is calming in nature and reduces stress, a primary factor in studies on infertility.

TCM Chinese Mood Elevator:  This formula is actually a liver formula and regulates Chi energy in the body. The liver governs and assists female hormonal balance.  This formula raises energy in the liver and female zone as well as lifts the mood.

TCM  Chinese Anti-Gas:  This is also a liver/gallbladder formula but has a different function.  This product dispels “earth” .  It assists in removing toxic obstacles in the liver or female zone that may stand in the way of pregnancy.  It is very important to include this as part of the program.

Beyond these 3 herbs for infertility, our PreNatal Vitamin and our Skeletal Strength formula is recommended as general supplemental nutrition.

Have questions about which chinese herbs are best for infertility? Just contact us!

Just as cars require routine oil changes and maintenance, men’s bodies need ongoing support and the tools to remain healthy and strong. Stay fit, improve performance, and attain the fullness of what life has to offer through herbs and supplements tailored to address man’s most important health needs.

One of our most popular Power Plans, Prostate Health, assists in the healthy functioning of the prostate by maintaining a man’s hormonal balance. The plan consists of three top herb & nutritional products that when used together powerfully assist and support the prostate:

Herbal Pumpkin
•    optimizes intestinal function
•    cleanses and lubricates the colon
•    helps create a balanced microbiological environment
P-X
•    nutritionally supports the urinary system
Saw Palmetto Concentrate
•    maintains men’s hormonal balance
•    assists prostate health

See also our Men’s Health category for programs that address middle aged/senior support, sex drive, fertility, and men’s energy.

Discover for yourself how herbs can help prostate health!

Our positive qualities suffer when our health is poor. Energy is channeled to the fundamental or lower brain functions when nutrition is impaired. This can result in the functions of the higher brain functions of reasoning, social adjustment and impulse control being diminished.

Poor diet and imbalanced blood sugars especially affect those with ADD, ADHD, prison inmates, and the obese. The common denominator may be compromised brain function.

Focus Attention, available at Herbal Health Center, supports:
*Normal brain stimulation levels
*Brain circulation and neurotransmitters
*Proper brain activity and energy levels.

It contains:

*DMAE:  A nutrient present in sardines and anchovies:  has shown to improve intelligence, learning, memory, mood.  Mechanism:   Produces Choline→acetylcholine (neurotransmitter).  Antioxidant.

*GINGKO BILOBA:  Assists circulation, oxygenation, glucose uptake.  Improves memory and learning capacity.  Great when taking tests and doing mental work. Antioxidant.

*Grape Seed Extract:  Antioxidant power approx. 50x stronger than Vitamin C or E.  Protection against toxins and pollutants.

*L’Glutamine:  An amino acid.  Brain converts it to fuel.  Enhances mood, alertness, and clarity, IQ.  Detoxifies metabolic wastes which can build and result in confusion, fatigue, poor concentration, and mood swings. Therefore, it has usefullness as a therapy agent for alcoholism, depression, epilepsy, sugar cravings, schizophrenia, and senility.

*Melissa officinalis (lemon balm):  Mildly relaxing tonic.  Eases symptoms of anxiety, restlessness and irritability. Powerful antioxidant.

*Slippery Elm:  Healing, soothing, draws out irritants.  Can ease digestive issues that result in allergies, and nutrient deficiencies.

See more products that assists a healthy brain for children!

Some testimonies we have heard:

“I started adding Focus Attention powder to a protein shake for my teenage son in the morning and saw a definite improvement in his school work.”

“All client with an autistic 6 year old started on a full program and both the family and the teacher saw a substantial improvement in one month.”

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and steps may be taken to help prevent it through natural health. Please read the following facts and share with the people you care about.

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard
tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented
from multiplying and forming tumors. See the Immune Support Power Plan to keep your immune system strong.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These
could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs. See the Radiation Detox Power Plan.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9 When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

(Return for next week’s post: What Cancer Cells Feed On)

Nature Sunshine’s new alcohol-free, peppermint flavored xylitol mouthwash is now available at www.herbalhealthcenter.com!

This mouthwash was developed in cooperation with dentists to leave your mouth feeling fresh and your teeth clean and smooth. It is sugar- and fluoride-free and does not contain artificial sweeteners or harmful chemicals. Over 20 years of clinical studies confirm that regular use of xylitol helps improve dental health. When used in the mouth, xylitol helps prevent plaque-forming micro-organisms from adhering to your teeth.

The new Nature’s Sweet Life xylitol-based product line has been very popular, and we’re excited about the health benefits of xylitol. Pair it up with products that support your teeth from the inside through the “Teeth Support” Power Plan.

Bringing the Best Fruits Together for Your Protection and Vitality.

As Nature’s Sunshine’s best selling product, Thai-Go is a blend of the most healthful, antioxidant-rich fruits and nutritional supplements from all over the world.  Among Thai-Go’s key ingredients is mangosteen, a tasty fruit found in eastern tropical nations that contains the greatest known supply of compounds called xanthones.  Xanthones offer powerful immune and cardiovascular support.

Antioxidants are an important part of a person’s everyday diet as they scavenge the free radicals that the body accumulates as a byproduct of energy production and through pollution, tobacco smoke, ultraviolet light and radiation.  Antioxidants benefit virtually every organ and body system because they mop up damaging free radicals.  Thai-Go Juice Drink delivers a punch of antioxidant protection with a very high ORAC value.  With a shot of Thai-Go once a day, you cannot only strengthen your immunity during this cold winter season, but stay young and vibrant at any age.

Fun Ideas with Thai-Go Juice

* Kids love Thai-Go popsicles! Add a shot of Thai-Go and water to each popsicle mold (or mini paper cup), insert a popsicle stick, freeze and enjoy! (Try this too with Nature’s Sunshine’s Herbal Punch or VitaLemon drink mix.)

* Add Thai-Go to your favorite fruit, chocolate or vanilla smoothie. Try it with our flavorful Tofu-Moo.

Click Here To Buy Thai-Go Juice Drink.

If you are serious about improving your health with Nature’s Sunshine herbs and nutritional products, you are in the right place. This blog will be host to a wealth of information helping you deal with your specific health issues.