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Maca

THIS TASTY ROOT HAS LONG BEEN USED BY ITS TRADITIONAL PEOPLE’S AS A SUPERFOOD, AND ITS POPULARITY IS GAINING IN THE US. Maca is a vegetable that has been cultivated as a root crop for at least 2,000 years, originally by the Inca.  Incan warriors supposedly consumed maca before battle as a strengthening tonic.  Maca […]

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Astragalus Materia Medica

ASTRAGALUS IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY PRESCRIBED HERBS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM), PART OF THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT USED FOR ANY DISEASE IN PARTICULAR, BUT ACTS TO ENHANCE AND BALANCE THE ENTIRE BODY. TCM practitioners may use astragalus to boost overall vitality, build the blood, balance hormones, […]

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Saw Palmetto

THIS WELL KNOWN “MEN’S HERB” IS AN EXCELLENT NUTRITIVE TONIC FOR FERTILITY, AND NOT JUST FOR MEN… Saw Palmetto is most popular for its use for symptoms of enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hypertrophy – BPH).  It is even commonly recommended as an alternative treatment by the U.S. FDA for this condition (BPH). Its ethnobotanical uses […]

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Lemon Balm

KNOWN BY SOME AS A “CURE-ALL,” LEMON BALM IS COMMONLY USED FOR ITS SEDATIVE PROPERTIES, ANTIBACTERIAL, AND THYROID-RELATED EFFECTS, ABILITY TO ENHANCE MEMORY, LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, PROMOTE MENSTRUATION, AND PREVENT MUSCLE SPASMS, AS WELL AS GAS. Lemon Balm is a lemon scented herb native to Southern Europe. It is a member of the Lamiaceae family […]

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