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Cistanche Tubulosa 10:1 Extract Cistanche Tubulosa has been used for centuries to nourish the Yang Jing of the Kidneys while simultaneously promoting essence and blood. Through improved Kidney Yang, and improved essence and blood, Cistanche also brings moistness into the Large Intestine meridian. The Kidney meridian governs the body's most important reservoir of essential energy, including the original prenatal energy ( yuan chee) which forms the basis of life is stored in the kid …

Get the Brightest Whitest Teeth with Turmeric Yes, it's true. The yellow powder that will stain (almost) everything it touches is the secret ingredient in giving you the brightest whitest teeth possible. Yesterday I came across an article on Examiner.com called " Whiten Teeth Safely with Turmeric" and since turmeric is one of my all time favorite culinary/medicinal herbal cross-overs, I was intrigued. We already know that turmeric is a superstar for cooling inflammation and …

Birth Rates and Environmental Estrogen One of the main contributors to the estrogen toxicity epidemic facing both men and women in the modern world are environmental and industrial chemicals. We mostly think of these in terms of agricultural products, but in actuality many industrial chemicals are actually xeno-estrogen, which wreak havoc on our bodies (as well as the bodies of all living things). I just came across an interesting study which exemplifies how powerful the …

Shilajit: a nutritional time machine The more and more I think about human nutrition, the nutritional perils facing the modern human, and what we can do about it, the more and more that I'm thoroughly convinced that Shilajit should be included in every person's daily diet. Not a supplement at all, Shilajit is more of an ancestral food. No, that doesn't quite do Shilajit justice. Let's try this: Shilajit is a nutritional time-machine. There. That accurately captures the true ess …

Spiced Valentine's Day Tonic Wine Interested in making something special for Valentine's Day? Want to add new herbal skills to your talent palette? Watch these videos, follow these super simple easy steps, and make this tonic wine--it will reward you with many good things. Making tonic wines is a traditional method, popular in some regions of China and Europe, of preparing, preserving, and using tonic--and other medicinal--herbs. This recipe produces both a powerful tonic as …

Goji (Gou Qi Zi) for Pineal De-calcification and Feeding the Endocrine System We are lucky enough for the Goji Berry (Gou Qi Zi) to have become commonplace to the point where we stop looking for it for answers. I say that we are lucky because a decade ago there was absolutely ZERO public awareness about the Goji. However, the availability of Goji has come at a huge cost, and that cost being that we have, in fact, stopped looking to Goji for answers, when this now largely ubiquitous fru …

Pine Pollen: The potentiator of Spring and what that means for you You see, in a very real way, Pine Pollen ushers in spring. Pine Pollen brings the power of spring. The fall brings dormancy to the forest and the winter is dormancy in the forest. The forest, largely, dyes off. We see this same macro-pattern throughout the natural world, and we see this same micro-pattern replicated in human life. In the forest, the pine tree is the first to reawaken, and as it does so the pine …

Making the Long Life Tonic Elixir Syrup To expand upon this video, we've decided to do a quick blog post which goes over the steps and the ingredients in making this truly amazing tonic elixir syrup. We call it the Long Life syrup, and it is guaranteed to not only give you a long life, but give you a long life worth living. This is unlike any kind of tonic, elixir, or extract you've ever had. It will be powerful and potent, harmonizing to the whole system, and also delicio …

Look for us on YouTube Instead of a lot of blogging, we have been focusing more energy into creating videos to spread knowledge. To this, we want to encourage anyone following us on Blogger to start following our YouTube channel. Over the course of 2012 we are going to be focus on creating a DIY culture around building the highest and deepest levels of health possible, so stay tuned. We are also going to drop as much fun little tidbits of info into the mix as possible. Like this: …

How to Make a (STRONG) Winter Yang Tea Winter is upon us here in Western Maine. Last night it hit -20 degrees. In the spirit of finding warmth, and fueling our fires, we at RAW Forest Foods share with you our (current) favorite hot tonic tea. This is a favorite tonic brew for restoring lost Yang essence during those long and cold winter months. It is A (STRONG) Yang Winter Tea, so it needs to be used with caution as to not promote or exacerbate Yang Excess. The herbs are …