True "teas" come from the dried leaves of the Camellia Sinensis, the tea plant, from which black, oolong, green and white teas are produced. Products labeled as "tea" without the herbal designation must contain Camellia Sinensis. Herbal teas or tisanes do not contain Camellia Sinensis and usually have no caffeine.

The success of herbal products as healing agents is dependent upon how active their constituents (ingredients) are when you ingest them. For maximum therapeutic benefits, therefore, it is important to take herbs in the form that best captures and preserves their active constituents. Liquid herbal extracts achieve this, so they are the most therapeutically beneficial form of herbs available on the market today.

Herbal medicine uses herbal remedies. Although homoeopathic medicines are made from natural substances, they are highly diluted and act in a very different way than herbal medicines. For example, a homoeopathic preparation of Chamomile will treat very different symptoms than a herbal tincture of Chamomile.

It is estimated that 25% of all drugs originate from natural sources. From this information, we can draw two conclusions. One, herbal medicine possesses tremendous healing powers. Two, the use of herbal medicine should never be taken lightly. Even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration classify herbs as "dietary supplements," they do possess strong medicinal properties.

It takes tremendous pressure (which creates high temperatures) to form a tablet. When you apply this heat to Colostrum, you destroy the biological activity of Colostrum's immune and growth factors. Some manufacturers choose this route either because they lack knowledge about Colostrum or because it is so much cheaper. The goal is to have Colostrum reach the small intestine intact where it does its best work.

Herbal medicine is just that - medicine made from herbs. While Homeopathy uses herbs, it also uses zoological and other substances. The most significant and fundamental difference is that homeopathic remedies are prescribed according to the Principle of Similars, which means that the remedy is chosen by its capacity to produce symptoms similar to the symptoms of the person being treated. The second major difference is in the manner of preparation of Homeopathic remedies.

Western herbalism focuses on symptoms and diseases like headache, sore throat, etc. Chinese herbal medicine is practiced as part of TCM, and is based on an individual's unique pattern diagnosis, as well as their disease diagnosis. This means that TCM patients receive individualized herbal prescriptions called formulas. These formulas can remain the same through treatment, or they can change with each treatment as the disease changes and resolves.

BrainAlert is in capsule form. People who have difficulty swallowing pills can open the capsule and mix ingredients with juice or water.

When dispensed by a trained practitioner, herbal medicine is as safe as western medicine. Laura only uses products from companies that comply with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations, which require herbs to meet certain criteria to be sold in the United States. These companies follow strict guidelines to ensure that the products are free from heavy metal contamination, pharmaceuticals, and sulfites.

Almost anyone can take herbal medicine. Our practitioners treat all ages. Babies and children generally respond very well to herbal medicine.

Herbal tea is not actually tea, but rather an herb or a mix of herbs. Only in the United States are these herbal mixtures called tea. They are usually referred to as an infusion or tisane in other parts of the world.

Western folk herbalism primarily treats diseases or symptoms, such as headaches, runny nose, menstrual pain, etc. Chinese herbal medicine, is based on an individualized pattern diagnosis as well as a disease diagnosis. Your pattern is made up of your signs and symptoms, your emotional temperament and overall composition of your body. The TCM patient receives a custom written herbal prescription designed to treat their specific individual pattern as well as the common symptom or disease.