HERBAL PREPARATIONS-
CONTAINING EXCERPTS FROM BOTANICAL INFLUENCES ON ILLNESS-
MELVYN WERBACH M.D. AND MICHAEL MURRAY N.D.

FORMS OF HERBAL PRODUCTS

I CAN FORMULATE HERBAL AND NUTRITIONAL MEDICINES AT A HIGHEST RATED FDA LAB FOR PARTIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES- I CAN LABEL THESE PRODUCTS ANYWAY THAT YOU WANT-I AM ASKING A 25 PER CENT MARKUP ON NET PRODUCTION COST PER BOTTLE- FOR, EXAMPLE A PRODUCTION COST FOR A BOTTLE MIGHT BE $3.00.  I WOULD BE PAID 75 CENTS A BOTTLE, BRINGING THE COST TO $3.75 PER BOTTLE.  THIS SAME BOTTLE COULD SELL $40-$100 A BOTTLE OR MORE IN EUROPE.

MINIMUM ORDER 500-1000 BOTTLES

FOR EUROPE AND MOST OF THE WORLD SHIPPING TIME IS WITHIN 2 WEEKS-SHIPPING COST IS $28 FOR THE FIRST POUND AND $10 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL POUND IF INTERESTED CALL 713-226-2232 AND I WILL RETURN YOUR CALL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

AN EXTRACT IS DEFINED AS A CONCENTRATED FORM OF THE HERB OBTAINED BY MIXING THE CRUDE HERB WITH AN APPROPRIATE SOLVENT (SUCH AS ALCOHOL AND/OR WATER).  FLUID EXTRACTS ARE MORE CONCENTRATED THAN THE TINCTURES FOUND IN A HEALTH FOOD STORE (AND IN THE U.S. ARE GENERALLY ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OR INDIVIDUALS HAVING A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION N.D. OR C.C.N.)  THEY CAN USE OTHER SOLVENTS SUCH AS VINEGAR, GLYCERINE, PROPYLENE, GLYCOL, ETC.).  SOLID EXTRACTS ARE PRODUCED USING THE SAME TECHNIQUES AS FLUID EXTRACTS AS WELL AS BY OTHER TECHNIQUES INCLUDING THIN LAYER EVAPORATION.

1:5 MEANS THAT ONE PART OF THE HERB IS SOAKED IN FIVE PARTS LIQUID.

4:1 MEANS THAT ONE PART OF THE EXTRACT IS EQUIVALENT TO, OR DERIVED FROM, 4 PARTS OF THE CRUDE HERB.

STANDARDIZED HERBAL PREPARATIONS REFER TO A PRODUCT GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ACTIVE COMPOUND.- EX.  HAWTHORN STANDARDIZED TO 1.8 PER CENT VITEXIN (USED WIDELY IN EUROPE FOR HYPERTENSION).

CURRENTLY ONLY A FEW MANUFACTURERS ADHERE TO COMPLETE QUALITY CONTROL AND GOOD MANUFACTIRING PROCEDURES-INCLUDING MICROSCOPIC, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSES.  MANY OF THE COMPANIES WHO ADHERE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF STANDARDS WILL SELL ONLY TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR INDIVIDUALS HAVING A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION N.D. OR C.C.N.

ALTHOUGH ISOLATED CASES OF INJURY AND EVEN DEATH ARE OFTEN REPORTED, THE OVERALL INCIDENCE OF SERIOUS TOXICITY IS EXTREMELY LOW.  THE MAJORITY OF REPORTS OF TOXICITY OF HERBAL PRODUCTS IN THE PAST 20 YEARS HAVE BEEN DUE TO ISOLATED CONTAMINATED BATCHES.