HERBAL MULTIVITAMIN

Sacred Vibes Apothecary Herbal Multivitamin

The formulation of this multivitamin came from a need I saw in the community that visited us and those with whom I consulted; and more deeply from a personal need, since you are just reflections of me.  How can we be sure that we include vitamin k, and e and d, and manganese and copper in our diet on a daily basis, when our body needs it?  Not easy task given the food choices available to us  on a day-to-day basis.  This lack of supplementation leaves our bodies depleted.  Most of our foods are lacking in life, much less any true nourishment.  Eating well is the best way to feed your body the nutrients it needs to function in a whole way.  But when we are not eating well each day it is imperative that we supplement our bodies in a conscious way.  Why conscious? Because not all multivitamins are effective.  Store bought vitamins which have been sitting on store shelves until they sell or expire hardly contains the live force of their sources anymore and so we receive barely any results in our body.  More so, how are they manufactured, do they contain fillers (excipient), a chemical substance added to the product to increase stability and shelf life?  All of these issues were taken into consideration when I decided to formulate our herbal multivitamin.  I often ask our apprentices to custom make their own multivitamin tonic depending on their body’s needs.  An innovative way of looking at supplementation!  Not really, we are all different and each being has different needs.  What we have done with our multivitamin is to approach the body’s needs at a baseline for wellness in general.  We have included herbs that will support general well being, are easily available for your body and are nutrient dense and delicious!

Here’s what the herbs are in the formula:

Alfalfa Leaves -Medicago sativa- Alfalfa is derived from the Arabic word meaning  ”father of all foods”.  It’s an excellent nutritive food also improves the body’s assimilation of nutrients.  It’s an excellent nutritive tonic during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.  It is so rich in chlorophyll that it is grown commercially as a source of this nutritive compound.  It can be used to treat anemia, arteriosclerosis, arthritis, blood pressure problems (high or low), bruising, celiac disease, high cholesterol, colitis, diabetes, fatigue, fever,  indigestion, jaundice, menopause symptoms, ulcers and varicose veins.  It also helps remove excess uric acid from the body.

Bilberries – Vaccinuim myrtillus -A circulatory tonic and a potent antioxidant.  It’s beneficial for visual problems such as circulatory disorders of the retina: vein and circulatory disorders, including varicose veins, inadequate vein strength, and fragile capillaries, macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma.

Comfrey Leaves -Symphytum officnale – Comfrey is derived from the Latin word that means “with strength” and has been used as a healing herb for much of human history.  It heals irritated mucous membranes, and soothes and protects damaged tissues.  It helps reduce pain, especially in the bones, tendons, and lungs.  It is the best know herb to regenerate cells. Contains vitamin b12, calcium, iron, germanium, potassium, phosphorous, and amino acids.

Dandelion Leaves– Taraxacum officanale- Dandelion is one of the planet’s most famous and useful weeds. It is a blood purifier that aids in the process of filtering and straining wastes from the bloodstream. It cools heat and clears infection from the body. It is especially useful in treating obstructions of the gallbladder, liver, pancreas, and spleen. Can be used to treat anemia, anorexia, appetite loss, breast cancer, Candida, colitis, congestive heart failure, cysts, debility, diabetes, endometriosis, fatigue, high cholesterol, hypertension, kidney stones, mastitis, muscular rheumatism, urinary tract infection and uterine fibroids. Contains beta carotene, vitamins b1 and b2, choline, folic acid, vitamin c, calcium, iron, manganese, phosphorous, potassium.

Horsetail - Equisetum arvense – Horsetail’s high silicon content helps repair bones, cartilage, and connective tissues.  Used to treat acne, arthritis, bedwetting, blood loss, blurred vision, broken bones, cancer, eczema, gout, gallstones, and kidney stones. Contains beta carotene, calcium, manganese, magnesium, potassium, selenium, silica, sulfur.

Nettle Leaves – Urtica dioica – An herb that improves just about everything!  Improves the body’s resistance to pollens, molds, and environmental pollutants.  It stabilizes cell walls, nourishes and tones the veins, improves the veins’ elasticity, reduces inflammation, and helps prevent blood clots.  It helps curb the appetite, cleanses toxins from the body, and energizes. It helps build the blood, promotes healthy blood clotting, speeds recovery and helps reclaim energy.  Contains protein, beta carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, calcium, chromium, iron, silica, silica, chromium, chlorophyll

Oatstraw- Avena sativa – Oatstraw’s high silicon content helps nourish the skin, nails, teeth, bones and hair. It builds the blood, relaxes the nerves, and strengthens the nervous system, making tactile sensations more pleasurable.  Contains – beta carotene, B vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, selenium, silicon, zinc

Red Raspberry Leaves -  Rubus spp- Raspberry is a highly nourishing mineral dense plant with the ability to support the reproductive and nervous systems.  Can be used for the treatment of anemia, diarrhea, infertility, muscle cramps, miscarriage, morning sickness, nausea, ovulation difficulty, uterine prolapse, weak vision.  Contains: vitamin B1, vitamin E, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, phosphorous,  potassium, selenium sulfur

Red Clover Flowers -Trifolium partense – This blood purifying plant has a special affinity for the skin, throat, lungs, and salivary glands.  It cleanses and clears toxins, nourishes and moves the blood, stimulates the lymphatic  movement, reduces swelling and inflammation, reduces respiratory irritation and promotes tissue repair.  It exhibits anticancer properties, and is helpful in supporting all the organs of elimination.  Contains: protein, beta-carotene, b-complex vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, selenium

If there is one area that most of my consultations lead back to is digestive function.  Whether it is poor assimilation of food, leading to food and seasonal allergies, stress, anxiety or respiratory function it can all point to the digestion.  We have been asked by our customers and clients who visit our apothecary; and now we have formulated our Digestive Tonic, a tonic to encourage the liver, kidney and gallbladder to take an active role in digestive function.  We believe that our tonic will increase digestion, and the metabolism of fats and oils. The herbs selected will encourage the gallbladder to release bile which digests fats and lubricate the colon, and provide lipids which increase liver metabolism and cellular membrane nutrition benefiting the entire body.

More information on our Digestive Tonic:

Improves digestive secretions, enhances break down of fats and starches, improves the assimilation of nutrients such iron and vitamin B12, stabilizes blood sugar levels, and improves energy and organ function. Useful to treatment in Candida, flatulence, indigestion, nausea and ulcers, diabetes, high blood pressure colitis and allergies.

Atractylodes – Atractylodes alba – Considered a supreme energy tonic.  It regulates the function of the spleen, thus improving the digestive system’s ability to transport nutrients.  Remedy for bloating, diarrhea, excessive perspiration, exhaustion, indigestion, poor appetite, side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.

Angelica – Angelica archangelica – Improve digestive secretions and improves digestive metabolism and liver and spleen function.  It strengthens the heart and the lungs. It can improve mental harmony and well being.

Galangal – Alpinia galangal – “The spice of life”, it believed that Galangal is a gift from God to keep sickness away.  This herbs improves circulation, clears energy blockages, and increase digestive secretions.  It is used for treatment in Candida, flatulence, indigestion, nausea, and ulcers.

Gentian – Gentiana andrewssi – Has been used as a digestive aid for centuries, it improves the assimilation of nutrients such as iron and vitamin B12 and aids in the breakdown of proteins and fats.

Ginger – Zingiber officinale – As a digestive aid it warms the digestive organs, stimulates digestive secretions, increases the amylase concentration in saliva, and facilitates the digestion of starches and fatty foods.

Dandelion Root –Taraxacum oficinale- Is a blood purifier that aids in the process of filtering and straining wastes from the bloodstream.  It cools heat and clears infection from the body.  It’s useful for appetite loss, Candida, constipation, flatulence, gallstones and hypertension.

Calamus Root – Acorus americanus- Increases gastric secretions and reduce stomach acidity.  It is beneficial for anorexia, appetite loss, colic, flatulence, gastritis, heart burn and fungal overgrowth.

Fennel Seeds – Foeniculum officinale – Improves the body’s energy by enhancing the digestion and assimilation of food.  It clears phlegm, stimulates interferon production, decongests the liver and clears stagnation.  It aids in digestion of fatty foods, stabilizes blood sugar levels, and curbs appetite.

Oregon Grape Root – Mahonia aquifolium – Especially helpful for the intestinal tract.  It dilates blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure.  Can be beneficial to gastritis, and salmonella.

Anise – Piniella anisum – Remedies bloating, colic, diarrhea, flatulence, halitosis, hiccups, indigestion, nausea, poor appetite.

Our Apple  Cider Vinegar tonic is infused with Dandelion, Devil’s Claw, Cayenne, Garlic, Ginger and Turmeric to prevent and remove inflammation, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, Increase Weight Loss, Stop Yeast and Fungus Growth, Prevent Infection, Balance Blood Sugar

Apple Cider Vinegar has been long use to help manage diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, and promotes weight loss.  Alternative practitioners recommend using apple cider vinegar to restore alkaline acid balance.  A diet high in acid-producing foods leads to lack of energy, excessive mucous production, infections, anxiety, irritability, headache, sore throat, nasal and sinus congestion, allergic reactions, and increased risk of conditions such as arthritis and gout.  It gets rid of poisons in the body, has disinfecting and cleaning properties and is a natural, nontoxic, biodegradable substance.  Apple Cider Vinegar is an unadulterated food, a powerful cleansing agent and healing elixir, a naturally occurring antibiotic and antiseptic that fights germs and bacteria.

So we have taken Apple Cider Vinegar  which carries the apple’s unique spectrum of nutrients and infused it with the following herbs to super charge its nourishing and healing properties.

Dandelion – Dandelion is one of the planet’s most famous and useful weeds.  It is a blood purifier that aids in the process of filtering and straining wastes from the bloodstream.  It cools heat and clears infection from the body.  It is especially useful in treating obstructions of the gallbladder, liver, pancreas, and spleen.  Can be used to treat anemia, anorexia, appetite loss, breast cancer, Candida, colitis, congestive heart failure, cysts, debility, diabetes, endometriosis, fatigue, high cholesterol, hypertension, kidney stones, mastitis, muscular rheumatism, urinary tract infection and uterine fibroids.

Devil’s Claw – has been used for over two hundred and fifty years by many cultures in South Africa.  It stimulates the detoxifying and protective mechanisms of the body, helps potentiate the body’s natural ant rheumatic agents, aids in the elimination of uric acid, and relaxes the muscles.  It issued to treat acne, allergies, arthritis, asthma, bursitis, coughs, diabetes, gout, hay fever, headache, high cholesterol, indigestion, lumbago, and rheumatism.

Cayenne – stimulates the brain to secrete endorphins and improves circulation by preventing blood late aggregation.  Cayenne is used in the treatment of arthritis, asthma, high cholesterol, migraine and obesity.

Ginger – Ginger warms the digestive organs, stimulates digestive secretions, increases the amylase concentration in saliva, and facilitates the digestion of starches and fatty foods.  It also strengthens the tissues of the heart, activates the immune system, prevents blood platelet aggregation and formation, and inhibits prostaglandin production, thus reducing inflammation and pain.  Used to treat angina, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, cancer, catarrh, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, flatulence, high cholesterol, hypertension, hypothyroidism, low libido, nausea, vertigo and worms.

Garlic – Garlic show activity against many types of infectious disease, including staphylococcus, streptococcus, and salmonella bacteria.  It also helps prevent blood platelet aggregation, which makes it useful for circulatory system.  It is used in the treatment of atherosclerosis, asthma, Candida, catarrh, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, obesity.

Turmeric – Turmeric helps stabilize the body’s micro flora, thus inhibiting yeast overgrowth. It also sensitizes the body’s cortisol receptor sites and thus is an excellent anti-inflammatory agent.  It helps regulate the menses and can prevent blood clots from forming, and is restorative after childbirth.  Can be used to treat arthritis, asthma, bloating, cancer, Candida, eczema, gastritis, high cholesterol, nausea, trauma, and uterine tumors.

Our recommendation is that you take two tablespoons of this tonic in water on a daily basis.

Each wintry cold day our customers filed in to our apothecary to say that they were so done with winter and wanted instant relief.  “When is spring coming?” they asked.   So many of these customers are now coming in asking, “Do you have anything that can help with these allergies? It’s awful for me in the Spring”; the duality of mother nature and human nature at its best.  As much as we all love Spring time and love it I do, we can’t help but prevent nature from taking its course.  Trees will give bloom and pollen will disperse!

Spring is here and Sacred can help you enjoy more of this beautiful time of new beginnings.  Try our Allergy Tea that is formulated to ease your worst allergy symptoms; runny nose, itchy eyes and skin and stuffy sinuses.  Nettles the foundation of this formula is a natural antihistamine.  Sage and peppermint clears the head and sinuses.

For more information on our Allergy Tea Click Here

Our Lung Tonic is designed to help tone and strengthens the health of your lungs and prevents allergies.  It’s a healing blend of Reshi Mushroom and Codonopsis Root.

Find out more about our Lung Tonic

Partridgeberry (Squawvine) – is one of the best herbs for toning and nourishing the uterus, and as an aid in facilitating childbirth. It protects against miscarriage and is highly valued by women who have previously had difficult childbirths. It is recommended for infertility resulting from hormone imbalance. It is great for gainful, irregular menstruation. Taken over the course of months it will often correct the most persistent due menstrual problems.

Partridgeberry is also good for men. It is used in formulas for infertility to low sperm count and is an excellent tonic for the prostate gland.

It’s a tonic herb ad is nontoxic and produces no residual build up or toxicity, even when used over an extended period of time. Want to know more? Click on the link below.

Partridgeberry (Squawvine) – Nourish and tone the Uterus-

Give Birth to a Dream

Is your digestive health directly related to your vaginal health? You bet! Bacterial Vaginosis, Recurring Yeast Infections and Vaginal Odor are directly related to your digestive process. Assimilation of vitamins and minerals especially the vitamin B spectrum and vitamin C is of vital importance to the health digestive system. A healthy digestive system produces the necessary digestive enzymes to breakdown our food, and aid with absorption and elimination. These enzymes are responsible for keeping the small intestine free from parasites (including bacteria, yeast and parasitic worms.) When any of these processes are off we are plagued with toxins that create health issues such as mal-absorption, nutritional deficiencies, food allergies, chronic Candida, an overgrowth of harmful bacteria leading to bacterial and yeast infections. The second aspect to maintaining optimal vaginal health, is the health of our immune system. Once again here, vitamins under the B spectrum and vitamin C are indicated for immunity building and to helping us manage stress which wears away at the body’s immune functions.

Yoni Culture is a product that is based on an highly nutritive, all natural approach, that will improve the way in which we digestive nutrients and vitamins, and benefits our elimination. We have also included herbs are supportive to the immune system and that have anti-fungal properties. Want to know more? Click the link below for more information.

Yoni Culture – An all natural approach to vaginal odor and discharge, bacterial vaginosis and recurring yeast infections

Come Celebrate with us on Sacred’s Second Annual Holiday

Open House and Holiday Shopping Event

When: Saturday, December 11th  6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Where: Sacred Vibes Apothecary – 376 Argyle Road Brooklyn, NY

You will receive 15% off all your nights purchases !

I believe that wellness can be achieved if we stop actively harming ourselves, such as, having an improper diet, lack of exercise, and engaging damaging relationships, etc.; and go back to the business of taking care of ourselves and our families in a compassionate, loving way.

Most of all purposefully renewing our connection to the earth will allow us to draw from its infinite sources for regeneration and ultimate wellness. Today is the first day of October’s new moon, a great time to define your wellness intent. Write it down and keep it in a visible place, that you can be reminded each day of your intention to achieve balance and wellness.

Throughout the month I will help you to design a simple day-to-day protocol that will help you achieve one or more of your wellness goals