CHP Magazines CHP Magazine Winter 2019 #14 | Page 14

For those of you who are not to familiar with Herbal Remedies or Herbal Medicines, here’s a little snapshot which sums up the basics. Herbal remedies/medicine - also known as botanical medicine, phytotherapy or phytomedicine - involves using a plant or part of a plant for healing purposes. The herbal part of a remedy may come from the leaf, flower, stem, seed, root, fruit or bark of the plant and it may be used to treat wounds and a range of other conditions. Herbs contain a large number of naturally occurring chemicals (constituents) that have some type of biological activity. Herbs work in a similar fashion to many pharmaceutical preparations. In fact, some pharmaceutical medicines are still obtained from plants. For example, the malaria medicine quinine is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree, and the pain medicine morphine is produced from the opium poppy. Western herbalists, however, believe that herbs should be used in their complete form to ensure the balance of constituents contained What are the meanings of Australian Grown and Certified Organic. How often do you read a label that promotes the contents being All Australian or Proudly Australian?. In fact, there are many instances where the contents are only partially made in Australia. This is unfortunately the way of the world and thankfully there are still companies like PPC where Australian Made and 14 Complete Health in the plant is utilised. They consider that herbal remedies are of most benefit when used to treat chronic, ongoing conditions. There are generally no quick-fix herbal treatments. The HERBANICA® Herbal Remedy range consists of 9 single botanicals specifically chosen for a number of common ailments. Whether your body needs a boost, protection or relief, these herbal remedies can assist in balancing your body and help relieve the health issues you are experiencing. The fresh herbs that are processed to make up the full range of HERBANICA® Herbal Remedies are locally grown on a small farm in the pristine countryside of Tasmania. This ‘slow herb’ culture uses traditional growing and cultivation methods to ensure the quality and freshness of the extensive range of herbs produced are maintained across every crop. PPC Herbs produce the HERBANICA® range using only 100% organically certified, Australian grown herbs. We pride ourselves on using Australian Grown mean exactly that. Now let’s talk about Organic or 100% Certified Organic. Again, there are many cases where unscrupulous companies tag their goods as “organic” however, there may only be one very tiny ingredient in the final product that is certified organic and quite frankly, when you mix it with non organic ingredients, the Australian grown herbs that meet the highest possible certified organic standards. We’ve been producing herbal extracts for over quarter of a century and know from our extensive industry experience that our Australian grown herbs are the best in the world. True to our philosophy of Pure Australian Botanicals, PPC Herbs will always source botanical ingredients, which support our Australian growers and deliver to our customer’s products we are proud to stand behind. final product is not Organic at all. Again, fortunately there are companies like PPC for whom Organic is an accurate description of the product. Now that we have all of that sorted, can we speak about the main topic of this article and that is, the arrival of truly Australian Grown and Made 100% Certified Organic Herbal Remedies.