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.