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Organic Mothers Milk
by Traditional Medicinals
16 Wrapped Tea Bags
Organic Caffeine Free Herbal Tea To Promote Healthy Lactation*
Our Price: $3.62
Retail Price: $7.46
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Organic Mother's Milk promotes healthy lactation and is traditionally used to increase breast milk production. This traditional combination of anise, fennel, and coriander has been used for centuries by European women, often recommended by lactation counselors and medical herbalists. Organic Mother's Milk has a pleasantly aromatic balance of sweet, spicy, and slightly bitter.*
100% organic ingredients. Certified by the USDA and the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF).
From the corners of the earth to the bottom of your teacup, Traditional Medicinals is preserving tradition and creating a sustainable future. For over 30 years Traditional Medicinals has been making herbal teas, blending the ancient art of traditional formulating with the most modern methods to ensure you a consistently reliable and good tasting cup.*
Traditional Medicinals knows that you choose to live as if there is a tomorrow. That's why they purchase their herbs and manufacture their teas sustainably. Whether it's working with a cooperative of herb collectors, supporting organic herb farmers, or using 100% wind power to offset their electricity use, they believe that teas that are good for you should be good for the earth.*
Every tea bag is individually wrapped and sealed for freshness, ensuring that the beneficial components of herbs remain intact.*
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Supplement FactsServing Size: One (1) Cup Brewed Tea
Servings Per Container: 16 | | | | Amount
Per Serving | Daily
Value | | Calories | 0 | | | Fennel Fruit
(Organic, Bitter)
[PhEur]** | 560 mg | ** | Anise Fruit
(Organic Aniseed Fruit)
[PhEur]** | 350 mg | ** | Coriander Fruit
(Organic)
[PhEur]** | 210 mg | ** | Fenugreek Seed
(Organic)
[PhEur]** | 35 mg | ** | Blessed Thistle
(Organic)
[DAC]** | 35 mg | ** | | A Proprietary Blend
(Organic)
Spearmint leaf [PhFr]**, West Indian lemongrass leaf, Lemon verbena leaf [PhFr]**, Marshmallow root [PhEur]** | 560 mg | ** | | | **Quality standards. See definitions in additional information. |
** Daily Value Not Established. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. |
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| Pour eight (8) oz. of freshly boiled water over tea bag in a cup. Cover and steep for ten (10) minutes. These steps directly influence the amount of beneficial components that end up in your teacup. Gently squeeze the bag to release remaining extract. As a dietary supplement throughout your nursing experience, three to five (3-5) cups daily, or more as recommended by your healthcare practitioner. Sweeten with honey if desired. |
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| Please discuss the use of this product with your lactation consultant or other post-natal healthcare provider prior to use. If you are pregnant and also breastfeeding, please consult your midwife or other pre-natal healthcare provider prior to use. |
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| Do not use if you have known allergies to aniseed, anethole, fennel, or to plants of the Asteracea (daisy) family such as blessed thistle, calendula, chamomile, echinacea, safflower, or yarrow. Kosher. |
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| Breast Health, Lactation |
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 The beauty and mystery of nature continue to capture our imagination and reverence. For more than thirty years, Traditional Medicinals has been exploring the plant world, providing you with reliable teas and other herbal products formulated with their knowledge of Traditional Herbal Medicine and the most modern scientific methods of quality assurance.Recognizing that all things are connected, Traditional Medicinals is guided by a deep respect for the earth, striving always to ensure that their actions reflect their commitment to the environment.
Traditional Medicinals is a socially responsible and environmentally conscious company, providing the highest quality botanical products with responsible business practices as its guide. The company strives to create a positive, healthy, and supportive working environment. Employees are encouraged to participate in community services and the company actively donates time, products and profits to charitable, environmental, and educational non-profit organizations.
Traditional Medicinals has made a continuous commitment to communicate their product philosophy, core values, mission, and vision internally within their corporate culture and externally to the community, vendors, consumers, trade customers, and the natural products industry.
 Company PhilosophyGuided By Principles Since 1974
Traditional Medicinals is guided by a profound reverence for the power of plants and the knowledge contained within the world's great systems of Traditional Herbal Medicine. They guarantee that every capsule, lozenge, and cup of tea made is guided by these principles. Knowledge
Traditional Medicinals believes in the healing power of plants and the wisdom contained within the world's systems of Traditional Herbal Medicine. Their team of herbal experts bring a wealth of ancient and modern knowledge to the creation of their products. Efficacy
Traditional Medicinals products work. No other North American herb company invests in the systems, research, testing, and quality medicinal grade herbs the way Traditional Medicinals does. Sustainability
Traditional Medicinals believes in living as if there is a tomorrow and their business practices reflect this concern for the future. They mean it when they say they care about protecting the earth. Whether it's purchasing wind energy or installing solar panels for their electricity needs or using organically grown herbs, they go further to preserve the environments and communities on which we all depend. Partnership
Traditional Medicinals believes in equitable relationships with customers, employees, farmers, and the community. They believe a product that's good for your body should be good for everybody. The company and their products are based on the principles of Knowledge, Efficacy, Sustainability and Partnership. Every herbal product made is designed to serve a specific purpose. As such, they are formulated according to well-defined systems of Traditional Herbal Medicine that guide the appropriate combining of herbs. Traditional Medicinals won't make products using just any herbs. Every tea and herbal product made must have sufficient evidence of safety, quality, and efficacy in support of their claim statements and formulation rationale. |
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 In early 1974, three young friends started Traditional Medicinals in the back store room of a small herb shop along the Russian River in Northern California. The company was founded with the intention of providing herbal teas for self care, while preserving the knowledge and herbal formulas of Traditional Herbal Medicine (THM).
At the time, traditional herbal tea infusions had all but faded away in the United States, and never before had these reliable formulas been available in convenient tea bags. Over the decades that followed, the company introduced millions of health conscious consumers to traditional herbal tea formulas and the concepts of THM. These reliable teas were well received and Traditional Medicinals has grown dramatically.
Well over a billion cups of tea have been produced at their beautiful country facility, and products like Organic Smooth Move, Organic Throat Coat, and Organic Echinacea Plus have become mainstream and can be found in supermarkets and drug stores throughout North America. Additionally, their product offerings have expanded to include some of their best selling tea blends in other forms, such as pastilles, syrups, powders, and capsules.
From simple beginnings they have been able to share the wonder of herbs and the knowledge of Traditional Herbal Medicine. To this they have added clinical testing and scientific understanding, as well as sophisticated processes to ensure reliable products. So, while the business has grown and evolved, they remain rooted in the serious and spirited commitment with which they began over thirty years ago. |
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 - To offer you a wide variety of teas and other herbal products to meet your wide variety of needs.
- To use pharmacopoeial grade herbs in their products and base their formulations on the principles and practice of Traditional Herbal Medicine.
- To invest in science, research and sophisticated quality control measures to bring you the best-tasting, highest quality, most reliable teas and other herbal products.
- To use herbs that are farmed or wild collected under organic certification.
- To work with Fair Trade and other social certification organizations for the monitoring of equitable trading practices in their supply chain.
- To work to develop ingredient sources that meet their standards for quality, sustainability and social justice.
- To never use herbs sterilized by irradiation or ethylene oxide (ETO).
- To never use genetically-modified ingredients. They are involved in actions to curtail the proliferation of genetic engineering.
- To always use tamper-evident packaging to protect the quality of products and to provide consumers convenience and safety.
- To use recycled cardboard and paper goods in their packaging and to offer only tea bags made with unbleached manila hemp (Musa textilis).
- To recycle all of their cardboard, plastic, aluminum, and office paper waste.
- To offset their electricity use with renewable solar and wind energy.
- To have converted all of their company vehicles to hybrids and alternative fuel bio-diesels.
- To foster employee development, teamwork, and safety.
- To recognize the growth potential of each employee and actively promote from within.
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 What are pharmacopoeial grade herbs and why use them?
All of Traditional Medicinals' herbal products are formulated in accordance with specific rules of combining and compatibility stemming from traditional systems of herbal practice. There are several grades of herbs available, including pharmacopoeial grade, food grade, and inferior grades. Pharmacopoeial grade herbs may cost more than the commonly used commercial grade herbs, but Traditional Medicinals thinks you're worth it. Your Guide to Understanding Herbal Quality Standards
Many countries publish a pharmacopoeia, the official guide of quality standards for all medicinal ingredients, including herbs. Traditional Medicinals ingredients meet these standards for quality, purity, strength, identity, and composition. Traditional Medicinals utilizes the quality standards of the European Pharmacopoeia (PhEur) for their botanical raw materials and extracts. But in cases where a quality standards monograph is not yet entered into the PhEur, they select a standard from another appropriate pharmacopoeia. Look for the acronyms (below) listed on the Information Panel of the product packaging. Compare with other herbal products to determine if those herbs are of equivalent quality.  Legend of Pharmacopoeia Acronyms
API = Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India
BP = British Pharmacopoeia
BHP = British Herbal Pharmacopoeia
DAB = Deutsches Arzneibuch (German Pharmacopoia)
DAC = Deutscher Arzneimittel-Codex (German Drug Codex)
IHP = Indian Herbal Pharmacopoeia
JP = Japanese Pharmacopoeia
ÖAB = Österreichisches Arzneibuch (Austrian Pharmacopoeia)
PhEur = European Pharmacopoeia
PhFr = Pharmacopée française (French Pharmacopoeia)
PPRC = Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China
USP-NF = United States Pharmacopeia - National Formulary |
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Committed to Organics for Over 30 Years Organic
Traditional Medicinals has been committed to organic agriculture for over three decades. Back then they believed that the herbs in their teas should be grown without the use of harmful pesticides - respecting the earth and enhancing the environment.
With the passage of the USDA National Organic Program regulations, what was once on the fringe has become mainstream. Traditional Medicinals continues to recognize the importance of organic agriculture, working to develop new organic sources of herbs for their teas and other herbal products. They recognize the importance of organic agriculture and organic wild collection. Their organic products follow the NOP regulations. They are certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), which has been, and continues to be, one of the leading organic certifying agencies.
There was a time when all agriculture was "organic." It is only recently in the history of agriculture that people have begun to use synthetic chemicals and fertilizers. However, the use of agricultural chemicals is now widespread and poses significant hazards to the environment and to people. In fact, these "non-organic" practices are so widespread that organic is still considered outside of the mainstream. Although the rise in popularity of organic goods is fast changing this, there's still a long way to go until the norm for agriculture and processing is organic.
According to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), "Organic agriculture is an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony." Some synthetic substances are allowed in organic crop production if they are on the approved list, if they are used according to the National Organic Program (NOP), and if the use of such substances does not contribute to contamination of crops, soil or water.
Today, the practices of organic agriculture and, secondarily, organic processing methods, have been standardized and are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This standardization is good news for consumers, who can now be assured that when a product says it is organic, a reliable set of practices and procedures have been used.
The USDA issued the rules of the NOP in 2002. Any product using the word "organic" must follow the regulations of the NOP. These rules include everything from the use of permissible ingredients to growing methods to manufacturer handling regulations. All of this is done to ensure that organic means the same thing everywhere it is used.
Traditional Medicinals organic products follow the NOP regulations. They are certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), which has been, and continues to be, one of the leading organic certifying agencies.
Why is Organic Agriculture Important?
At this time, it is nearly impossible to go anywhere in the world and not discover toxic chemical residues in the soil, water, animal and plant life. Chemicals are taken up through the soil and water into plants and animals and even people. The widespread use of chemicals in agriculture and manufacturing has had unforeseen consequences.
Adhering to organic methods helps restore an area by freeing it from the application of potentially hazardous chemicals. Organic farms are also habitats for wildlife and insects, which are important to ecological balance. Soil quality is often enhanced and restored. The people who work on organic farms are not exposed to potentially dangerous levels of chemicals. The groundwater is not polluted with the run-off from these chemicals. Organic methods respect life and the delicate balance of ecological systems.
Over the last 30 years, the awareness of and demand for organically-produced products has resulted in a tremendous rise in the number of organic acres under cultivation around the world. But not nearly enough! Soon will come a day when organic is the rule, not the exception, so Traditional Medicinals continues to work with growers around the world to develop new sources of organic herbs.
How Does Organic Certification Work?
In order to carry the USDA Organic Seal, NOP regulations established by the USDA must be strictly adhered to. Traditional Medicinals is certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF). These rules include not only rigorous standards regarding growing methods, they also regulate how organic products are handled, stored, tracked and processed. Every organic manufacturer maintains an audit trail that leads from their final product all the way back to the land that the ingredients were grown on. Only certain materials can be used, not only in growing and processing, but also in the manufacturing facilities themselves.
 Fair TradeIn addition to delivering stellar quality, Fair Trade Certified products support sustainable development and more equitable trade, empowering farmers, workers and their communities. The certifying organization, TransFair USA, audits and monitors the business practices of importers and manufacturers to ensure that the products purchased meet the International Fair Trade criteria.
What Is Fair Trade Certified?
Fair Trade Certified ensures that farmers of commodity crops (primarily tea, coffee and cocoa, but also certain herbs, spices, bananas and other types of produce) are paid living wages, work in a safe environment, and produce exceptional products without any child labor. Historically, farmers of these commodity crops have been exploited, often working in dangerous conditions for far below poverty wages. Meanwhile, exporters and intermediaries have been allowed to profit off these low wages and conditions. Not so with Fair Trade Certified.
Any product that carries the Fair Trade Certified label guarantees the following things:
- Fair Prices & Living Wages - Farmers and workers receive a fair price for their product and their labor. It means that farmers can support their families, and their children can go to school instead of working in the fields.
- Community Empowerment - Having reliable markets for their products and receiving living wages means that farming communities become stable. This stability allows them to develop community assistance programs such as medical care, help for college tuition, and other community-driven initiatives.
- Environmental Sustainability - Many Fair Trade Certified products are also certified organic. Environmentally sound practices preserve native environments by encouraging biodiversity, reducing pollutants in the environment, preserving habitat for wildlife, and helping to reduce global warming.
- Quality - Because farmers and producers receive a fair price and living wages, they can focus on creating quality products.
What About Tea Specifically?Fair Trade Certified has specific labor and trade standards for chamomile, hibiscus, mint, rooibos, and tea. According to TransFair USA, "Fair Trade is a partnership between tea pickers, tea traders, and tea drinkers." Fair Trade Certified means that:
- The farm where the tea or herbs are grown meets specific standards for the wages, living situation, and working conditions of its pickers.
- For every tea purchase, a Fair Trade premium goes directly back to the tea workers themselves. A committee, elected by the workers, decides how these funds will be used to meet the community's most serious needs. Tea workers have used Fair Trade premiums to hire school teachers, build maternal health clinics, guarantee child care, develop pension funds and bring electricity to their villages, among other projects.
 How Does Fair Trade Certification Work?The certifying organization, TransFair USA, audits and monitors the business practices of importers and manufacturers to ensure that the products purchased meet the international Fair Trade criteria. These are established by the Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO). FLO inspects producers on its Fair Trade Register to ensure that the benefits of Fair Trade are reaching the farmers. TransFair USA documents that Fair Trade Certified criteria were met and that farmers received a fair price.
TransFair USA is the only independent, third-party certifier of Fair Trade Certified products in the United States. They work with importers and manufacturers to guarantee consumers that any who carry the Fair Trade Certified label have purchased their products in accordance with the international standards of Fair Trade. They provide certification, documentation, and an audit trail. In the short time that TransFair USA has provided this service, they have helped generate an additional $100 million of additional income for farmers around the world.
Traditional Medicinals currently offers six teas that are Fair Trade Certified by TransFair USA. Several more Traditional Medicinals products will become Fair Trade Certified in the future.
Fair Trade Certified Organic Chamomile is sourced from two producer groups in Egypt. One source is the Royal Ottoman farms, which are spread over 4,000 acres in the regions of Fayoum, Menya, New valley, Oases, Beni sweif, Asuit, Nubaria and Aswan.
Organic Spearmint contains Fair Trade Certified spearmint from farms in Egypt. One of the sources is the Sekem Initiative, a biodynamic and organic farm that was founded in 1977 northeast of Cairo.
The Fair Trade Certified organic green tea leaf used in the Organic Green Tea with Ginger and the organic black tea used in the Organic Chai are grown at the Ambootia Estate, a beautiful tea plantation nestled in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas in Darjeeling, India.
Organic Golden Green Tea uses Fair Trade Certified organic green tea sourced from two organic tea farmer associations in the ancient tea-producing region of Wuyuan in the Southern Chinese Province of Jiangxi.
The Fair Trade Certified organic rooibos herb in the Organic Rooibos with Honeybush is grown by the Wupperthal co-operative of small farmers (30% women) living in the rugged Cedarberg Wilderness Area of South Africa.
We should all be grateful to these organizations that are working to ensure safe, respectable and sound farming and production practices around the world. They allow us to build businesses on principles of sustainability and human justice.
Religious Certification Kosher
Kosher is the Hebrew word for "fit" or "proper." When applied to a food product, it means that that product has been produced in accordance with Jewish dietary laws. Traditional Medicinals herbal products are certified kosher by OK Kosher. The OK Kosher certification was established in 1935 and is a well-respected leader of Kosher certification around the world. |
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 Solar and Wind Power
For more than thirty years, Traditional Medicinals has valued choosing ways in which they can leave a lighter footprint. They know we all play a role in protecting and preserving our environment and the communities upon which our businesses depend. This is why they purchase renewable wind energy to offset all of their electricity use not supported by the solar panels recently installed at the headquarters in Sebastapol, CA. Though roughly 75% of their energy comes directly from their own roof top, to ensure that the rest of the mix of power drawn from the system is replaced with 100% wind energy, they purchase green tags. Matching each kilowatt-hour consumed with a kilowatt-hour of renewable wind energy neutralizes the impact of electricity use and makes the system a little bit more sustainable for everyone. What Is Wind Energy?
Wind energy is the electricity that can be produced by harnessing the wind. There are no fossil fuels involved, so there are no carbon dioxide emissions emitted into the environment by the generation of wind-electricity. This is a clean, renewable electricity source that is sometimes referred to as "climate neutral" because it doesn't contribute to the "greenhouse effect" caused by the excessive amount of carbon dioxide emissions released into our atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. How Does It Work?
The electricity used in the United States comes from what is called "the grid." The grid is like a large pool of electricity each of us draws from. This electricity comes from many different sources — the majority of which are detrimental to the environment — such as coal, natural gas and nuclear power. A very small percentage comes from renewable resources such as the wind and sun.
When you turn on a light, or flip on the TV, electricity is pulled from this pool and is delivered through the power lines to our homes and businesses. Because of the way the grid is organized, there's no way to determine what kind of electricity comes out of it when we draw from the pool. But we can specify what kind of electricity goes back into it on our behalf.
Purchasing green tags is a way to support the electricity generated by the wind farms around the United States. In effect, this creates a market for wind power, which leads to the creation of more wind farms and more renewable energy being fed into the grid.
If more businesses and consumers purchased green tags to offset their electricity use, less conventionally-produced electricity would be needed. Eventually, renewable energy could become the norm, and polluting sources of electricity could go the way of the dinosaur.
Traditional Medicinals is pleased to announce the completion of a large solar power system at their headquarters in Sonoma County, making them the largest solar powered tea factory on earth!
Packaging and Recycling
Traditional Medicinals' low impact packaging and recycling plan helps leave a lighter footprint for all of us here today - and tomorrow. These sustainable steps are a normal part of their daily business practices.  - For twelve consecutive years, Traditional Medicinals has received the Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) award, recognized for their outstanding efforts to reduce waste!
- Each employee has an individual recycling container to make it easy to recycle paper, plastic, glass, metal and anything else they can. Paper is one of the largest sources of waste from businesses, so in addition to recycling, they constantly seek ways to minimize office paper use.
- Tea cartons are made from recycled paper board (at least 55% verified post-consumer waste) and shipped in recyclable shipping cases.
- Tea bags are made from unbleached manila hemp (Musa textilis) pulp attached to a cotton (Gossypium spp.) string.
- You can compost your used tea bags, string and all, rather than throwing them in the trash. They will make great soil later on!
- You can also help support efforts by easily recycling your empty Traditional Medicinals tea boxes - check with your local trashservice to determine whether they pick up recycling or not.
Check out the recycling information messages on all of their tea cartons; they print useful tips on the inside of every box.
Sustainable Sources
It is with great pleasure that Traditional Medicinals can share the stories of their network of herb growers, collectors, cooperatives, farms and estates from around the world. They offer you a few of their stories as a way of acknowledging the tremendous work these people do. Not only do they provide excellent quality herbs and teas, they work in ways that preserve and enhance their environments and communities, with commitments to sustainable farming (and wild collecting methods), community development and caring for the earth for the generations to come. Without them they could never fulfill our company mission. Here are some of the sustainable partners that work with Traditional Medicinals: Martin Bauer and Traditional Medicinals
The Martin Bauer company, part of the Nature Network, represents the highest standard for pharmacopoeial quality herbs, combining decades of knowledge with innovative technology. The partnership with Martin Bauer gives Traditional Medicinals access to the largest supply of pharmacopoeial grade herbs in the world, technical expertise, and state-of-the-art quality control. And their production and testing facilities, in both Europe and North America, meet international standards for medicinal herbal product production.
All of the herbs selected are tested for identity, composition, quality, strength, and purity, including microbiological quality. MaBa-Therm, a microbial reduction technology developed and provided by Martin Bauer that is suitable for certified organic herbs, carefully treats herbs with steam without destroying pharmacopoeial quality.
Working together with farmers and wild collectors, Traditional Medicinals carefully monitors the conditions (good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) and labor standards) under which their herbs are grown. This combined commitment to quality assurance provides consumers with the most reliable herbal products.  The Ambootia Estate
The Ambootia Estate is a beautiful tea plantation nestled in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas in India. Many of the tea leaves used in Traditional Medicinals' teas come from this wonderful model of social justice and sustainability and are certified organic, Biodynamic, and Fair Trade Certified.
This estate was once an ecological disaster. The land had been ruined from poor farming practices and the estate had been abandoned, leaving five hundred farm worker families left to fend for themselves amongst the ruin. Not many people would have stepped in at this point to take over the operations. But the Goel and Bansal families did. Believing that they could restore the land to its bounty, they began the slow process of recovery.
Shashank Goel says that Ambootia's new farming principles emphasized the farm as "the interdependent development of the mineral, plant, and animal through humans, harnessing the positive cosmic forces that allow nature to bring to life the finest produce." Ambootia adopted the international standards of Biodynamic farming and saw the revitalization of this magnificent tea estate.
Biodynamic farming methods seek to create a farm that is self-sustaining - generating all fertilizers and inputs on the farm itself - ecologically balanced and economically viable. "All activities are aligned to create an ecosystem in harmony," says Goel.
About 4500 people live and work on the Ambootia Estate. Many of these families have been living there for generations, dating as far back as 1861. Primary to Ambootia's philosophy of management and farming is the well-being of the people who work there. Therefore, in addition to the higher than industry standard wages they receive for working the tea plantation, farmers are provided housing, sufficient water and energy for their daily needs, medical care, and subsidized food. Children are never employed and instead, are required to attend the eleven schools provided on the farm. The people on the farm have plots of land where they grow various vegetables, herbs and spices fo r their own consumption, as well as to sell at market for additional income. Guayaki
Traditional Medicinals' organic yerba maté comes from Guayaki, a company with a goal to "create economic models that promote rainforest restoration while providing living wages." They are proud to partner with this visionary group of people who strive to preserve the rainforest and create economic sustainability for indigenous peoples.
Guayaki partners sustainably harvest organic yerba maté in the rainforest of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, generating a renewable income stream which enables these communities to improve their lives and restore their lands.
As with all of their suppliers, they are proud of the products and the people from whom they get their yerba maté. It is an honor to pass on the vision, mission and fine product that Guayaki represents. ForesTrade
ForesTrade, Inc. is a unique company that sources organic tropical spices, vanilla, and Fair Trade coffee from around the world and is dedicated to environmental conservation, socio-economic development, and the promotion of sustainable trade.
Working with primarily indigenous communities, often in remote locations, ForesTrade is pioneering a business model that enables small-scale farmers to link-up with premium specialty markets, while preserving cultural and environmental integrity. When ForesTrade uses the word 'Sustainability' it describes business practices that are designed to support: - Balance and harmonization of the earth's ecological systems
- Well being of the farmers and their communities
- A safe and supportive work environment for those connected to the company
- Concern for the social, economic, environmental and spiritual well being of the company's business partners and their communities
ForesTrade combines concern for the environment with respect for their partnering farmers and communities to bring about positive models of self-sufficiency.
In Guatemala and Indonesia, ForesTrade's technical field staff teach and encourage growers to utilize organic agricultural methods, and implement resource conservation techniques. ForesTrade also helps farmers break from "a cycle of debt" by paying an organic bonus, helping them obtain working capital assistance and creating sustainable and diverse income streams.
New, positive income streams give farmers an economic incentive to prevent further environmental degradation (for example, growing and harvesting organic cloves instead of logging biologically diverse forests). The organic bonus is paid to individual farmers and their associations and is typically used towards self-help programs and to assist in the development of needed community infrastructure such as roads and potable water systems.
Using ForesTrade's organic spices such as breadnut seed and cardamom seed (both from Guatemala) enables Traditional Medicinals to contribute to the preservation of these indigenous communities and tropical ecosystems around the world. |
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 Traditional Herbal Medicine (THM) is a practice of protecting and restoring health that existed before the relatively recent arrival of modern medicine. THM often serves as one component of a comprehensive system of medicine that may involve the use of plant, animal and mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, regulation of diet and exercise, and manual techniques (like acupuncture or massage) to maintain health as well as to prevent and treat illnesses.*
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), up to 80% of people living in developing countries still rely primarily on Traditional Medicine for their healthcare. The use of THM in industrialized countries is also spreading rapidly, where THMs are often referred to as alternative medicines or complementary medicines or even as herbal dietary supplements or natural health products.
Systems of THM that are widely used in national healthcare systems around the world include: Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Unani Medicine, and Traditional Western Herbal Medicine. Others include Traditional Japanese Kampo Medicine and Traditional Tibetan Buddhist Medicine.
While many of these systems of medicine are taught in medical schools with a well-defined written herbal materia medica and formulary, there are also non-written systems of THM that are passed on through the oral tradition, such as the Traditional Native American Medicine of various tribes throughout North and South America, and other Shamanic healing systems that involve the use of medicinal plants. The relationship between humans and plants goes back as far as human history itself. Humans have always relied upon the plant world as a source of food and medicine, sustenance, and well being.
The formulation of Traditional Medicinals' medicinal herbal products follows principles for herb combining as practiced in the systems of Tradtional Herbal Medicine (THM). Traditional Medicinals honors and preserves the knowledge of the herbalists before them so that it may be retained for generations to come, and they feel privileged to share this knowledge with you.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) originated in China at least 3,000 years ago. Although archeological evidence of medicinal herbs and acupuncture needles dates back to about 5,000 BCE, the earliest known herbal formularies date back to the Qin and Han Dynasties (3rd Century BCE to 3rd Century CE). |
TCM diagnosis looks for "patterns of disharmony" or imbalances rather than treating specific diseases. TCM treatments for restoring balance and harmony usually involve the prescribing of herbal tea decoctions, acupuncture, specific diet counseling, massage, and other therapies including cupping, moxibustion, exercise (tai chi and qi gong), and meditation.* TCM herbal formulas are organized according to a complex hierarchy including Chief, Deputy, Assistant, and Envoy herbs. Chief: Herbs directed against the main pattern of disharmony; Deputy: Herbs with two functions: (1) aid the Chief herb(s) in treating the principle pattern, and (2) serve as a main herb directed against a coexisting pattern; Assistant: Herbs with three functions: (1) reinforce the effect of the Chief and Deputy herbs, and (2) mitigate side effects of the Chief or Deputy herbs, or (3) have an effect that is opposite that of the Chief herb; Envoy: Herbs with two functions: (1) focus the actions of the formula on a certain channel or area of the body, and (2) harmonize and integrate the actions of the other herbs.* Traditional Unani Medicine
Traditional Unani Medicine originated in ancient Greece around 400 BCE. Hippocrates, also known as the founder of allopathic medicine, is considered to be the first Unani physician. Traditional Unani Medicine is practiced today in many Middle Eastern and Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. |
In Traditional Unani Medicine, health is defined as a state of the "Body" (made up of the four elements: earth, air, water and fire) in which there is equilibrium in the four "Humours" (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) and the functions of the Body are normal in accordance to its own "Temperament" (cold, hot, wet, dry) and the environment. When the equilibrium of the Humours is disturbed and functions of the body are abnormal, that state is called Disease.* Unani treatments for restoring equilibrium and normal body functions involve the prescribing of herbal and mineral medicines, specific diets as well as exercise, massage and Turkish baths, among other therapies. Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine
Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine originated in India around 5000 BCE with the publications of "Rigveda" and "Atharvaveda" (two ancient books on Indian knowledge, wisdom, culture and science) that contain hymns on diseases and their herbal treatments. The first comprehensive textbooks on Ayurvedic Medicine, the 'Charaka Samhita' and 'Sushruta Samhita,' were later published around 1000 BCE. |
The term Ayurveda means "Science of Life", a medical science wherein health is achieved through a blending of physical, mental, social, moral and spiritual welfare. In Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine, health or sickness depend on the presence or absence of a balanced state of the total body matrix including the balance between body, mind and spirit. Ayurvedic treatments for restoring the balance of disturbed body-mind matrix usually involve the prescribing of herbal medicines, specific diet and physical activity routines, among other therapies including massage and various purification treatments.* Native North American Herbal Medicine
Traditional Native American Medicine, also known in Canada as Aboriginal Traditional Medicine, is a general term for the systems of healing used by all Native American nations or tribes that have been practiced in some cases for at least 10,000 years. |
While there are general similarities, there may also be significant differences between the practices or herbal medicines of different tribes; for example between Traditional Cherokee Medicine and Traditional Hopi Medicine. Similar to other ancient healing systems like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Native American Medicine is holistically linked to philosophy, religion, and spirituality, and treatments aim to balance the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual components of a person. Most systems of Native American medicine involve a tribal healer, also known as a medicine man or medicine woman, and may also involve the patient's family or entire community. Treatments include prescribing medicinal herbal preparations, ritual purification (e.g. sweat lodge sacred ceremonies) or purging, traditional smudge or burning of certain herbs, as well as chanting and prayers.* Traditional Western Herbal Medicine
Western Traditional Herbal Medicine has a long history, with the roots of its practice found in the writings of the Greek physicians, such as Hippocrates and Dioscorides, as well as later in the works of the Romans, such as Galen. Like other systems of THM, the use of medicinal plants in the treatment and prevention of disease, as well as in the maintenance of health, is fundamental to the practice of Western THM. Another definition of Western THM could be the use of medicinal herbs in the context of a Western understanding of health and disease. |
The formalized systems of Western THM have two elements that have merged to form our modern understanding. The first element comes from the oral tradition of folk herbalism. Innumerable generations of insights, passed on from herbalist to herbalist, have accumulated into a significant body of medicinal knowledge. For example, the use of Foxglove in treating heart failure was developed from the observation of successful treatments of dropsy by a village wise-woman in the 18th century.* Secondly, there is clinically-based science of herbal medicine. This essentially means that the methods and practices of our scientific approach to medicine have been applied to the study of herbal medicine. In this way, the practice of herbal medicine has contributed to the knowledge of conventional modern medicine.* The term "Western" THM encompasses a number of similar, but unique and separate systems of herbal medicine. In Europe, for example, each country has evolved its own form of THM, largely because of language and social differences. Western THM embraces the approaches of European herbalists, as well as those in North America, Australia and New Zealand. There are a number of recognized professional organizations of medical herbalists in Western countries around the world, such as: The National Institute of Medical Herbalists in the UK; The American Herbalist Guild in the US; The National Herbalists Association of Australia; The New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists, and in Canada, The Ontario Herbalists Association. |
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