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Summer News August 2016 Vol.8 No. 2
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Summer...has been hot here in the northeast. But...not too hot to enjoy outdoor concerts, picnics, and vacation time with family and friends. It's not too late to take some time to enjoy what summertime has to offer...
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Congratulations Tall Grass on B Corp Certification!
We are proud to announce that our Canadian distributor, Tall Grass, has joined us as a certified B Corp!
Herbalist & Alchemist was first certified as a B Corp in 2010, so you have heard us talk about this before. B Corp describes itself as being to business what Fair Trade certification is to coffee or USDA Organic certification is to milk. B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. There are now more than 1,600 Certified B Corps from 42 countries and over 120 industries.
Tall Grass, founded in 1997, is a Vancouver, Canada-based manufacturer of products under the Botanica brand and distributor of whole food supplements and natural beauty products.
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Rain Barrels for MEVO
The organic ethyl alcohol we use to make extracts arrives in 55-gallon plastic drums, and we have always made the empties available for use as rain barrels.
Recently the northern New Jersey non-profit Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization (MEVO), which involves young people in cleaning up the environment and promoting sustainable practices, asked if they could have all of them. We said yes.
They will use the barrels for rain water catchment to water the crops, and for compost collection to add nutrients back in the soil, at the MEVO Fresh Roots Farm, 2.5 acres of organic community farm space in Mahwah, New Jersey.
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Upcoming Events
David will be teaching an herbal intensive weekend on the talking Leaves: The Language of Plants
(See below on this group's Orlando Grief Care Project)
Sept 29 - Oct 3
Herbalist & Alchemist will be exhibiting, and speaking with many veterinarians who use H&A product in their practices.
Sept 21
The American Herbal Products Association HerbWalk will take place once again the day before Expo East at the incredible
James Duke's Green Farmacy Garden in Fulton, MD. David will be one of the HerbWalk Herbalists leading the tours on September 21st.
Click Here to Register...
Sept 22-24
The natural products industry's East Coast trade show. Visit us in booth # 5418 for book signings by David, and the chance to win product baskets, a library of David's educational materials, and a free Kindle Fire. We will also be introducing some revisions to one of our popular herbal kits and changes to several formulas.
(details on these changes below)
David will be teaching an herbal pathology weekend intensive. His class topics are Differential Treatment for Anxiety and Depression with Botanicals and Nutritional Medicine, Herbal and Nutritional Medicine for Gastroenterology and Brain Pain: The Challenge of Migraines.
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Use the button above to find more information and see where else David is teaching this year on his Center for Herbal Studies website.
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David Winston's Students: Where Are They Now?
For each newsletter we interview one of David Winston's former students to find out what inspired them to learn about herbal medicine and how they are using their training. This summer we caught up with herbalist on staff at Valley Integrative Pharmacy and owner of Hilltop Herbals, Cheryl Karcher.
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Formula Changes
Anyone who has heard David describe how he thinks about the synergy between herbs in his formulas understands why this company has "Alchemist" in the name, and why his formulas are not fixed in stone. Sometimes David's
continuing clinical usage and new scientific research inspires a change. Or if it becomes harder to find a certain herb of sufficient quality and sustainability, he'll replace it with a more readily available one that works well with the other herbs.
We have two formula changes to announce:
New Formula:
Dong Quai root added
Contains: Oat milky seed (Avena sativa), Shatavari root (Asparagus racemosa), Dong Quai root (Angelica sinensis), White Pond Lily rhizome (Nymphaea odorata), Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
New Formula: Echinacea flower, Kudzu, Collinsonia added
Contains: Echinacea purpurea root & flower (Echinacea purpurea), Eyebright herb (Euphrasia officinalis), Horseradish root (Armoracia rusticana), Kudzu root (Pueraria montana lobata, P. montana), Osha root (Ligusticum porteri), Bayberry root bark (Morella cerifera), Collinsonia whole plant (Collinsonia canadensis)
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Kit Change
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Our
Healthy Kids Support Kit replaces Astragalus Glycerite with
Compound Mullein Oil, which makes a lot of sense given how often children's ears need attention!
The Kit now includes:
Healthy Kid's Compound™ - Safe and balanced formula to support the immune system. David Winston combines Echinacea with the deep rich fruit of Elderberry and adds pleasant tasting Lemon Balm, a member of the mint family rich in volatile oils. Pleasant tasting orange extract helps the formula "go down" easily even in finicky children.
Kid's Calmpound Glycerite™ - Gentle, calming formula useful for reducing irritability, frayed nerves and supporting the nervous system. It helps promote restful sleep and supports a calm mind.
Kid's Tummy Relief™ - Eat too much? Butterflies in the stomach? Agida? This tasty formula combines gentle carminatives such as Ginkgo, Lemon Balm, Chamomile and Catnip with Dandelion root to support GI function.
Compound Mullein Oil™ - Kid's itching their ears? Mullein, St. John's Wort, Garlic & White Sage are separately infused into certified organic olive oil and then blended into a wonderful, soothing ear oil.
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David Winston's Center for Herbal Studies: New Class Forming
David's current class is getting ready for graduation, but a new
Herbalist Training Program class starts on
September 20th. If you've thought about deepening your herbal medicine knowledge, you can't do better than this two-year program, which David has been teaching for 36 years. David's past students utilize their training in a variety of ways, from clinic, to research, hospitals, product manufacturing, retailing and educating. The two-year course can be attended in person or online, with classes meeting once a week on Tuesday evenings.
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Herbalists Respond to Orlando Tragedy
In the wake of the horrible tragedy in Orlando on June 13th, herbalist Emily Ruff, Executive Director of the Florida School of Holistic Living, requested our support for their newly launched Orlando Grief Care Project. Their mission: to get holistic healing remedies into the hands of the community to help
ease the shock, and provide comfort and support during the grief process. We immediately overnighted 100 bottles of David Winston's Grief Relief formula.
Emily wrote "In our first informal clinic at a vigil Sunday evening, we provided herbal support to nearly 100 individuals, donating grief counseling and distributing supplies." Their work is ongoing.
Click Here on how you can Help...
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David Winston's Herbal Salon 2016 Schedule
We're pleased to see more Practitioners and Health Food Store Staff participating in David's free Herbal Salons held once a month on Wednesdays at Noon Eastern time. Not receiving your invite? Please email karen1@herbalist-alchemist.com.
Access to David's Salons is limited to wholesale customers, so please be sure to include the name of the store or practitioner for whom you work.
Topics for the rest of 2016 are:
September 7 - Focus & concentration
October 12 - Cancer Support
November 2 - Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat
December 7 - Sleep / Insomnia
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David Winston's Herbal Jeopardy-Summer Edition Contest
Answer correctly & you will be entered into a drawing to win an H&A "cash card" worth
$50.00
towards future purchases of our quality products.
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Our Spring Contest winner was Lucinda Ellison from Corrales, NM but congrats to all who answered "
Collinsonia canadensis (Collinsonia)"
as the correct answer.
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