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If an item is not on the garage
sale, please look on our regular web pages
When Looking for Chinese
Herbs or the Formulas by the Pin Yin Names
Use the guide below.
For Example: To find Bo He Click on the letter "B"
in the Chinese Herb Listing
To Find Gu Zhi Fu Ling Wan Click on the letter "G"
in the Chinese Herb Listing.
As
always we are only a phone call away if you if have any
questions, or comments. Quality
of Herbal Extracts
for Herbal Times
Stage One: Herb Identification and Selection
The Geo-Authentic Herbs are Properly Identified and
Selected from their Indigenous Regions
Quality Control #1
Upon arrival at our factory, Master Herbalists inspect the
herbs to determine that they are of the correct species and
part of the plant. If the herb is one of 500 plus herbs listed
in the 2005 Chinese Herbal Pharmacopoeia the chemical analyses
listed in the pharmacopoeia will be used to confirm the
identification, ensure potency and to test for active
constituents.
The herbs are sorted, washed, and agitated according to a
specific protocol for each herb.
Quality Control #2
Prior to processing, raw herbs are randomly sampled and
inspected to ensure that they meet our strict quality control
criteria before being blended into formulas.
Stage Two: Extraction
The herbs are carefully combined to create the formula.
After foreign materials are meticulously removed, the
ingredients are processed according to the traditional
processing techniques required by the formula under the strict
supervision of our Master Herbalist.
They are carefully combined and cooked together in a vat,
during the extraction process, the temperature, pressure,
fluid level are carefully monitor to ensure that all the
constituents of the herbs are captured resulting in a full
spectrum extract.
Stage Three: Concentration
A low temperature extraction process is used to minimize
the potential damaging effect of high heat processing. During
the concentration process the essential oil which are captured
and preserve in the extraction process are added back
(reintroduced) later in the granulation phase to ensure that
all herbal constituents remain in our full spectrum extracts.
This results in the natural fragrant bouquet that you smell
when you open a bottle of Herbal Times® Herbal
Extracts.
Stage Four: Granulation
The liquid extract concentrated using low temperature, low
pressure evaporation concentration process is use to create
the 5:1 full spectrum extract, than it travels to fluid-bed
spay drier that sprays the liquid onto a drying bed to create
the concentrated granules. During this process, a flow agent
made from corn-starch is added to maintain the stability of
the granules. All the granules are than measured to ensure
consistency in size, color, and appearance to ensure the best
possible product.
Stage Five: Laboratory Testing
Laboratory Testing #1
An array of test are used on every batch produced that is
associated with the lot number.
A variety of methods measure potency by substantiating the
presence of active ingredients. In addition, we perform heavy
metals (lead, mercury, and arsenic) and microbacteria screens
(E. coli, salmonella, and various other possible
bio-contaminants such as molds and yeasts). We also test for
any known dangers such as Aristolochic Acid or for regulatory
compliance such ephedrine alkaloids.
Laboratory Testing #2
The Import-Export Bureau of China randomly tests Herbal
Times® for heavy metals and microbacteria.
Importation
Once the product arrives at our warehouse, we randomly
sample the extracts to ensure that the Chinese laboratories
results are accurate.
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