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Liquid HerbsLiquid herbal extracts are an herbal food, or combination of foods, diluted in in liquids such as distilled water and ethanol, that may be used as a "natural medicine." Natural ethanol is an alcohol commonly distilled from grain and is also know as neutral alcohol. Synthetic ethanol is made from and explosive, inflammable, compound known acetylene gas. It is cheap, "lifeless" and un-natural and are not used in making herbal extracts. A frequently asked question is what herbal extracts are and why do they contain a natural or neutral alcohol? Herbal extracts are herbal plant foods that have been diluted in a liquid that dissolves and or suspends them. They are "natural medicines". An herbal extract can be made with something which allows an herb to dissolve in it. This can include most common liquids, such as distilled water, vinegar, wine, glycerin, or a neutral alcohol. When you put an herbal tea bag into a cup of water, the color, taste, and aroma which dissolve into the water make an herbal extract. However, some parts of the herb in the tea bag do not dissolve in water. Water will not dissolve the oil, waxy, detergent, enzymatic or hormonal content of the herb. Vinegar, wine and glycerin will dissolve a small amount of this. The fact is, a combination of distilled water and neutral alcohol is the best fluid known for dissolving all parts of an herb. A distilled water and neutral alcohol extract provide an herbal plant food in a "predigested" form. It should be noted that when you get the full strength of an herbal food, a little goes a long way. This is a "natural medicine" made from an herbal food. The concept of moderation is the key. Liquid herbal extracts are absorbed more easily into the body's system. Liquids start working for the body the second the herb hits the tongue. A capsule must go into the digestive system and be reabsorbed to begin working. Most people do not have proper digestive systems to start with, thereby losing even more of the capsule's healing properties before it can even begin. Most people are not aware that they may be carrying around as much as ten pounds of rather disgusting debris, coating the surfaces of their digestive canal, stomach and small and large intestines. This debris forms a barrier between the food that is eaten and the absorption of needed nutrition. This means the digestive system needs some help. When you take a look at the digestive canal of the adult, you see a tube or pipe about 26 feet long which is often clogged or very slow to empty because of debris. Not only is this barrier of debris bad for the absorption of the commonly eaten foods but also, for absorption of herbal powders, herbal powders in capsules, herbal pills, and vitamin tablets. Liquid herbal extracts cross the debris barrier rapidly while helping dissolve the barrier in the process. As a matter of fact, an herbal extract can be applied externally right over the area where it is needed. This, of course, would be difficult to do with a capsule or tablet. Depending on the quantity, a neutral alcohol performs different functions when introduced into or on the body. In minute quantities (drops), it acts as a carrier for whatever is dissolved in it. The water, herbs and alcohol in a finished product form an association which will actually show up as a lower amount of alcohol than you started with. The dissolved herbal food substances in this kind of liquid are very easily absorbed by the body. In larger quantities, alcohol acts as a stimulant. By the glassful, alcohol acts as a depressant to the body functions and an intoxicant. This constitutes abuse rather than use. A person can tell the difference. Dr. William Donald Kelly, author of many books on natural ways to become more healthy, tells us that the human pancreas (principal digestive organ of the body) actually produces a small amount of a natural, neutral (ethanol) alcohol on a constant basis so that we will not freeze. As a further observation, most mouthwashes and deodorants utilize a fairly high percentage of alcohol which acts as a carrier for mouth and breath cleansing substances or deodorant. In many cases, there are extracts of cleansing and aromatic substances. The alcohol acts as a carrier. If a person can use a mouthwash or underarm deodorant, they can probably use an herbal extract without a problem. If they cannot use them without a problem, then they should use capsules, tablets, or teas. A fair question might be how much neutral alcohol should an extract contain? Roughly, a mixture of one-third neutral alcohol and two-thirds water will dissolve enough of the herb so that a person gets the proper nourishment in a few drops of the extract. When you add more water, then you need more extract to do the same thing. An extract could be made with so much water that you would have to consume bottles of the extract to achieve the same nutritional value you could get in a few drops of a one-third neutral alcohol extract.
Carrie Diana Davis - Independent Distributor of Pure Herbs Products
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