Broad Spectrum Programs

This section provides suggestions to assist you in getting started with, and maintaining, a well- balanced, sophisticated, broad spectrum Chinese tonic herbal program.

BROAD SPECTRUM TONIC PROGRAMS

Those of you who are familiar with Chinese herbs may be interested in developing your own specific, finely tuned tonic herbal program. Chinese Herbs has provided all the tools you will need to develop a superb program, perfectly suited to your specific needs.

There are a number of ways to create a complete, broad spectrum tonic program for yourself or for someone you know. You may add formulas to the Basic Program or to the TreasurePak Program, both of which are described in the Getting Started section. 

Or, you can modify these programs as you like. All Chinese Herbs products come in individual bottles for your convenience.

For example, the following formulations may be added to the Simple Basic Program, or may replace the formulations of the TreasurePak:

Deep essence replenishment for those who have exhausted themselves. This formula may be added to the Simple Basic Program, or it could replace Shou Wu Formula in the TreasurePak Program. It is more yin.

Mental & physical enhancement for those who wish to feel the power of yang herbs.This formula may be added to the Simple Basic Program, or it could replace Shou Wu Formula in the TreasurePak Program. It is more yang.

Herbs traditionally used to help build blood and improve circulation. Especially good for women of all ages. This formula may be added to the Simple Basic Program, or it could replace Shou Wu Formula in the TreasurePak Program. Or it could replace Super Adaptogen in a woman's program.

These are just examples.

In fact, you have over a hundred incredible tonic formulations to choose from in order to build your personal program. Go to the Products section and examine formulations. Also, the Lifestyles section will provide you with a huge amount of insight into which formulations might be best suited to you.

Feel free to explore and combine tonic formulations in virtually any combination you feel is right for you. All these formulations are very safe when used reasonably. Just remember to maintain balance in your program and to practice moderation. Remember that you are always trying to build each of the three treasures, but you may emphasize the treasures that you feel you need to work on most.

Major Features of a Sophisticated Full Spectrum Tonic Herbal Program

Men and women generally take many of the same tonic herbs because most of the superior herbs are beneficial to everyone, irrespective of gender and age. Yet men and women have some significant biological differences, both physiologically and psychologically, and require certain specific herbs that help them develop optimal health and happiness.

· Yin and Yang should be balanced in your program to support your needs.

· The program should contain Jing tonic herbs, Qi tonic herbs, Shen tonic herbs.

· The program should have a strong protective quality and therefore might contain a number of protective herbs or a strong protective formulation.

· Your program may require a harmonizing formula.

Self Analysis and Your Tonic Program

Here is how you determine what you need:

In order to get the most out of a Chinese herbal program:

1. Consider your own constitution, be it Yin or Yang.

· Your 'constitution' is the original nature of your body, based on your genetics and your physiological and psychological state when you were born. Your original constitution is determined by the genetics of your parents and by how your were nurtured in the womb. If, when you were young, you had strong resistance, strong bones, lots of energy, strong digestion and come from parents and grandparents who have strong skeletal structures, you probably have a Yang constitution.

· If, when you were young, you had poor resistance, thin bones, less than adequate energy, weak digestion and come from parents and grandparents who have thin skeletal structures, you are probably of a Yin constitution. Here are some other analytical factors:

· Those who mature early and powerfully generally have a more Yang constitution, while those who mature late tend to be more Yin.

· People who put on muscle naturally and easily are more Yang, and those who are more frail or more Yin.

· Men and women who tend to be more masculine are more Yang, and those who tend to be more feminine are Yin.

2. Consider your current condition. You will design your program so that your Yin-Yang balance is regulated.

· This means that if you are lacking Yang, you will use more Yang herbs, or a Yang formulation, in your program. If you are lacking in Yin, you will use more Yin hers, or a Yin formulation, in your program. Your current condition describes your energy state now.

· If you like hot drinks more than cold drinks, you are probably Yang deficient. If you like cold drinks all the time, even during cool weather, you are probably either Yang excessive or Yin deficient, or both.

· If you get hot while sleeping, you are either Yin deficient or you are Yang excessive, or both. If you get cold while sleeping, you are probably Yang deficient.

· If your hands and feet become hot all the time, you are probably Yin deficient or Yang excessive. If your hands and feet become cold all the time, you are probably Yang deficient.

· If you have hot reactions, such as sudden hot flashes, bloodshot eyes, red sore throat, facial flushing, etc. you are probably Yang excessive or Yin deficient or both. If you tend to get the chills, you are probably Yang deficient.

· If you have lots of sexual drive, especially if it is rather unsatiable, you are probably Yang excessive. If you lack sex drive you are probably Yang deficient.

· Yang people like cold weather, Yin people especially like warmer weather.

· People with strong sex drives generally have plenty of Yang, and those with weak sex drives are Yang deficient.

Based on these evaluations, decide if you want to have more Yang or more Yin in your life.

3. Consider the Three Treasures: Jing, Qi and Shen.

· According to your perceived strengths and weaknesses, and based upon your goals, you should select a Jing tonic, a Qi tonic and a Shen tonic, appropriately balanced according to the Principle of Yin and Yang. In a nutshell:

Jing Tonics

In an ideal program, a person consumes herbs that help develop each of the three treasures optimally. A tonic herbal program does not focus attention solely, or even primarily, on symptoms. It focuses on the rebuilding of the energies that are the root of our existence. Therefore, Jing is fundamental. Every one should take a powerful Jing tonic daily. There is no adult, including many young adults, who cannot benefit from a Jing tonic formula. As people grow older, they automatically become depleted of Jing. Almost every one needs Yin Jing, since this is the fuel of life. Many people also require Yang Jing. In fact, most people require both in some balance. Trying to determine the condition of one’s Jing and the proper balance of one’s Jing formula is central to the art of radiant health. Jing formulations are composed of the rejuvenation and anti-aging herbs.

Select a Jing tonic on the following bases:

• Jing tonics are either Yin or Yang, or both.
• If your condition is Yin, select a Yang formula. If your condition is generally Yang, select a Yin formula. If you feel that you are neither too Yin nor too Yang, select a formula that contains both Yin and Yang.
• If you have been under extreme stress, select a Jing formula that is categorized as a 'restorative' formula, that is, one which restores Jing quickly.
• If you are exhausted, or feel tired all the time, take a 'restorative' formula.
• If you wake up every morning feeling really tired, take a 'restorative' formula.
• If you take a Yang Jing formula and you become uncomfortably hot or tense, either switch to a more Yin formula, or add Yin herbs to your program. If you take a Yin formula and become cold, either change to a more Yang formula, or add more Yang herbs to your program.
• If you are an athlete, take Jing tonics that contain both Yin and Yang herbs.
• If you work very hard, take plenty of Yin herbs.

Qi and Blood Tonics

Selecting a Qi tonic is generally not too difficult. The primary concern is whether you want more Qi tonic herbs or blood tonics. Men generally use more Qi tonics than women, and women use more blood tonics. The Qi component includes most of the primary adaptogenic herbs that help us handle the stresses of life.

Select a Qi tonic on the following bases

• Qi tonics may be hot or cold. If you tend to get hot, take a cool, cold or neutral herbs like Gynostemma, Rhodiola, Codonopsis, American Ginseng, etc.. If you tend to get cold, take warm or neutral herbs like, Asian Ginseng, Codonopsis, Siberian Ginseng, Astragalus, etc.
• If you have digestive weakness, select formulas that contain Qi tonics that are known to improve digestion and assimilation, such as Ginseng, Atractylodes, Licorice root, etc.
• If you have lung weakness or breathing difficulties, select Qi tonics that have a reputation for improving respiration, such as Chinese Ginseng, American Ginseng, Tibetan Rhodiola, Codonopsis, Licorice root, etc.
• If you are tired all the time and your skin is pale or your tongue is pale, take a formula that contains blood tonic herbs, such as Lycium, Polygonum multiflorum, Dang Gui and Longan fruit.
• If you are a woman, of any age or health status, take a formula that contains blood tonics such as Dang Gui, Lycium, Longan, Polygonum and Peony root.
• If you lack adaptability, have trouble handling stress without becoming unraveled or very fatigued, take a Qi tonic that contains adaptogenic herbs such as Ginseng, Rhodiola, Siberian Ginseng, Gynostemma, etc.
• If you are an athlete, take lots of Qi tonics, especially the powerful adaptogenic herbs such as Ginseng, Rhodiola, Siberian Ginseng, Gynostemma, etc.

Shen Formulations

The Shen tonic component depends upon how much stress you are under and upon your spiritual aspirations.

Select a Shen Tonic Herb or Formulation

• If you are trying to develop your mind and your wisdom, take Shen developing herbs such as Reishi, Rhodiola, Wild Ginseng, Pearl, Schizandra, Lycium, Polygonatum and Asparagus root.
• If you are experiencing anxiety, excessive worry, fear or agitation, use a Peaceful Spirit formula which contains herbs like Reishi, Pearl, Albizzia bark, Albizzia flower, Zizyphus, Biota seed, Lily flower, Ophiopogon, etc.
• If you are heavily stress out, and feel lots of tension, sometimes you should take a Peaceful Spirit formula as well, plus a booster of one of the Shen developing herbs such as Reishi, Rhodiola, Wild Ginseng or Pearl.
• Bupleurum-based formulas are also very good for people who feel oppressed, frustrated, irritable, angry, or even violent. Depending on the degree of these emotions, you may take a Peaceful Spirit formula, and may seek some professional help.
• Many people, when they first get into Chinese tonic herbalism, need to consume one Bupleurum-based formula. Bupleurum-based formulas are called Qi-regulators. They regulate the energy so that it does not 'spike;' that is, the energy is controlled so that it does not fluctuate too extremely. Many people experience wide fluctuations in their energy levels from minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day, or in some cases over the period of their monthly cycle. Any wild fluctuation is draining and needs to be stabilized. Many Bupleurum-based formulas are available, and a number of these have been described in Chapter 7. Bupleurum-based formulas are used for the first year or so of a person’s tonic program, after which the energy becomes self-regulating and the Bupleurum-based formulas become less necessary for most people or even unnecessary.

4. Select a powerful Protective Formulation.

This, you will find, is one of the great strategic secrets of radiant health. Formulations such as Supreme Protector, Protector 2000, Ron Teeguarden's Super Pill, Reishi Capsules, and Four Kings (100 Caps) $36.00 fill this bill perfectly. Always include one or more of these products in your tonic herbal program.

5. Remedial Herbal Products

In addition, one may wish to take one or more specific herbs or formulas to address certain specific problems. However, these should be selected with the help of an herbalist who understands remedial herbalism.

6. Determine What Delivery System Will Work for You

The vast majority of people on tonic programs accomplish their goals by taking several commercially prepared formulations, combined in such a manner as to create a synergistic three treasures-based program. All the formulations you need to create a program are available from Chinese Herbs in capsule or tincture form. This is, for most people, the easiest way to consume Chinese tonic herbs. Delivery systems will be described in more detail in the next section. The delivery system is the method of ingestion: in other words, liquid, capsules, etc. All this can all also be accomplished with one very sophisticated formulation prepared with excellent raw materials. The herbs are cooked as a soup and the resulting brew is consumed daily. This is an excellent approach, and is most certainly the traditional one. Some people enjoy preparing tonic brews in this way, though it is always time consuming and often messy. Very few people these days prepare their own teas even once, much less consistently. However, our herbalists at the Herb Garden can prepare and pre-package custom herbal tonic teas for our clients. New technology allows these teas to be naturally preserved and easy to manage and consume. This service has rapidly grown in popularity in the past few years.

Creating Your Own Personalized Herbal Program

A primary purpose of this web site is to explain how to start, develop, and maintain an appropriate Chinese tonic herbal PROGRAM that will be of true benefit – with visible, lasting results. If the program is well designed, you should see positive changes take place in your life.

Getting started on a program of Chinese tonic herbs is easy. Two factors that make it easy are (1) the ready availability of excellent products, and (2) the safety of these products, which allows you to experiment, based on some basic education.

In creating a program, you must make two fundamental decisions: (1) you must chose the style of program you wish to get on, and (2) you must select a delivery system that is comfortable for you.

Selecting a Style

You will want to select a style that you can stick with for an extended period of time. We offer three styles:

(1) basic (simple)

(2) three treasures-based

(3) lifestyle-based.

Delivery Systems

The delivery system refers to the basic method by which you consume the herbs. We provide herbs in four basic delivery systems.

(1) Capsules. Many of our formulas are sold as spray dried extracts (concentrated powders) in capsules. These formulations are made from premium raw materials scrupulously selected to meet Ron Teeguarden’s extremely high standards. They are extracted in modern a pharmaceutical factory that specializes in the extraction of premium herbal ingredients. Each batch is meticulously made and carefully tested for both potency and to assure that their are no contaminants of any nature. Our standards are much higher than typical industry standards. These are the highest grade herbal extracts on the market.

(2) Hydro-Ethanolic Tinctures. A number of our premium products are extracted by the hydro-ethanolic method of extraction and are sold in dropper bottles (approximately 35% alcohol). These are extracted in an all-glass extraction unit at low temperature to assure the ultimate potency. We use the finest grade herbs in the world to make these hydro-ethanolic extracts. They are extremely rich and uniquely powerful.

(3) Tea Bags. We also sell a number of products as tea bags. Certain herbs have been found through the centuries to be highly effective when taken freshen steeped. Gynostemma and Pterocarya are two of these. Other herbs are extracted and are then soaked into the Gynostemma or Pterocarya tea leaves. These are allowed to dry, creating incredible longevity teas, unlike any tea you have every consumed before.

(4) Custom Elixirs. We make a number of products in daily doses of liquid tea, sealed aseptically in retort pouches and sold in units of 15, 30 or 60 servings. We also provide a very customized service of creating specific custom teas for those who wish to consult with one of our herbalists and have a liquid admixture made specifically for them utilizing any of the herbs described in this website.

Compliance, Consistency and Persistence Are Key Factors to Your Success

You may have to experiment a bit when it comes to choosing a delivery system, but once you find a delivery system that you can maintain, lock into that system.

Never Forget, Quality Is of the Utmost Importance

The chemistry and energetics of different herbs can vary greatly and many products on the market are not of high value. Your body, mind and spirit – e.g., YOU -- deserve the best phytonutrients you can obtain. Higher quality herbs contain more of the three treasures. The better the quality of an herb, the more of the three treasures it contains. For example, the better the quality of Astragalus root, the more Qi it provides. The older and wilder a Ginseng root, the more Qi and Shen it contains. The older the Polygonum root, the more Jing it contains. It is our commitment to provide the highest quality herbs in the world.

The Goal

Building, nurturing and balancing the three treasures, Jing, Qi and Shen, should be your herbal goal. A high quality, full spectrum formula, or better yet, a complete basic program based on several formulations, will provide a full spectrum of superior herbs consisting of a rich blend of the three treasures. These in turn will nourish all five elemental systems (Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal) while balancing and regulating the Yin and Yang functions of the body and mind. If your program accomplishes all this, your health and well being will profoundly effected and you will be on the road to radiant health.

Now you have the basics for creating a program. We have created four methods of developing your program. Check them out and select an approach that suits you.

· Single Superior Herb Program

· Broad Spectrum Adaptogenic Three Treasures Tonic Program

· Life Style Programs

· Herbal Consultation

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