Welcome to the reality of verbal therapy podcast. So I had a interesting experience that brought up some stuff and I wanted to like chat with you guys because it's like, you know it would be really it was kind of an eye opener for me. um so a couple weeks ago, I had a I came down list, you know, whatever the cred was that was going around, had sore throat, headache, you know, stuffy ears, the whole respiratory thing that was going around and and I just didn't feel real good. And so Lynn, sometimes in the morning, does um kind of an herbal tea thing that, um it's it's an amazing thing. And if you ever heard about it, where you basically take fresh ginger and slice it into um like eighth inch, quarter inch, thick slices, put a couple slices in a in a cup, pour hot water over it, and let it steep for five minutes and then put squeeze half a juice of half a lemon and put some honey to taste in it. and so this ginger lemon, honey hot drink is really, really wonderful. It basically it starts digestion first thing in the morning. It helps your liver to start functioning properly. It does all sorts of really wonderful things. Well, it felt really, really good on my sore throat and um you know lemon and honey is is really soothing to the respiratory system and it's really helpful, good boost of vitamamin C. So I felt really, really good. Well, I did that two or three mornings and then um I was feeling well and I only missed a day of coming into the office and then I came in the next day and um drank my whole cup of this of the of the morning tea and I was like craving more of it morning more of it. So I found um a brand of lemon, it's like lemon ginger, um in a in a tea bag and I was like hey, it'll be the same thing. And um so I made some up, put in my honey and it wasn't awful. I mean it's not it wasn't nasty, but it was there was a huge difference between the fresh lemon and the fresh ginger and the dehydrated lemon peel and the dehydrated lemon in the the, you know, ginger granules or whatever was in it, like there was such a difference in flavor and such a difference in how I felt drinking it and having it. So the whole reason I wanted to bring it up is Dr. James always talked about freshness and quality, quality of ingredients and freshness, um you know we we we almost everything that we put out um any bottle that you get is never more than six months old. Um There's a couple of herbs that sell real slow that could be a little bit more than that, but ninety0% of what we sell is never more than six months old. um so when you open those bottles, you get the smell of whatever's in it. um Somebody was talking about herbal MSM the other day where they said it basically it smells like a spaghetti dinner because of the oregano and paprika so fresh they still got those oils that give off the smell and everything like that um and the reason that freshness is such an important thing is because of how the vit over time vitamins slowly get lost within the herbs and the sp and the things that are in the formulas. So basically once you cut it, if you don't eat it within it's like 45 minutes to an hour, three fourths of the vitamins and minerals are gone. So basically, if you've got something fresh that's growing in your garden, that's why Dr. James was always like, if it's growing in your garden, it's a million times better than what is put in those capsules. because the vitamins and everything that were that are in the living plant are so much there's so much to it. There's so much more vitamin. There's so much more life energy. The life that it will give pass on to you. um And then you from, you know, you lose your first major bit of the vitamins in that first hour and then it kind of like slowly take it loses a little bit top, you know, longer it goes. um so the herbs, they're basically they're encapsulated. They're in dark bottles. They're not going to lose a lot, but you're still going to lose those oils, a lot of how how well they work. um So freshness is so vital and so important to what we do and why we do it. um In fact, that's why Dr. James made the herbal formulas because he would basically he would see somebody um for whatever reason, and he would give them, okay, go get these herbs, make a tea out of it and and, you know, it'll it'll help. And it was always hidden miss if it would work. The people would say, well, it worked or yeah, it didn't work or there was it was always different as how well it would work. And that's when Dr. James realized that freshness and the quality of the herbs that go into those capsules is so important, and that's why um when we, you know, there's there's growing seasons and stuff and we we get stuff from as many different places as we can, but we always look for the freshest herbs that we can get. So the companies that we purchase the herbs from we are always watching. There are very we're very particular on making sure that those herbs are fresh because fresh is and quality are the two things that make these herbs work. That's why people, when they talk about our herbs or when you have noticed how well these herbs work, as supposed to other herbal formulas, it's that freshness and quality that we insist on. I just really wanted to share that with you. I was like I really felt like getting that letting you know freshness is is paramount to the effectiveness of the herbs. um so if you have any questions, let me know I'd love to answer him. uh you can call me just about any time, text, email. um and subscribe on all of your favorite podcast platforms, trying to get it out there on as many platforms as as we can. um and if we're not on your favorite platform, let me know and I will get it added. So um it was great to talk with you and we'll talk to you later.
