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12/23/2024

Happy Holidays from the Nuherbs Family!

Please be advised we will be closed for Christmas holiday 12/25 & 12/26, and New Years Day 1/1/2025.
Stay Safe and Be Well!

02/09/2024

Happy Lunar New Year. Wishing you and your family a healthy and prosperous year of the Dragon.

06/12/2023

The Federal Trade Commission warned approximately 670 companies of the penalties they could face if they mislead consumers with unsubstantiated product claims, part of a continuing effort to re-establish the agency’s authority to penalize brands that engage in deceptive marketing practices.

The warnings follow a December update to the FTC’s guidance on advertising health-related products that emphasized the need for concrete substantiation for claims.

The new warnings aren’t limited to health claims and could apply to any marketers’ statements about the performance of their products, the agency said.

Marketers, brands, and manufacturers will likely review their practices to avoid risking penalties that could stretch into the hundreds of millions of dollar.

Sources:

The Wall St. Journal: https://buff.ly/3MVD3wS
Read the FTC Warning Letter: https://buff.ly/3KJudzQ
FTC Health Products Compliance Guidance Practices: https://buff.ly/3WcDowc

Marketers will likely review their practices to avoid risking penalties that could stretch into the hundreds of millions of dollars

06/07/2023

Since 2014, there’s been a 40% increase in launches of foods, beverages, and wellness products that contain floral flavors, as dietary trends that include eating sustainable, clean food use more herbs and botanicals for flavor.

The flowers that hold consumers’ interest are hibiscus, jasmine, rose, lavender, and elderflower, among others.

Consumers are looking to embrace flavorful, functional botanicals in novel ways, opening up an opportunity for wellness-focused practitioners to encourage this exploration.

Offering simple recipes that include interesting herbs, spices, roots, and bark gives consumers easy ways to enhance their meals and experience the health benefits of botanicals.

See how consumer interest in botanicals can be used in your practice or business.

In the last 10 years, interest in botanicals has boomed when it comes to consumers. Many consumers have gravitated toward functional food and beverages...

06/05/2023

A change in seasons brings a change in our body’s immune response to allergens blooming in our environment that can cause disharmony within the body.

Seasonal allergies often manifest with symptoms such as runny nose, congestion, sneezing, hives, and itchy skin.

In this article, we look at the Lungs, Kidneys, and Spleen as systems most affected by seasonal allergies and highlight their close, interconnected relationship.

With each system, we take a closer look into which botanicals can provide the best relief and support for seasonal discomfort.

Here’s a look at herbs and botanicals that support spring and summer allergies:

Spring and summer ares seasons of renewal and growth; however, it also means “allergy season” for millions worldwide. Fortunately, there are time-tested, safe, and effective botanicals that can offer support. Let’s explore the manifestation of seasonal allergies from a traditional Chinese medi...

02/09/2023

Ben of Five Flavors is back at it! Febraury 22, 2023 will be the last webinar in our herbalist and practitioner series.

Ben will be discussing Flexible Herbalism: Delivery Systems, Botanical Analogues, Sources, and Access. Feel free to join other herbalists in an open, practice building discussion.

You can register for those here.https://buff.ly/3kn1MON

Participants will receive our 2023 Practitioner TCM Herbs and Botanical Kit, filled with some of our favorite single ingredients and formulas.

If you create an account, we’ll also give you 20% off your first practitioner order (up to $500). https://buff.ly/3QXH6c7

02/01/2023

Up next in our practitioner education series is: "Modifying TCM formulas for Men’s Health with Western Herbs:
https://buff.ly/3kn1MON

If you haven't reserved your space, do so now. Participation is 100% free.

01/26/2023

In this episode, Wilson speaks to Dr. Holly Johnson, the Chief Science Officer of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA).

Last season, Holly and Wilson discussed the importance of AHPA’s Tonnage Study.

They are back to discuss the conversations that happened around sustainability at AHPA’s 10th Botanical Congress.

In this episode:

0:52: Climate Change is Real – And It’s Affecting Your Herbal Supply Chain
2:10: How Gen Z and Younger Generations are Combating Climate Change
3:43: The Future - It’s Here Now
4:20: How to Conduct an Environmental Audit of Your Organization
5:48: Looking at Sustainability Through Socioeconomic Lens
9:26: Energy Consumption, Emissions and Examples
11:42: Going Beyond Good Intentions - Finding the Right Partners
14:14: Question: How Do We Really Measure Our Impact?
16:06: From Growth to Cultivations- The Many Factors that Affect Sustainability

In this episode, Wilson speaks to Dr. Holly Johnson, the Chief Science Officer of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). Last season, Holly and...

01/24/2023

February kicks off our free weekly "lunch and learn" webinar for herbalists to discuss herbal formulation strategies with Five Flavors Herbs.

In classic form, Ben will be melding his background in traditional Chinese herbalism with his passion for local West coast botanicals.

Bring your questions, your cases (de-identified, of course), and a hot lunch or cup of tea!

Register Here: https://buff.ly/3kn1MON

01/20/2023

Did you know that the Chinese calendar goes in a cycle of 12 years?

Each year is symbolized by a different animal. In fact, 2023 is the year of the Rabbit!

This year, Chinese New Year starts on January 22. Chinese New Year isn’t only celebrated on one day.

Traditionally it is celebrated across 15 days and ends when there is a full moon!

The first three days are a public holiday in China and is when the main celebrations take place.

As China was a largely agrarian society, Chinese New Year was traditionally a time when people prayed to the harvest gods to ensure that their next year's harvest would be fruitful.

Today, this has changed but praying still plays a role as remembering your ancestors as a family is one of the more important activities during Chinese New Year.

It ends with the Lantern Festival, where people will release flying lanterns into the sky.

The Lantern Festival is all about reconciliation, peace, and forgiveness.

Chinese people do not traditionally make New Year’s Resolutions like we do in the west, however the beginning of any new year is a great time to reflect openly on the goals you’ve set.

How can you apply the ideas of reconciliation, peace, and forgiveness to your life in 2023?

01/17/2023

This year, Nuherbs is partnering with the influencers and people doing innovative things in TCM, sustainability, and the herbal industry.

To start the new year off, we’re partnering with Five Flavors to help facilitate conversations with TCM and holistic health practitioners on using herbs and botanicals to help their patients in new ways.

For the next two months, Five Flavors will host a free lunch and learn series on herbal formulations to assist practitioners with their most challenging patient questions throughout the month of February.

🌿 January 18 & 25: Modifying TCMformulas with Culinary Herbs

🌿 February 1: Western herbal modifications for Cardiology for T.C.M. formulas

🌿 February 8: Modifying TCM formulas for Men’s health with Western herbs

🌿 February 22: Flexible herbalism: Delivery systems, botanical analogues, sources, and access

🌿 March 1 & 15: Dui Yao with Western herbs

🌿 March 22 & 29: Ad Hoc topical formulas for first aid and direct medicine

Register for one, or all of the conversations, in the series: https://buff.ly/3kn1MON

01/01/2023

Instead of setting goals this year, how about setting intentions?

An intention is an aim or purpose, something you plan to do or achieve — and paying more attention to your intentions can do truly incredible things for your life.

By setting intentions, you actively live your life with purpose. Here's a how to create them: https://buff.ly/3guoX7X