Ancient Herbal Secrets - Asian Healing Methods

Two Bottles are Better than One

2009-12-18T22:30:00.000-08:00

One of our affiliates came by today to pick up some herbal bath. His back was giving him problems big time. He basically shuffled in to the office bent over like an old man.

He said that he had started having back problems on and off earlier this year for no reason that he could figure out. In the last week since this bout had happened he had tried many different things such as sleeping, aspirin, acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments, stretching and he even went to the emergency room in the middle of the night as his back was spasming so badly. They gave him some pain relief drugs which helped a little.

Finally he tried a Rebalance Soak and he said that was the first real relief he got and he could actually feel the back flexibility come back a little bit, as well as the pain easing some.

He picked up two more bottles of the Rebalance Soak and used both bottles in a single bath. He was so excited about the results that he called me up and let me know that he was nearly standing straight now and felt great for the first time since this bout with his back started.

I had almost forgotten about how powerful the herbal soaks can be when you put multiple bottles of herb in a single bath. But this affiliate remembered this being mentioned before and took advantage of it in a big way. He just wishes he had thought to do this earlier and skipped all the other treatments. But the main thing is that he kept trying something until he solved it.

Gotta love those herbal baths.

Patches Really do Detox

2009-12-08T22:24:00.000-08:00

I'm constantly surprised at how powerful our Stress Relief Detox Patches are. Originally I was so use to using our Soaks and Internal Formulas to detox that I didn't really give much of a thought to the Patches when they first came out.

But when I first tried the patches I became a fan. They did create a feeling of relaxation very quickly and I've used them on occasion to relieve headaches. Recently I've tried the patches a little bit more regularly. Our products are much more powerful if you use them consistently. That is how you change a chronic condition in your body, like regular ongoing stress. So I wanted to see what they could do when I tried them for more than one day.

The first time I did a series of the patches I felt great while I was wearing them. But I did notice that I had a mild headache after I completed wearing the patches. This was clearly a Detox headache (just like what happens when you stop drinking coffee). Which surprised me as I think of myself as being past this. Until I realized that I hadn't done a herbal soak or had an internal formula in a while. And all that time those toxins accumulate and the patches were really detoxing me, as advertised. (Using the patches again helped me past the detox headache.)

So the next time I did a series of Stress Relief Detox Patches I was happy to see that I didn't have a recurrence of the detox episode. But now I have a deeper appreciation of how powerful these simple little patches are and now I they are permanent part of my health and wellness regimen.

Skin Care Formulas can Affect Wellness

2009-12-06T12:11:00.000-08:00

One of our Affiliates was talking to a friend of there's who had just tried the Eye Renewal Serum. The Affiliate was surprised when their friend said that they had started sleeping better once they started using the Eye Serum.

Our Affiliate asked if using the Eye Serum could really have that affect on someone. And the answer is a resounding yes.

The AHS products are truly holistic and can affect the entire body. If someone asked me which of our products would be best to use if they were having sleeping problems, I would most likely suggest the Rebalance Soak or the Stress-Relief Patches. However, all our products can positively affect the entire body. Many of our products were designed to target specific areas, but in improving that specific area a formula will help the entire body.

So don't be surprised when using these formulas that you see improvements in areas you didn't expect. This happens all the time with these amazing formulas.

Amazing Skin Care Results

2009-12-05T18:19:00.000-08:00

Something I don't talk about as much is our skin care products (I don't use those products as much as the others) . However I had a chance to see our skin care products in action this week and it was quite remarkable.

I know our skin care products are great, not only because I hear positive stories all the time and not just because they are not only all natural (i.e. chemical free), but they rely on the same principle all our other formulas do and that is they balance whatever skin condition is to promote healthier and better looking skin.

One of the women that works in our offices has been using many of our products (with a lot of success). But she had purchased some other skin care products and wanted use them up before trying ours. And finally she finished them up and started using the Ancient Herbal Secrets skin care products.

And even just after a few days it was obvious the difference. Initially I had forgotten that she had started using the products, but her skin looked so much healthier and it really did seem to glow. Others noticed this as well. She mentioned that it felt smoother and that she felt that her pores had gotten smaller too.

I had seen this in others, but it had been some time. Wow, I really love being associated with these products. They really do sell themselves.

The Most Relaxing Airplane Trip I've Ever Made

2009-08-20T22:43:00.000-07:00

I was returning from a recent vacation trip to see my parents. About halfway back on the plane trip home I noticed that I felt extremely relaxed. More relaxed than I had could remember ever being on a plane trip. And I found my self wondering why.

It's not that I overly stress on planes. Usually plane trips make me a little tired and a little tight in my back. Once in a while a plane trip is totally uncomfortable and stressful. I never know why this is. Is the cabin air an issue or maybe it's the crying babies or the jostling crowds or the stress of going through security gates. Who knows?

But on this trip I found myself totally relaxed and alert. What could be the reason? And then I realized that I was still wearing the Stress Relief and Detox Patches that I had put on the day before. Wow. What a difference.

I wouldn't have thought to put this on for a plane trip, but I brought the Stress Relief Patches on the trip with me for my parents. They love them because they find that the patches help them sleep at night. And the night before the trip I was feeling a little stressed from all the running around town we were doing on my vacation. So when my parents put the patches on before going to bed I grabbed a couple myself.

The more I use the Stress Relief Patches the more impressed I am with them. Not only was my plane trip relaxing, but the next day back at work I felt truly relaxed and rejuvenated. So I actually felt like I had been on a vacation. So add one more great use of the Stress Relief Patches.

Changing your habits

2009-04-26T21:16:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you have the tools to make things better and you don't know it or sometimes you just don't remember. A couple of times in the last few weeks people in our office have had body issues and their immediate reaction was to go back to old habits that either didn't work or worked marginally.

The first time was when my co-founder, Diann, and I were in a meeting at our offices and suddenly she asked me if we had any alcohol in the office. Well, this immediately confused me. My first reaction was to think she was referring to beer or wine.

I looked at her perplexed and asked her why she wanted alcohol. She explained that for some reason her thumb was pretty sore and it was her habit to soak a sore thumb in alcohol. I'm not sure where she learned that from.

It's not anything I've heard before, but I asked her why she just didn't use the Muscle & Joint Spray which we had plenty of in the office. A light went off for her head and she smiled and immediately got some M&J spray and applied it to her thumb. And of course she got immediately relief and she laughed because she was surrounded by the product that would help, but out of habit it didn't occur to her. The soreness didn't return.

Not too long after that our shipping manager, Carol, was limping around the office. I asked her what happened. She gave me some strange explanation about how she sprained her ankle and now it was all swollen and quite painful. (Something about sitting cross legged for too long and then getting up too quickly after her foot went to sleep.)

I asked her how she was treating it. Other than putting some ice on it, she really wasn't doing anything for it. Just staying off it until it got better.

She knows about the Muscle & Joint Kit and that many people use it on sprain ankles. But it didn't occur to her, even though she uses many of the other products. So after my prompting she tried the Muscle and Joint Kit that evening.

The next day the swelling had gone down and the pain was almost gone. She was pretty excited as she had been afraid that she might miss more than a week of running. But now she was sure that she was only going to miss a couple of days. Which turned out to be about right.

So the lesson here is that it takes some time or at least some effort to incorporate something new in your life, like these herbal formulas, so that you actually remember to use them when the time is right. (It also helps to have them around so they are there when you need them.)

The Secret to getting the Most out of Herbal Soaks

2009-04-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

There is a long tradition of herbal soaks and baths in Asia. Herbal soaks have many benefits for just about anyone. If you have stress, it will release your stress. If you have sore muscles, it can naturally release your aching muscles and joints. These soaks are also great for Detoxifying your body. If you have skin issues, it can possibly help resolve these too. There are many more benefits, many of which I listed in an earlier posting.

There are many tips and tricks that can help make your Herbal Soak more effective. And here are a few:

Take your herbal soak in the hottest water you can (without scalding your self!) The hotter the water the faster your body can absorb the herbs.
Try to keep as much of your body submersed as possible for as long as possible. Since many bath tubs are smaller than you'd like, one way to get more of the body under the water is by crossing your legs at one end of the tub and lying back at the other end.
If you can't get the entire body in the water, try to keep your feet, hands and lower back submersed. These areas are more absorbent than other parts of the body.
The longer you soak, the better. (And keeping it as hot as possible)
Take a series of soaks. The effectiveness of the Herbal Soaks improves many-fold if you take 3 baths, 3 days in a row or even better, 10 baths, 10 days in a row.
For those who are over 40 it can be very beneficial to take 100 baths in a year. This can help re-balance your Chi and improve your overall feeling of wellness that you had when you were much younger. (This is one of the most beneficial things I've done for myself.)
When you take a series of baths many days in a row, you can save some on herbs by not emptying the tub after the first day's soak. And then the next day, let half the contents of the tub out, add 1/2 of the herbs that you normally use in a soak and then fill the rest of the tub up with hot water. So for every two days that you do a soak, you'll save 25% of what you normally use.
I find it's best for me to not eat anything 30 minutes before and after a herbal soak. It's fine to drink water, but don't drink it too cold. It's good to wait at least 20 minutes before you drink water. This gives a chance for your body to cool down naturally after the soak.
I've been asked many times if it is OK to read while taking a Herbal Soak. Of course it's fine.

These are just some of tips that you can benefit from when taking one of AHS Herbal Soaks which will allow you to get the most from the soaks. Enjoy!

New Herbal Pet Products are Here

2009-04-11T09:09:00.000-07:00

We have just launched our new Herbal Pet Products based on the same fundamental principles as all of our other products.

The Herbal Pet Products are similar to the human products, but just with different packaging and slight adjustments to focus on animals - but the principles that work on people basically work on animals. We've had customers use the standard product (like the Muscle & Joint Spray) on pets for many years with great results. The pet products are new, but the formulas aren't really.

The Muscle & Joint Spray is good for relieving pain in specific areas. This can include arthritis. (My Mom carries this with her all the time to get rid of arthritis pain in her hands.) We had a race horse owner buy a case of the spray and used it to nurse the horses injured leg back to normal after their vet had given up on it. This is very similar to the new Pet Muscle & Joint Spray.

My parents used the Spray on their 12 year old dog after it went through dialysis at Xmas time (from probably ingesting something it shouldn't have). The dog wouldn't eat anything for a couple of days until I suggested that they use the spray on the dog. The next day the dog started eating. The Vet didn't think their dog would live very long, but here it is 4 months later and she's still doing fine (they've also been giving her some of the Energy Formula too).

My Partner's daughter gave her aging dog an ounce of the Energy formula to her do every few days and their Vet was shocked to see how healthy the dog was. The dog did pass away after about a year, but she says that they got an extra 10 quality months with their dog because of it.

I had a friend who would put their dog in the Rebalance Herb Soak after they were done in the tub. Their dog was also aging (13 or so) and typically limped around the house and didn't play as it once did. But after the soaks the dog was jumping and catching Frisbees as it once had.

And now these formulas are available for pets specifically. There are some formula adjustments for pets, but in general the basic underlying formula is the same and just as effective for animals as humans.

What I've mostly seen is that it keeps up the quality of life of the pets for much longer than it would have normally been. And it does this naturally and safely.

Top Ten Benefits of Taking an Herbal Soaks

2009-03-15T20:45:00.000-07:00

One of the asian formulas that helped me so much was the Rebalance Herbal Soak. It also led me to want to start a company that made these traditional Asian formulas available to everyone.

What's so amazing about them?

The main thing about the Herbal Soaks are that they will work to balance anyone's physical condition.

The soaks are designed so that the beneficial herbs can be absorbed through the skin and from there they work internally to balance you 'chi'. East Asian practitioners believe that how well your chi flows in your body directly affects the health of your body.

What does that mean in realistic terms?

Here are the top ten benefits that I've found from doing the herbal soaks:

Prepare for an Athletic Event/Working Out - Many have taken soaks before an athletic event to enhance performance.
Recover from an Athletic Event/Working Out - Soaks can also be taken after athletic events or training sessions to help recover from very strenuous physical activity.
Relieve Stress - One of the most common reasons people take an AHS Rebalance Soak is to relieve stress that builds up during a normal day. The bath will help release the negative energy and blocks that build up from mental and physical stress.
Increase Focus - Taking soak (or drinking the AHS Energy Formula) can help improve your focus for studying, working or anything else that takes concentration.
Increase Creativity - If you need a way to improve your creative juices, taking an AHS Rebalance Soak works wonders to help let go of a creative block.
Better Sleep - Especially for soaks taken at night, this can create a deep sleep.
Increased Energy - A very common benefit if taking soaks, especially earlier in the day, is increased energy. This is not like the energy one gets from drinking coffee, but is a calmer more relaxed increase in energy.
Meditation - Most people when they meditate either fall asleep or they spend the time thinking about things instead of being in a meditative state. The AHS Rebalance Soak clears the mind and body of energies that create distractions or put you to sleep. So it is a great aid to a deep meditative state.
Reduce Skin Blemishes and Other Skin Problems - Many people have taken soaks for many other reasons, only to find that skin problems they had then started diminish or go away. Skin problems many times a result of poor or blocked Chi flow which an AHS Skin Rejuvenation Soak can help improve.
Fall/Spring Advantage - One of the best times to take advantage of an herbal soak is during the fall and spring. When the weather is making large changes or is dreary, the body can use the extra help that the AHS Herbal Soaks provides.

There's a small list of benefits and reasons why someone might want to take a AHS Rebalance Soak or the other AHS soaks. Each person is different and what you experience might be different than what others gain, but you only will find out by trying.

You can check out all the different AHS Herbal Soaks. They all can assist in the above benefits, but some focus more strongly in certain areas than others.

Anti-Aging and Healthy Living Show, San Diego

2009-03-08T17:11:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we had participated in a great new show in San Diego. The Anti-Aging and Healthy Living Expo.

Since this was their first show we didn't know what to expect. But we were happily surprised to meet many like minded people. People who are interested in improving their health and well being. Now and long into the future.

We had a steady stream of visitors over the 3 days. Many times we were swamped with people who had lots of questions about the different product lines and how the herbal formulas worked. We had many of the products for people to try, such as the Sugar Scrub, the Hydrating Lotion and the Muscle and Joint Cream.

Probably the most popular product turned out to be Muscle & Joint Cream and the Muscle & Joint Spray. It seems that there are lots of people looking to deal with all those aches and pains.

There was also a lot of interest in the Skin Care line too. The Secrets Basic 4 was also a popular item during the Expo. Of course there was attention to the other formulas depending on each individual we talked to. That is what is so great about representing such a well rounded product line that so many people can benefit from.

I had a good time looking around at the other offerings at the fair too. I enjoyed talking talking to the other vendors. I've tried many of the other products or services at sometime. I've found benefit in many of these items. Of course I've personally found that I got the most benefits from the formulas that we have, which is why I got involved in the first place! But we don't have all the answers and there are many things to consider.

There's also a lot of interesting technology out there now that let's you see some true metrics. In particular I liked the thermo-imaging that one chiropractor had which he used as a diagnostic tool. Also there was a dermatologist that had a great imaging product that gives you some great feedback on your skin health. I'm a visual person, so maybe that's why I appreciated these tools so much.

We had so much interest, it looks like we'll be busy following up from this show. I does take time to educate people about our products since they are so unique and have a background unlike any other products out there.

Ancient Herbal Secrets Blog starts

2009-02-21T17:51:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Ancient Herbal Secrets blog. Of course we will be writing about subjects concerning our product lines. Sometimes it will be about specific products, or a category of products or just natural healing in general.

I've personally have always been interested in ways to stay healthy. When I was younger I thought that running and meditating every day was all I needed to do to lead a healthy life.

Eventually I learned that what you ate might have something to do with health and that something like Yoga provided a more balanced approach to physical health than just running.

After trying many other things along the way I finally found the health methods of East Asia. First it was the movement, which includes a whole range of martial arts, from Tai Chi to Kung Fu. These movements fundamentally changed my health when I was nearly 40.

After discovering these movements, I was introduced to the world of East Asian herbal formulas. Traditionally these herbal formulas are part of the world of martial arts. The use of these herbs, in their many forms, has also fundamentally changed my health for the better.

I have also had the opportunity to see both the movements and the herbs and the positive affects on many other lives. From this has sprung the genesis of Ancient Herbal Secrets.

This is a new company with herbal formulas with a long history. I hope that you might experience the positive effects of these tried and true formulas.

Yours in health,

Hunter