Elixirs
of the Stars
Tonic
Totale
by
Sylvie Greil
Popping
a multi-vitamin a day might be all the preventative
health you can handle, but taking a tonic, along
with that proverbial apple, may actually really
keep the doctor away. Elixir, a Los Angeles-based
company whose teas and herbal tonics you may have
sipped in hip SoCal and New York boutique hotels,
offers a whole apothecary of health-promoting potions—anything
from Radiant Hair & Skin to De-Stress or Antiox
& Cleanse.
These remedies are classified
as tonic herbs or "superior herbs,"
in traditional Chinese medicine, which means they
can improve immune function to prevent you from
getting sick, or once sick, they can help normalize
body functions.
They are neither vitamins nor
homeopathic medicine but so-called superfoods
of whole herb extracts containing balancing, healthful
phyto-nutrients. With 5,000 years of Chinese medicine
behind them, tonic herbs are lab-tested, practitioner-quality,
standardized and highly potent. There are tonics
for fat burning, digestion, emotional stress,
colds, sinus problems, menstrual discomfort, tension,
menopause etc. How do you figure out which herb
is right for you? Talk to a Chinese medicine practitioner
or simply email the Elixir herbalist at herbalist@elixirtonics.com.
And next time you’re in L.A., visit the
lovely, celebrity-haunted Elixir Tonics &
Teas teahouse on Melrose Avenue. Their lovely
garden is ultra-relaxing.
More information
on safety, effectiveness, standardization and
everything else you may be concerned about regarding
Elixir tonic herbs is found on www.elixirtonics.com.
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(Updated:
09/01/06) |
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