Feb. 25, 2026

Meditation Gadgets, Herbs, and Daily Hacks That Actually Work

Meditation Gadgets, Herbs, and Daily Hacks That Actually Work
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Season 1

Looking for practical ways to sleep better, think clearer, and recover faster without chasing fads? 

We start with a light-and-frequency headset that uses pulsing LEDs and audio to calm your brain, perfect for red-eye flights or restless nights. Then an experienced herbalist breaks down plant-based strategies that support hormones, immunity, recovery, skin, hair, and focus without fillers or fluff.

Learn which herbs really work: ashwagandha and lemon balm for nervous system support, nettle and dandelion for circulation and skin, and astragalus and milk thistle for liver and immune health. 

We cover sexual wellness, brain and sleep support, and how to choose teas, tinctures, or topicals. For recovery, peptides meet botanicals like arnica, cordyceps, and liver-supporting blends. We also share kid-friendly immunity herbs, hair elixirs, and clean skincare tips.

If you want actionable wellness tools, herbal insights, and smart recovery strategies, this episode is your go-to guide. 

Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a quick review to help others find it.

00:00 - Gadget Review: Light-Frequency Headset

01:57 - Meet The Herbalist And Practice

04:15 - Sourcing Quality Herbs And Standards

04:22 - Core Herbs: Ashwagandha, Nettle, Use Cases

06:25 - Sexual Health Formulas And Timing

08:16 - Immunity Support And Liver Focus

09:16 - Origin Story: Migraines To Herbal Path

10:10 - Peptides, Surgery, And Recovery Stacks

12:06 - Formulation Craft And GLP-1 Alternatives

13:27 - Liver Support Strategy And Milk Thistle

15:22 - Dandelion, Interactions, And Safety

16:31 - Brain Health: Ginkgo, Lemon Balm, Poppy

18:24 - Local Sourcing And Desert Botanicals

19:38 - Andropause, PMS, And Hormone Balance

22:01 - Longevity, Antioxidants, And Oxygenation

24:20 - Travel Kits, Daily Routines, Arnica

26:22 - Kids’ Support: Catnip, Elderberry

28:06 - Non-CBD Calming Alternatives

29:19 - Sleep Stack: Skullcap, Hops, Dreams

31:12 - Herbal Pain Relief And Muscle Relaxers

33:12 - Skin, Dandruff, And Antimicrobials

35:46 - Shop Services And Custom Blends

38:12 - Locations, Website, And Final Takeaways

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So we're starting our shows with reviews of some of the gadgets.

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I buy, I buy quite a few gadgets.

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This is one of the gadgets that always uh talk about.

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Um helps with meditation, sleep, just relaxing.

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Uh it's the brain tap.

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Uh so it's got these headphones, but then it's got this visor that has light, and then even in the headphones, uh, I'll turn it on so you can see it.

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Um, it's got these lights and pretty much uses light and frequency to get you in a relaxed state or meditative state.

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I use it like almost every night to go to sleep.

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Uh, I even take it on flights uh and it can put you on a nice relaxed state.

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Even if you have trouble sleeping on flights and stuff, it could kind of relax you and get you to the right point.

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And it's got tons of audio selections that you can choose from the app uh that what whether you want to use it to focus, to sleep, uh, you know, for performance, it's got all these different apps, and even for kids, like kids can use it um, you know, to get more focused on doing their homework or just more relaxed before they go to sleep.

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So it's a great tool.

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I use it almost every night.

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Um, the first set I got, I got two of them, so I gave it to my brother.

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My brother doesn't use it that much.

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Uh, but I I heavily believe in it.

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It it's just I find like I see my deep sleep getting much better, especially when I put this on with some of the different tones.

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Um and we'll move on to our guest.

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It's Delante Wall uh Marshall with what balanced organics?

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Biobalanced organics.

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Okay, biobalanced organics.

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And just tell us a little bit about yourself, what you do.

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Um, well, I'm an herbalist here in Phoenix, Arizona.

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I've been working with herbs and plants rather for about 12 years now.

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Um I own two apothecaries here where I make herbal extracts and uh medicine.

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Well, not medicine, excuse me for that.

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I'm not a doctor or a pharmacist, but uh herbal remedies, if you will, and just ways to assist individuals in increasing themselves to optimal health.

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Um, I'm currently studying at the Notre Dame for Clinical Herbal Medicine for my Masters of Science, and I'm just excited to see where uh the world takes me in regards to plant medicines and you know how we can interact with science and make the cross uh and intersection between that.

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Yeah, there there's a lot of it coming back, right?

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With like the herbs and everything.

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For me, I'm I'm Persian and like you know, I see a lot of the stuff that like when I was growing up in Iran and stuff, it was like, you know, pomegranates, burberries, um, stuff coming back.

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So a lot and like more and more herbs are being studied these days.

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Yeah.

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I know like quite a few countries specifically use um herbs in their um medical practices, uh, especially Europe.

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They have a lot of herbs when they're within their Macteria Medica that they utilize, uh, more importantly for like hormone production, um, male support, even uh with regards to digestion and things like that.

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Yeah, and what pe people like think supplements, you know, a lot of those supplements have like some sort of herbs and stuff in there, but you know, they're probably not getting the highest quality, but you're probably providing better quality and just herbs instead of just like, you know, yeah, fillers and binders.

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Yeah.

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I um I say I'm providing really good quality herbs to individuals.

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Um, I have quite a few farmers that I work with that I get my plants directly from.

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Um, and genuinely, um, the formulations that um we utilize pretty much interact with or behave as certain meds would due to the fact that they do standardize some of those plants to make it.

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Some of the what are some of your like most common herbs that you guys use?

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Yeah.

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Oh, um, who?

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Uh Ashwagonda, which is also known as Withaniosonifera.

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Uh, that one is is considered an adaptogen herb, but it also can act as an anziolytic.

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Yes.

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Again, this is not medical advice.

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So I'm just saying uh that is one of the benefits that it has been studied to do.

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Um, it helps to relax the central nervous system.

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You can also check with a nettle leaf and nettle root, which is um urica deca.

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That plant specifically helps remineralize the body, provides lots and lots of iron.

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It also produces retinol and vitamin A.

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So it assists with like skin conditions, tightening the skin if you have issues with like collagen.

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It's it's just a lot of herbs that you can utilize.

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Um, there's plenty of them.

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What but the nettle are are they are you forming it into a cream or are they how how's the um well it depends on the person or the need for it?

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So there are some plants that I do formulate into a cream because it can only be used topically, and there are uh some that you can take as a tea and extract, if you will, a tonic.

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Um and the netto itself can be used topically, especially if you make it into a powder, you can use it as a face mask.

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Yeah.

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Um and taken internally, it gives you a lot of very beneficial minerals.

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Yeah, ashwagandha you see uh almost everywhere nowadays, especially like you know, as people are moving towards non-alcoholic drinks and stuff, it seems like it's in all those uh drinks.

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It would make sense though, um, because it does help to stimulate the adrenal glands.

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Yes.

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Um, so it kind of gives people this similar experience that they would get from uh drinking, similar to kava, that one um does the same thing.

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It's it's a lot of uh new, I guess you could say, supplements that do utilize plants or some form of the plant in order to um get the benefits that people would need.

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What do you think is one of your top ones that you're excited about?

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As far as my blends?

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Yes.

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Ooh.

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Well let's go with like let's start with like sexual health.

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What what's good for um Um So with regards to sexual health?

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Uh Damiana is also known as like Ternera diffusa.

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They use it a lot in Native American cultures.

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It is considered an aphrodisiac, but its job is to provide like oxygen directly to the genital region for both men and women.

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Um, slippery elm um is also known as like almost almus rubra.

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That one is good for producing more moisture to the vaginal canal.

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Well, overall, the mucosa of the body.

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So that one helps to maintain the moisture and sustain uh the pink parts, if you will.

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Also, uh horny goat weed is another one that is really good for men.

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Yeah, it um it helps to actually again provide oxygen, but it increases the firmness of an erection.

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Okay.

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And how are they taking these as teas or well for me most of the time I say formulation for the uh for like sexual?

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Oh, I usually pair, uh make formulations specifically, although one herb itself is good, but usually when you pair it, you get a better benefit from each individual herb um to pretty much interact with the different organs, if you will.

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Okay.

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All right.

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And how long before would you like are people taking this before like having sex?

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Well, it depends on the person.

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I've had quite a few guys that uh just always take it.

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Yeah, but um, I've had a few guys who were uh one guy he actually had an implant and um he couldn't sustain a firm erection.

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He taken it about an hour before and called me the next day singing James Brown tunes.

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Yeah.

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So there's quite a few uh it depends on the individual, I'll say I can't give a specific, but for the most part, people start to get a good experience within the first 24 to uh 72 hours.

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And then like right now, you know, we're in winter season, which is like flu season, stuff's going around.

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How about immunity?

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What what do you usually suggest with immunity?

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Um blend.

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So we do have an immunity tea that we make in our shop that uses uh astragalus um or astragalus and ruminasis.

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That herb specifically helps to increase white blood cell count.

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Yeah.

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Um, and then we try to focus on helping the liver enzymes and make sure that the liver is actually producing the red blood cells and ensuring that it is breaking down different sugars and cholesterol so we can impact immunity quicker.

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Okay.

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Um and what made you get into this altogether?

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Oh, um, I used to suffer from migraines like so bad to the point where I had gotten a spinal tap.

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I was uh prescribed a plethora of medications, even for different digestive conditions, MRIs, and none of it worked.

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It was like I would take my meds, fall asleep, wake up with the same migraine, or worse.

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And honestly, I prayed.

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Yeah.

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And this was about this was 2013, I believe it was.

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I prayed so hard, and God just started like dropping random gems about herbs into my lap.

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And that's when I um found out how they formulate, if you will, percocette.

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Yeah.

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Um, using different plant extracts, and from there it was like a rabbit hole.

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Yeah.

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And I love it.

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All right.

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Everything about it.

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Yeah, it's kind of like how I got into like peptide and the whole wellness and biohacking stuff.

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It's like, you know, you just like get little droplets and like now I run it in my practice itself.

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It's not just we do plastic surgery, but also the wellness and like hormone treatments and all that stuff.

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Yeah, it kind of just gives you little areas you're like, oh, the Yeah, that's pretty good.

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So can I ask a question?

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Do you?

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So in your practice, when you utilize the peptides, are you using that as a course of action after the surgery or before, during?

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Um all all sorts of it.

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There's some patients that come in for, you know, they want improved energy, um, muscle mass, uh, or weight loss itself.

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Or we use post-operatively, we we use it for recovery, we use the different things.

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We use the wolverine stack as it's called, which is BPC and thymus and beta.

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Um and they start taking that almost before they even have surgery.

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So and you know, and some of the GLP ones and stuff we use for them to lose weight so they're able to have the surgery.

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So they get overall they build that health and continue going on forward with it instead of just operating and you know, hoping for the best.

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I believe you because I know some of your patients.

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Yeah, and they actually still take good care of themselves and great.

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Yeah, yeah, it's so it's so important to, you know, like I spend much more time with the patients.

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Now, before it was like, you know, just you talk to them, you talk to them about surgery, and that was it.

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But like it's about developing that post op care package that they know to take care of themselves and someone's there taking care of them instead of just like you know, you can go online and just like we did, we got into a rabbit hole, but they they actually get it from someone that's already done the research and can give them the best ideas.

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And you know, there's plenty of journal articles and stuff that we have access to that a lot of well nowadays you almost anyone can get access to it.

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Oh yeah.

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Yeah.

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But you can pick out what's good and yeah, yeah.

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You have to know what's right and authoritative.

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So what what area are you most interested in in the botanical one?

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Oh, I'm most interested in formulations.

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Like I I love the concept of pairing the plants together and like the best ways each plant interact with each other and different organs.

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Yes.

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Is it it it kind of gives me like a bit of excitement when I can see two different plants that does the similar actions but also does different actions at the same time.

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Yeah.

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It's pretty cool to see.

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Yeah, there were there was um I was listening to a talk from the longevity thest, and I forget what herb they were talking about, but they were talking about it pretty much like acts like a GLP1, or like when you're trying to get patients off of GLP1s, they were using it to, you know, it was pretty much mitigating.

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Uh if it comes to my mind, I'll I'll bring it up.

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I'll see if you know anything about it.

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And it's also for people that you know it decreases appetite and probably um increases your production of the GLP1.

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So um it's helped with weight loss.

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It doesn't I I don't think overall it wasn't convincing to me that it's gonna you're gonna get the weight loss like you do with uh some of those medications, but it it could be used as a tool to help people that are on GLP ones that are having a tough time losing weight.

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Um so so we take liver cleansing quite seriously, especially when patients have surgery um and postoperatively to cleanse their system.

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What are some of some of the blends that would help with that?

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Um we actually have a blend currently that we use a lot that has helped with I'm not gonna name conditions, but it's gotten a good result from our clientele.

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Um, and it's uh called our liver life tea.

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Okay.

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It has um herb in it, silly bum marianum, which is milk thistle.

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Yeah.

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Um that one directly interacts with the liver.

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It specifically helps it to produce the glutathione once you start taking in carbs.

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Yeah.

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Um, and overall, the blend uses a few herbs that not only help with the liver function, but they again work with hormone balancing, ensuring that the thyroid hormones are being properly produced, and also uh with synthesizing like triglycerides.

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Yeah.

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Um, so a few herbs to name a few would be um barberry, which directly helps with digestion and bile production.

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You can also check with um red clover, which is a trifolium prey tense.

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That one uses um it cleanses the blood, but it also helps to interact directly with the liver and restore those enzymes.

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Um and overall, you really don't want to strip the liver, you just want to help it do its natural restorative processes.

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Yeah, clear it out.

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A lot of times people take a bunch of astringents because they're like, oh, I want to restore the liver, but it's like you want to give it something to assist, not push it through.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Um, how about red yeast uh extract?

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What's that good for?

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Do you do you use that at all?

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Um, no, I don't use red rice yeast extract, but I've I have had a few people who do take it as a supplement.

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Yeah, um, it can be good for the liver, it kind of breaks down some um fatty cells in the body.

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Yeah, um, and overall helps the kidneys with this process of flushing, but I've not used it personally.

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I I stick to like whole plants if I can.

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And how like I use dandelion root like as an alternative to diuretics.

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What else could that be used for?

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Oh, dandelion is actually really, really good for potassium levels, so it helps with the heart.

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Uh, it ensures um the relaxation of muscle so you don't get cramps.

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Uh, it is a mild diuretic, but since it has so much potassium in it, you have a low chance of becoming dehydrated from it.

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Yeah.

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Um, it also can be used for the liver.

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Yeah.

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I use it also in one of the blends that we make for lactation because it is pretty safe for uh individuals to consume.

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It doesn't have high contraindications.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Um, and how do you like when patients come in, do you how can you check or is there a way to check if they have like drug interactions or like or if certain or patients come in with certain conditions, you're like definitely can't, you know.

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Um yeah.

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So usually if you are someone who does like the proper research, a lot of the plants um in their monographs that are in plenty of government archives, yeah, they do give you information on different pharmacologies uh with regards to the um interactions, contraindications of drugs.

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And then I also study um anatomy in my undergraduate degree.

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So I I kind of ask questions like what medications are you taking?

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Are you utilizing?

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I mean, are you having certain surgeries recently or planning to have a surgery?

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So that way I personally can make sure that I'm not giving them something that they shouldn't take that will thin the blood or that would interact with certain heart medications that they're consuming as well.

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Okay.

00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:04.640
Um, and then how about like garlic?

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:14.640
Any types of garlic that you use in your like or that's I know it's not an herb, but um no, garlic, garlic is pretty good for lowering blood pressure.

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:18.079
Yeah, but garlic is also something that can lead to ulcers.

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.400
Okay.

00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:26.000
So um a lot of times you want to like balance the benefits of something with is not like not being so beneficial.

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:33.200
Personally, I say if it's something that you have in your cabinet and you and you have to get get use out of it, yeah, go for it.

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.960
But um there are other herbs way better than garlic.

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:37.599
Okay.

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.480
Or plants.

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:46.000
How about um actually brain brain health's a big one that I work on.

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:50.640
Um, or for myself, like always trying to improve brain health.

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:53.519
What are some things that can help with that?

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.599
Um whether focus or memory.

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.839
Okay, well, regards to focus and memory.

00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:02.319
Uh there's a plant called Ginkgo Beloba.

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:02.799
Yes.

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:17.599
That one actually provides oxygen to the brain naturally, and it has been studied with regards to like dementia and Alzheimer's, and it's it's said, not my quote, but said to reduce the um potential for onset dementia and Alzheimer's.

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:22.079
Um, also the Hawthorne plant itself also does the same thing.

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:25.039
It strengthens the muscles, including the heart muscle.

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:32.079
So um, first focus, you can do uh Melissa, Fishinalis, or um lemon balm.

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:33.759
Yeah, that one's really good for focus.

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:38.960
California Poppy is good for focus, catnip is really good for focus, especially for children.

00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:45.200
Yeah, um, and you compare those together to give you like a really good powerhouse for like over the overall system.

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.759
Okay.

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:49.519
So what do you do for fun other than herbs?

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.880
Well, I play softball.

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:55.119
Yeah, uh, I play softball every Sunday and I travel a lot for it.

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.480
Um, I've been to probably 16 states in 2025.

00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:58.799
Okay.

00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:01.519
And I already got like four more knocking off my list this month.

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:03.519
But um, I play softball a lot.

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.960
I love to go hiking.

00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:07.839
I do travel pretty much all the time for that.

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:12.000
Uh I hang out with my friends, my sister, my mom a lot.

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:15.519
Um if I'm not with them or playing softball, I'm at home.

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:15.759
Okay.

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.920
Yeah, I don't go to go, I'm pretty much an introvert outside of that.

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.039
Yeah, I'm always with my kids.

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:25.359
I you those were the younger days.

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:39.039
I'm happy to be done with them kind of uh but uh the other thing, like with sourcing the herbs and stuff, you you said you go to certain places that are uh that you trust.

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:45.920
Um and are these coming from inside the US or are they coming from other countries?

00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:49.279
What where do they seem to be popular?

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:51.920
90% of my herbs are within the US.

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.599
So they're domestically grown.

00:19:53.759 --> 00:20:06.720
Yeah um I have a two farmers in Colorado, one in Oregon, California, a few here in Arizona that I work with directly, um, all throughout the mid um the east and south uh midwest of the United States.

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:08.960
Then I have a farmer in Malawi.

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:14.799
I don't get a chance to haven't gotten a chance to go there because I've I um procured them during COVID, so I was kind of stuck.

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:22.400
And I have also a farmer that I work with in Sri Lanka who um I FaceTime and I watch them dry some of my sour stop leaves and my blue lotus and stuff.

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:28.079
But um, I have a lot that I interact with specifically in the US and I love it because I don't have to worry about it.

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:36.240
And are there certain ones that are specific to Arizona, some herbs that are more specific to this area or oh yeah, mulin.

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.240
We grow that in all the mountainous regions.

00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:42.720
You can go to Tucson and pick your own mulin, up to Prescott and Pacin, and pick that.

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:45.519
We grow dandelion naturally, all the nettles.

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:48.400
And what's mulin could oh respiratory health.

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:51.759
So that is an herb that um a lot of people use for respiratory conditions.

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:59.440
They call it nature's toilet paper because it's super soft, but it is kind of an expectorant, but it's not super rough on the moments.

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:03.599
Like you get mucinac, that this is gonna be much much better.

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:07.119
Much better that and whorehound, those grow in all the mountain areas.

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.680
Okay.

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:12.319
Talk about male menopause, what it is, and what supplements and stuff.

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:15.759
Um that is considered what andropause, right?

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.160
Yeah.

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:20.559
Um, and isn't that due to uh high dihydro testosterone levels?

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:25.680
A lot of times men experience that once they get to about 40.

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:29.039
You start to get midlife crisis.

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.960
Yeah, we start to go through midlife crisis.

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:39.200
And the crazy thing is the symptoms of it are pretty similar to what a woman would get um when they go through menopause as far as like mood swings.

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:45.119
A lot of men go through hair loss, their liver start to um not function as it should, weight gain.

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:49.839
Uh, but some herbs that are good for that would be uh salt palmetto is a good one for it.

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:53.599
Again, the herb that I mentioned earlier, Damiana, parsley root.

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:56.400
You want plants that help to uh interact with the prostate.

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:59.680
And are these decreasing DHT or are they decreasing?

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.960
Your testosterone.

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:05.759
They're actually helping to balance those and assisting the body and using the hormones properly.

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:10.079
So it's not necessarily decreasing, if you will, but it will help to balance it.

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:28.960
And if people are in hormone replacement therapy, is there anything anything specific you help them so they you know to balance out their testosterone where if they're overdoing it, it you know, instead of taking like anastrazole or tamoxifen to uh lower their estrogen.

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:34.079
Uh yeah, for that one, I will probably give them like our dunkwai, which is Angelica.

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:39.680
Um, that helps the body to properly use and replace different uh male and female hormones.

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:43.440
And then again, I will go with like maybe a prostate support.

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:48.559
That way we can ensure that the body is producing the proper hormones as far as the men will go.

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:52.880
And um I've actually gotten some pretty good results with that as well.

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.440
Okay.

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:55.759
And how about on the female side?

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:58.640
How about like to help with PMS and stuff?

00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:02.960
Oh, for PMS, um a really good one is red clover.

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:08.319
Overall, that one produces like really high isoflavones, um, which are like the phytoestrogens.

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:10.880
Yes, even more than soy produces.

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:17.200
And um, that's one herb you can just give to a woman and she like start to get the benefits of it really quickly.

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:21.200
Um again, don't quai is another one, it'll help her to utilize those hormones.

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:25.680
And with regards to PMS, uh, Vitex or Chase Berry is another good one.

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:41.200
Um now we go to like the pain management side of it, you want to go with something like uh cramp bark or maybe depending on the person, you can give them a valerian, but some people get anxiety from it, so you want to be very careful with that.

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.839
Okay.

00:23:42.079 --> 00:24:00.000
And are you are you seeing, you know, more and more with because we're we're discussing this today because fertility is becoming more of an issue, not just in the female population, but they're saying like the men are almost catching up with the females um in that realm.

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:02.160
Is there like anything?

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:08.400
I I know when I was going through it with my wife and we went through IVF and stuff.

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:17.839
I I take these supplements and was probably like looking at the list, it was mainly a list of like 10, 20 different herbs.

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.039
That's what it seemed like.

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.759
Yeah.

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:28.720
Uh but for men, the best plant for that would be uh maca or uh lapidia mayenae.

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:30.559
It's a ginseng from Peru, Peru.

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:39.039
Yeah, that plant is really good because it helps to um coat the sperm cell and it increases its efficacy while swimming through the vaginal canal.

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:48.880
Um, especially since, you know, I'm not sure if everybody knows, but the vagina is acidic and the sperms are alkaline, so they really don't like to interact with each other.

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:55.519
But if lipidia miamine is a perfect herb for that with regards to ensuring that your swimmers are strong.

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:58.559
And for women, you want to go with like false unicorn.

00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:01.680
That's very difficult to get nowadays, though.

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:03.920
Um, and also Why is that?

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:07.839
Oh, because it it it it works.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.319
Yeah.

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.880
Yeah.

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:11.119
IVF will be non-existent.

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:13.119
Um, but it's good stuff.

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.519
Yeah.

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:20.480
And um, you you just want to ensure that you assist um for women, you want to make sure that you assist them with sorry about that.

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.000
That's my business phone.

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:30.319
You want to assist them with ensuring that they are um properly balancing and managing their hormones.

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:40.000
So usually I would give someone who's looking to conceive a hormone um plan as well as something that assists with um restructuring the follicles.

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.559
Okay.

00:25:41.680 --> 00:26:00.400
Uh and how about like in the realm of when we're talking about longevity and people come in for anti-aging or like longevity, or is there anything that um or any of the blends or anything that you see better than others?

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:15.359
Uh yeah, there are um quite a few herbs that are better than others, but um regards to longevity, you a lot of times you want herbs that help with uh antioxidant processes so that way we can make sure that we're reducing free radicals in the system.

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:20.559
Um and sour sap itself is a really good plant to help with that.

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:22.720
It pretty much acts like a chemo.

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:28.640
Okay, but it reduces cellular uh interference and helps to pretty much expel those.

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.279
Okay.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:38.319
Um, and then how about like my you know, do you do anything with like mitochondrial health as that's becoming bigger and bigger?

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:48.640
Um, I haven't specifically done anything with mitochondrial health, but there are a lot of plants that help with like intracellular uh absorption of different minerals like selenium and magnesium.

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.039
Yeah.

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:56.640
Um, so personally I haven't done anything, but I'm sure if it comes up that I'll know what herbs to get someone.

00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:03.440
How about like growth anything in the growth hormone increasing growth hormone levels or oh yeah, alfalfa?

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:07.839
Um that they even get out to horses to help increase horses' muscle mass.

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.599
Um that's a really, really good plant.

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:21.119
And then Tonga Ali is another one that you can give someone to assist them with increasing like muscle mass because it provides more oxygen, including um cordycep mushroom.

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.519
Okay.

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:34.240
It's very expensive if a person wants to buy about a pound, but yeah, it is uh really good for increasing oxygenation to the entire system, and it gives you like a longer lasting stamina for you to work out.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.039
Okay, yeah.

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:37.519
The cordyceps are also used for brain health, right?

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.079
Yeah, yeah.

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:47.279
And then toncatolee, I think it was on like when it got on Huberman, like everyone's asking for that for the testosterone benefits.

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:47.759
Yeah.

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:51.039
Although does it affect the testosterone that much?

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.519
No.

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.799
Yeah.

00:27:53.440 --> 00:28:02.160
A lot of the herbs and stuff, like with you know, from the studies I've looked at, like seem to not do much.

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:14.160
Like most of the people these days, with how bad like their levels are, it's almost like they need a you know, actual testosterone rather than pretty much.

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:18.799
It's like diet plays a huge part in that, exercise plays a huge part in that.

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:24.480
If you're not doing leg workouts and lifting with the legs a lot, you're not cre increasing testosterone levels.

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:34.640
I don't think that there's any particular plant that specifically focuses on testosterone itself, but it focuses on inflammation within like the male reproductive regions to assist us with that.

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.359
Yeah.

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:38.319
Yeah, and and that's the biggest part.

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:43.759
It's you know, with the American diet, it's it's all inflammatory, right?

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:57.920
And it it kind of, you know, I I had like I'm usually pretty clean, uh, but like I think during the holidays or something, I you hit that inflammatory path where everything aches.

00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:04.319
So, you know, I start taking my peptides again to kind of reduce every you know, everything.

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.240
It was like aches and pains almost everywhere.

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:09.680
And then you gotta think about the fact that stress is also inflammatory, right?

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:20.240
So some people are dealing with daily stressors that they probably have never stopped dealing with, so they aren't even producing proper hormones simply based on that itself.

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:26.240
And there's a lot of good stuff for you know, this stress relief, like cat claw.

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:32.559
You use cat cat claw is pretty good with because that I kept on hearing that over and over again.

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:37.279
Starting, like especially females that are in like high high stress jobs and stuff.

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:40.000
Oh, yeah, where you need the adrenal support.

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.519
That helps with adrenal support.

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:47.200
Cat's claw is good for adrenal support, but it's really, really good for um how can I explain it?

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:49.200
Intracellular vitamin C levels.

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:52.640
It also reduces um inflammation due to rheumatism.

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.200
Okay.

00:29:53.440 --> 00:30:01.599
So is that something I will give someone who may have like joint pains or may have just come out of some sort of uh um injury.

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.240
Okay.

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:09.599
And if we're going traveling, what would you know, if you're going traveling, what would you pack in a bag to take with you?

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.279
I always take a liver support.

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.759
Yeah.

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:15.680
Um, because usually when I'm out with my softball team, I'm not getting the best sleep.

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.160
Yeah.

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:26.480
Um, and I usually carry something for immunity, maybe a stragalist simply because that's a simple root to carry, yeah, and it does um a quick job of increasing immune response.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.000
Um, shoot, burdock root extract is another one.

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.400
Yeah.

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:32.000
Yeah, it's quick on the liver.

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:35.279
So and what what's your like daily routine?

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:41.759
Like, do you do you have a daily routine or daily supplements that you take or herbs that you're oh yeah.

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:44.240
Daily I'm drinking, I drink liver support all the time.

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.640
Okay.

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.359
Uh yeah.

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:48.480
Just even a little bit of anger can impact the liver negatively.

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:51.440
So um I definitely try to drink that often.

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:59.279
Um, now when it comes to topical, I use our Arnica cream that we make, which is a uh we call it the Sumi cream.

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:03.279
That one is really good for releasing like muscle tension, especially on the flight.

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.200
I lather myself up in that stuff.

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.680
Oh yeah.

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:11.519
Um and overall, those are like my go-to four items that I use.

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.160
Yeah, yeah.

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:22.720
Arnica we use quite a bit, especially, you know, facelifts and rhinoplastys, and just you know, any post-surgery, like inflammation and like bleeding.

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.720
Oh, yeah, those are and bruising.

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.839
And it's really good.

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:33.680
You yeah, only people should take it internally if you get it from a doctor in the tiniest capsules because it's super potent when it comes to blood thinning.

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.319
Yeah.

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:40.960
Um, yeah, and so with Arnica, you think it's better, you know, for bruising and swelling.

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:53.519
Is it better topically to the area that you've had surgery versus taking it orally or with Um, I think it's better topically when you place it directly over the region you've had the surgery once the wounds closed.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:53.920
Yeah.

00:31:54.160 --> 00:32:01.359
Um, and even topically, if you are simply having like normal muscle pains from like day to day.

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:01.759
Okay.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:17.839
I my aunt she had both of her knees, knees replaced last year, and her doctor told her she would be uh having bruising for like two weeks to go from three phases, and I'm like, no, well, she used the Arnica cream, and she went from phase one and she was done with bruising in about seven days.

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.480
Okay.

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:22.799
Yeah, yeah, it does wonderful stuff, especially with the rhino.

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:28.400
You know, I usually combine it with like some red light therapy and stuff, and it usually helps out traumatically.

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.599
Red light therapy is amazing.

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.319
Yeah, yeah.

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:35.759
So uh it's definitely made a big difference and like pain level too.

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:38.559
Patients have a lot more pain when they're more swollen.

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:42.000
That inflammatory process just lasts a lot longer.

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.799
So I could imagine yeah.

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:59.599
Uh so uh any questions from for me, like from so um in your practice, I know you say that you are like focusing like on a holistic side and that you spend more time with your patients.

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:07.680
Um, are you someone who would potentially carry plant-based uh supplements in your practice with regards to the city?

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.400
Yeah, what it is.

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:13.279
We we already like do some supplements, but like yeah, we would do plant-based.

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:25.759
What and you know, like we do the Arnica, we're like we give patients like a care package um preoperatively, which has some of the peptides, the wolverine stack in there.

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:27.119
We do have a liver cleanse.

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:33.440
The liver cleanse is the thorn liver cleanse, which um you know it does the job.

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:43.519
I think it's like milk thistle has some acetyl acetylcysteine in there, um, so to produce their glutathione production.

00:33:43.680 --> 00:34:01.200
And then uh for especially the face and the rhinoplasty or the nose jobs, we're using bromoline, uh the arnica, it's like a combo of bromaline, arnica uh to help reduce inflammation and swelling.

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:05.039
So uh yeah, it no, I'm open to it.

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:15.599
I you know, I have to and I I'd like to take more of a dive into it to learn learn more about like different things and how how they fun uh function.

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:44.320
I started to a little bit because I'm making we're we have a supplement that's already made, and you know, I was doing this course on just like supplements, and I just didn't have the time to go through it because I was going through like all the vitamins and everything that you see in your multivitamins or in your supplement stash, whatever it is, and just going through the vitamins alone, I was like, oh man, I can't do it.

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.840
It was taking a lot of time.

00:34:46.079 --> 00:35:00.079
So um, along with like busy surgical schedule, I I definitely like learning about it, and like you know, there's little tidbits that I'll dive in and like really take it in and learn more about it.

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:03.519
Like just watching some of your like Instagram posts.

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:15.119
It you know, some of the social media stuff that it definitely helps out to just learn at least give you a little tidbit, an opener to like what you want to do and learn more about it.

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:21.039
Yeah, you can also check out an easy way to get more information is the uh monographs at the Ep Scott.

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:31.199
They have a lot of really good monographs where it just breaks down the full plants, entire system, where it was found, and it's quick and easy because someone else already did all the research for you.

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:35.679
Yeah, they're like usually like 10 pages of plant, but it's really good detailed information.

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:37.119
Yeah, yeah.

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:39.679
So, Rod, you want to come in?

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.800
This is my brother Rod.

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.840
Hello, how are you?

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.480
How are you?

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:46.239
Nice to meet you online, thank you.

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:50.400
Pretty much went through a lot of herbs, yeah.

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:55.519
Yeah, I was watching a lot of your posts today and yesterday too.

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.840
A lot of interesting stuff.

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:05.840
What are things you swear by that you take personally, or is it pretty much everything you cover?

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:08.639
Your morning routine, or you guys went over that.

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.840
We we went over that.

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:14.000
That was like my last question before yeah, we just talked about that.

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.960
Yeah, yeah.

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.320
It's all good.

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:20.239
That's what happens when you show up like 50 minutes late.

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.039
Yeah.

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.840
Um how about for kids?

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:39.039
Like anything that you know, like especially for immunity and stuff, but like um right now, like anything you have for kids or oh uh catnip is really good for kids.

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.400
I know it's catnip?

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:40.719
Yeah.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:44.320
Oh no, uh, it's really good for kids, although it's good for cats too.

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:46.960
Yeah, um, it is high immunity boosting.

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:51.599
It also decreases the potential for bed wedding, it helps with focus again.

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.880
Um, is really, really good for uh bed wedding, huh?

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.440
Oh yeah.

00:36:55.760 --> 00:37:00.320
Yeah, it lowers the incidences of bed wedding the more you consume it.

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:05.760
Um help with night terrors if they normally have uh scary dreams or nightmares in the nighttime.

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:09.360
Um again, California poppies safe for kids, two and over.

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.840
Yeah.

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:14.800
Uh and even elderberry or sambucas nigra, that one is good for children.

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.559
A lot of people know about the elderberries.

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:20.480
Yeah, I don't like them, they smell like feet, but uh it's pretty good stuff.

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:24.079
And you can only drink them or utilize it if it's already roasted.

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.639
Okay.

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:28.719
Um kind of like marijuana.

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:31.360
I was actually gonna cut it up.

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:36.239
I was like, do you do you deal with any like CBD formulations or anything like that?

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:45.199
No, I don't currently um I will not carry CBD or THC in my uh location because it's considered high risk um with regards to is uh regulation.

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:47.360
So I try to stay far away from that stuff.

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:55.199
Yeah, but I can mimic if you want to experience that experience as if you aren't using those products, I can definitely mimic with other plants.

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.400
Okay, all right.

00:37:56.800 --> 00:38:00.880
There's a there's just a lot of downsides also with THC.

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:08.079
So I'm sure if there's another natural like mimicking uh type of formula, oh yeah, it's quite a few.

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:22.480
I took my fair share in my younger days, but it like I stopped because of all the anxiety and you know the like paranoia feeling that you get.

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:30.480
Um but it's mostly even if it's like the next day or something, just something I like just like you know what?

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:33.679
I'm I don't need to deal with this, so I'm gonna stop.

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:36.079
Was that like edibles or the the flower?

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.480
Both.

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:36.960
Both.

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:40.480
Oh, yeah, I can't do edibles, it lasts too long in my system.

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.519
Yeah, I kind of like it.

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.880
It's like 48 hours.

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:45.440
Yeah, uh, yeah, it normally makes me nauseous.

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.320
So Okay.

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:59.599
But um a lot of times if you want to do something outside of like, for example, see some people utilize mugwort, which is uh um it it's a spiritual herb, so it helps with like the third eye activation, if you will.

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:02.800
And then um Damiana is another one.

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:11.039
That one is smoked by natives to assist with the uh with euphoria, interacting with their um ancestral beings, if you will.

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:12.800
Um what was the first one you said?

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.760
Uh mugwar.

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.559
Mugwart.

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:14.960
Yeah.

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:18.800
That one you can drink them as teas too, and you get the same kind of experience.

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:21.920
Um and then uh what's another one?

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:24.159
I really don't go into those herbs.

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:27.840
Sounds like it's a non-alcoholic.

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:29.920
It'll be a drink that will work really well.

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:39.199
Um, especially if it's like you want something that's more of a downer score cap, you drink a sip of that at the moment it crosses the the lips, you get the uh sedative effects from it.

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.760
Okay.

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:46.639
And and how about stuff to relax and just like take take the stress level down?

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:55.440
Um lemon balm is really good for relaxing, passion flour is really good for relaxing, kava is good for it, but that can become addictive.

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:58.320
Yeah, so I try to steer people away from it.

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:07.760
Uh oat straw, um, uh sativa avena, that one is a super bomb for the central nervous system and overall uh nervous response.

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:11.840
That one can be used as a um for insomnia as well.

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:15.760
Yeah, uh hops, uh, hopulus lupus, they kind of use that to make beer though.

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.079
Yeah.

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:24.480
So um usually if a person is using like beer for anxiety, you can substitute the hops in place of the beer and it gives them better uh liver response.

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:24.880
Okay.

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:28.800
So any herbs that you suggest for hair loss?

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:33.599
Uh yeah, we do have a mix that we make at our shop that is called our new hair elixir.

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:41.280
It's a formulation of about six different herbs that work really well for hair loss with regards to fortifying the follicles, strengthening the hair, and also thickening it.

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:46.639
Uh, one good herb that I will say out loud that is really beneficial for the hair is Irish moss.

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.119
Okay.

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:50.159
That specifically helps with strengthening hair follicles.

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:55.440
And you notice a increase in the hair production within two weeks of use.

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:56.079
Okay.

00:40:56.480 --> 00:41:02.559
And is this like a serum you put on after you shower, or like how's it put on or how do you use it?

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:06.800
I use it um two weeks, starting two to three weeks after I get my hair done.

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.199
Okay.

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:09.519
And when my hair isn't done, I use it every week.

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:09.920
Okay.

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:14.000
Once or twice a week, depending on how often I go to the gym and sweat it off.

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:15.840
But you don't have to use a lot of it.

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:23.920
It's a very conservative amount needed because once it penetrates the uh the actual hair follicard scalp, then the plants do the rest of the work.

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.480
Okay.

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:26.159
So it's got a little long-lasting.

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.679
So it's made for men.

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.159
Oh, yeah.

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:30.320
Because you only do twice a twice a week.

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.760
Yes, it's made for men.

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:34.480
Yeah.

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:38.320
Uh we've gotten um, I had a lady who was dealing with traction alopecia.

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:38.880
Yeah.

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:42.239
She she her top was pushed back.

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:47.199
But we actually were able to fill in some of the spots that weren't completely damaged.

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:47.360
Yeah.

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:52.000
And then um, I think over time as she continues to use it, we start seeing some more filling in.

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:55.280
You can say traction alopecia, that's mostly stress and pull.

00:41:55.599 --> 00:42:03.679
Yeah, stress and pull, someone keeping the hair in the ponytail too often, not allowing the hair to actually grow in its natural um direction as opposed to grow in.

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:06.000
Those can cause the hair to start to break off.

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:07.599
Yeah, I gotta get my wife.

00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:09.599
My wife's not losing hair.

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:15.440
She's got pretty thick hair, but she always thinks she tells me, and I'm like, it doesn't look like it's going anywhere.

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:16.320
That sounds so good.

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:19.039
It's just plugging up the pipes.

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:24.239
But when I go bold, I'm just transplanting my chest hair on top of my head.

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:26.480
Do do any of these have an effect?

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:30.639
Uh do you think the hair serum stuff has an effect on DHT?

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:33.760
That's why you're getting testosterone.

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:39.920
It could have an effect on DHT, maybe because some of the herbs do impact direct um direct hormone imbalances.

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.159
Yeah.

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:43.599
Uh, and it does get absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin.

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:44.320
So Okay.

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:47.440
And if someone wants to get this, do they come to the shop?

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.480
Can you buy it online?

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:50.880
Yeah, you can stop into both of our locations.

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:54.239
We have one in Mesa and one in North Phoenix, Arizona.

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:58.159
And um, we have a website which is biobalancedorganics.com.

00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:08.800
So that's like something that like I would definitely care carry because like we have a decent amount of population because we do P PRP hair restoration and stuff.

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:23.039
And even we um get patients on peptides and stuff, especially if it's you know, with the peptides and most of the other things you gotta put on like daily, and people don't want to put, especially men don't want to put that on daily.

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:29.920
So if they're having to only do it two or three times a week, that's something that's that's huge.

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:31.840
Yeah, and you can even eat it if you wanted to.

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.239
Oh, yeah.

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:36.960
So yeah, you get that those questions all the time, even people you don't expect it from.

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:42.960
Yeah, like even like relatives, friends, acquaintances always get texts about like what should I do about my hair.

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:45.360
Hair is a big thing, you know, everybody sees that.

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.639
It's almost like teeth, right?

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:51.360
The first thing a person sees either the face, the hair, or the teeth, and yeah, want it to be in good shape.

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:51.840
Yeah.

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:53.440
Yeah, I don't know.

00:43:53.599 --> 00:44:01.039
Like the new supplement we made, there I it's a formulation of a bunch of things, but uh like I don't know I don't know.

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:05.280
Part of it, you know, it is increasing libido and stuff.

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:21.199
Um and like one of the one of the pages was that it increased fertility, but for like a lot of men, they don't want to read that it increases fertility unless we're selling a fertility medication.

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:23.840
Uh so we kept it.

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:25.119
I need more kids.

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:27.679
Some men get scared when I mention reproductive health.

00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:29.039
So you can understand.

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:38.719
For me, I noticed like my hair like started growing like exponentially faster, and that's probably some of the herbs and everything we put in there.

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:41.039
Probably again, they're anti-inflammatory.

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:46.800
If they're interacting with the liver and producing glutathione, then you definitely can get healthier hair, healthier skin.

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:49.679
Yeah, we have NAC in there, we have glutathione.

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:51.599
Um, then for yeah.

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:53.280
Yeah, giving the body all the stuff in there.

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:59.360
It's also helping circulation, and the circulation in the scalp helps quite a bit with growth.

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:01.119
Maybe I should put it.

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:03.119
I don't need to rub it in my head.

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:04.960
You're you're good.

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:10.320
My my barber's like uh like you get you got the thickest hair I've I've seen.

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:12.480
So um because I don't go to this barber.

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.119
Yeah.

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:21.679
Any any um like for like the relaxation meditation?

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:30.880
Like is there any activities you like to mix and match with some of the supplement stuff or recommend for relaxation?

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:35.920
Um I would say skull cap is a really good that might be a little too strong.

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:37.280
Is that the cool cap?

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:41.599
Uh which scularia it's like Chinese.

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:43.760
No, skull cap is actually a plant.

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:45.519
It's a Chinese plant.

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:47.440
It grows here in America too.

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:51.039
Um, but it is a sedative, so its job is to relax you.

00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:53.840
And as soon as you take it, you get a bit relaxed.

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.880
Yeah, I forget.

00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:57.599
I one of the supplements I took had had it in it.

00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:01.440
I think one of the sworn thorn cup supplements had it.

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:05.039
I forget what because I took some of the sleeping stuff.

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:05.760
Oh, yeah.

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:08.320
If if it's for sleep, you probably find skull cap in it.

00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:10.719
That or um passion flower.

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.039
Okay.

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:14.719
Something that they are pretty much good for the central nervous system.

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:18.320
Um those are the stronger of the three of the herbs, though.

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:24.320
Yeah, those are the ones you would give someone who's like, oh, I can't sleep, I haven't slept for days, or I can't seem to get my mind to relax at all.

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:25.360
You want to give them something.

00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:27.199
What else would you use for sleep?

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:29.599
Um, hops is a good one for sleep.

00:46:29.760 --> 00:46:31.519
Calipoppy is a good one for sleep.

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:36.159
Those aren't as potent, but once you with the hops, once you are asleep, it helps you stay asleep longer.

00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:40.239
Okay, it doesn't necessarily put you into um a sleep state though.

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:40.719
Okay.

00:46:40.960 --> 00:46:43.360
So none of them like help you into that.

00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:46.719
Oh, more in a deep, deep but skull cap does.

00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:49.039
Skull cap will put you into a very deep sleep.

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:49.519
Yes.

00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:52.079
Do you get vivid dreams with that or night terrors?

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:54.559
Um, I haven't had anyone say it.

00:46:55.440 --> 00:47:00.880
But they it depending on if you're sensitive, you may get vivid dreams from it or night terrors.

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:03.519
Um, mugwart will give you a really vivid dream.

00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:04.000
Yeah.

00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:04.400
Okay.

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:07.519
But but it does the opposite in kids.

00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:13.679
It wasn't what was it that you said for the kids to decrease um bed wedding?

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.559
Oh, catnip.

00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:15.199
Catnip.

00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:15.599
Yeah.

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:17.119
That one is also good for sleep too.

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:17.519
Okay.

00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:22.960
You compare those all together and put you like a really good With with catnip.

00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:25.199
Do you get any weird dreams or anything?

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:28.559
Or is that again, it depends on the person if they're sensitive.

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:33.519
It depends on like how their body responds to the state of being completely sleep.

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:36.000
Because some people don't even go into REM to be honest.

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:39.760
Or they they get they get there and don't stay long enough to even gain a dream.

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:44.400
So it might give a person an interesting dream if they're not used to it.

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:45.920
Yeah, some people don't dream.

00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:48.800
Yeah, a lot of people thought it was like the weirdest thing.

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:50.719
I was like, oh, I don't dream.

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:52.239
I'm like, what does that mean?

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:54.960
I can go to sleep and wake up with a whole formula from a dream.

00:47:55.519 --> 00:48:00.400
I the thing is, like, I d I don't know like with the peptides.

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:09.920
Once I took the growth hormone uh releasing peptides, I used to take black market stuff, which you know, then I started taking it from the compound pharmacy.

00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:16.400
And I had vivid dreams, but like I feel like once I caught up with my deep sleep, they just went away.

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:17.119
Yeah, that's usually.

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:24.639
I don't know if I like it was me catching up with my sleep versus just me getting used to it.

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:31.679
But like anytime like I am in sleep deprivation, I think I start to get the dreams back.

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:35.519
But like once I've caught up with sleep, it kind of everything goes away.

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:41.280
Well, you know, they say in psychology, if you don't get enough sleep, you do start going through like psychosis a bit.

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:43.920
Yeah, your brain doesn't clear out everything.

00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:47.199
And a lot of times people aren't getting sleep because they're not sleeping in dark rooms.

00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:50.320
Like you need pitch black darkness to get it to some really good sleep.

00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:58.000
Yeah, and most people have a light on or a candle burning or something that's around them that even the lightest flicker is interacting with their car.

00:48:58.639 --> 00:49:03.760
Even if they were on a screen like 15 minutes before bed, anything like that, that's gonna affect it.

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:06.320
So it's gonna be like stimulating people.

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:10.480
Um stop me if you guys went into this.

00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:11.840
How did you get into this?

00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:15.039
Oh, uh, we did go into it, but I can go into it.

00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:22.639
Uh well, anyways, um, when I was in Ohio, I was I had suffered from migraines and I was like prescribed a lot of medications.

00:49:23.199 --> 00:49:24.880
Honestly, I got a spinal tap.

00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:26.559
I remember that, like it was yesterday.

00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:27.760
I still got the scar from it.

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:28.159
Yeah.

00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:32.880
And that threw me completely off because I was like, are they about to stick a needle in my back while I'm sitting here?

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:35.519
I oh, good question.

00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:39.599
I think I was uh 22 years old at the time when they did that.

00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:47.519
And when the doctor just had me sitting there, and then I went in for my last endoscopy, I was like, Yep, God please help me figure something out.

00:49:47.599 --> 00:49:48.960
This is not gonna work.

00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:56.320
Um, and for I have to take I haven't taken a single pharmaceutical medication since um I want to say like 2014.

00:49:56.800 --> 00:49:57.199
Nice.

00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:59.119
And I would never take another one.

00:49:59.280 --> 00:49:59.440
Yeah.

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:00.960
How so little often?

00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:03.519
So how often were you getting the migraine headaches?

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:05.920
Oh, I almost flunked out of my undergraduate studies.

00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:13.599
I was getting them daily to the point where I would take one of the uh Percocets, I would fall asleep wherever I was, wake up with a migraine.

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:15.440
Um a lot.

00:50:15.599 --> 00:50:20.960
It was super chronic like hours at a time or never relieved.

00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:24.159
It w uh if it was a relief, it would be when I was asleep.

00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:24.639
Okay.

00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:26.639
And when I wake up, it was no relief.

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:31.280
It's kind of dangerous because it was when you were just seeking sleep all the time.

00:50:31.679 --> 00:50:35.599
Seeking sleep, seeking like uh something to distract you from it.

00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:38.719
I wasn't even really nice to my friends either at the time.

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:41.840
So it was impacting my personal life a lot.

00:50:42.719 --> 00:50:43.360
Imagine what.

00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:49.119
So I wanted to go through some of the common medications people take and what we can substitute with an herb.

00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:53.360
Like like let's say ibuprofen or tylenol, and you talked about migraines.

00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:56.960
Like what would you take instead of one of those?

00:50:57.199 --> 00:51:10.400
Because I'm against taking I'm like, I'll deal with a pain and like I'm like it's gonna be over like in a day or so, or even if I have joint pains and stuff, like I'm like, I'll I'll just you know, it'll subside.

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:14.480
I don't want to take ibuprofen or tylenol and mess up my system.

00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:20.079
Um calipopy is a good one that you can take because it does mimic like an opium.

00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:20.320
Yeah.

00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:28.400
Um when it comes to like Tylenol, ibuprofen, white willow bark, or salix alba, that is a um, that's what they use to make aspirin.

00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:28.719
Yeah.

00:51:28.880 --> 00:51:40.719
So if you want to have a long-lasting relief, it may not hit impact as fast because it's not a beta blocker, but it will give you the relief or a longer time frame uh with regards to like a headache or something like that.

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:53.760
You want to try chrysanthemum or fever fuel itself, which is uh chrysanthemum perithenium, that plant specifically um circulate sends circulation to the brain and it reduces the onset of migraines as well as tension headaches.

00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:54.239
Right.

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:58.159
And do you think, you know, we were talking about Arnica before.

00:51:58.239 --> 00:52:27.360
Do you do you think like if people are having tension headaches and they, you know, like with the lotion, if they're putting that lotion in areas that the headache starts, do you think that helps we've gotten some relief uh right in the shop actually, yeah, um, from people who were having tension in their shoulders and it was causing them to have cluster headaches in the back, they put it on and since it pretty much provides instant relief with regards to blood flow, yeah, we've seen pretty quick results.

00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:35.039
And the other ones like we give a lot of muscle relaxants to most of our post op patients.

00:52:35.360 --> 00:52:43.119
And it and like for me, like when I had back issues, I took like an herbal supplement.

00:52:43.280 --> 00:52:44.639
I forget what's in it.

00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:49.440
It was like six, seven years ago for muscle relaxation.

00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:51.519
It was the all-natural muscle relaxation.

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:56.159
Do you have something that helps with relaxing the muscles?

00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:57.039
Oh, yeah.

00:52:57.119 --> 00:53:02.800
We have a uh a tea that we make that is has really been good for people with fibromyalgia.

00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:06.400
Some of our Google reviews say they talk about it a lot.

00:53:06.639 --> 00:53:09.119
Um, but the skull cap muscle relaxer.

00:53:09.199 --> 00:53:11.199
Yeah, that's why I say that one's super sedative.

00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:15.920
Um, again, you can go with oat straw or whole oats tops.

00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:22.639
Those are also really good for relaxing the muscles, more so central nervous system, but that then relaxes the muscles in a way.

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:26.079
Um catnip's another one, plash flower.

00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:30.480
There's a plethora of I think we do gotta do a skull cap.

00:53:31.119 --> 00:53:32.559
Oh, yeah, try the skull cap, yeah.

00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:33.920
No, we gotta do a drink.

00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:36.239
We could uh just come out with a drink with skull.

00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:40.559
Another one that would be good for it, that would be what is it called?

00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:42.800
Valerian or valeriano.

00:53:42.880 --> 00:53:52.239
Yeah, that plant is pretty cool, but it can give people anxiety if their bodies um respond and interact with it in a weird.

00:53:52.639 --> 00:53:52.960
Yeah.

00:53:53.199 --> 00:53:56.719
And then there I know we talked about anxiety.

00:53:56.960 --> 00:53:58.000
You have multiple.

00:53:58.159 --> 00:54:05.440
Is there any of them like I know on some of the reels and stuff you talk about smoking them versus teas.

00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:10.000
What are some things that are being smoked and and being beneficial?

00:54:10.159 --> 00:54:15.760
Is it the anxiety stuff or like what what uh what herbs are good to be smoked?

00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:19.599
Um, pretty much most of the leaves people smoke.

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:19.920
Yeah.

00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:24.880
Uh another one that is really good that people smoke that I get from overseas is blue lotus.

00:54:25.280 --> 00:54:37.440
Um, that flower is specifically made for someone who's experiencing anxiety, they want to pretty much relax their central nervous system, help them go into a more relaxed state.

00:54:37.599 --> 00:54:38.719
That's a good one.

00:54:39.039 --> 00:54:40.320
Is that pretty strong?

00:54:40.639 --> 00:54:41.679
Yeah, pretty strong.

00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:43.039
Yeah, you only need a little bit of it.

00:54:43.840 --> 00:54:51.280
Mug wart is another one that we already mentioned a bit about relaxing with regards to utilizing ST or smoking it.

00:54:51.599 --> 00:54:51.760
St.

00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:56.320
John's wart is cool, but it causes photosensitivity, so I try to avoid it.

00:54:56.400 --> 00:54:56.559
Yeah.

00:54:56.639 --> 00:54:59.360
Um, especially if in Arizona, you don't want to get sunburned.

00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:01.199
So those are quite a few.

00:55:01.679 --> 00:55:03.679
And how about for skin health and stuff?

00:55:03.840 --> 00:55:06.800
What do you um prescribe for that?

00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:09.039
Chickweed is a good one for skin health.

00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:10.800
Yeah, you can try red clover.

00:55:11.039 --> 00:55:12.960
That one helps with psoriasis.

00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:19.679
Lavender is really good for eczema, marshmallow, slippery am, those provide moisture to the skin.

00:55:19.840 --> 00:55:22.480
A sclerola helps to lock in moisture.

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:23.679
It's a lot.

00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:30.880
Do you do you make any do you make any creams and lotions with your herbs that you know you have for skincare?

00:55:31.199 --> 00:55:31.519
Oh, yeah.

00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:35.599
We have one that we call our skin rejuvenate, which doubles as a sun protectant.

00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:35.760
Yeah.

00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:40.559
It uses uh rare raspberry leaf and seed in it, which acts as a natural SPF.

00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:40.800
Yeah.

00:55:40.960 --> 00:55:52.159
And that one is the one that myself and a lot of my friends and most of my clients use throughout the summer when we go float the river since it's non-toxic and it also provides a lot of uh relief from the UVs.

00:55:52.480 --> 00:55:59.920
And is that just lotion spray or it's a lotion, it's a topical that you would use and it's infused with those plants.

00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:00.480
Okay.

00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:02.559
And then how about dandruff?

00:56:02.719 --> 00:56:03.840
Anything good for dandruff?

00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:05.519
I know it's dermatitis.

00:56:05.760 --> 00:56:08.880
I know it's usually caused by a lot of different personal questions.

00:56:09.039 --> 00:56:09.360
Yeah.

00:56:09.840 --> 00:56:11.039
Ask him for a friend.

00:56:11.199 --> 00:56:11.920
Ask him for a friend.

00:56:12.079 --> 00:56:14.719
With dandruff, you could do a hair rinse using rosemary.

00:56:15.039 --> 00:56:17.440
Yeah, that would clear dandruff pretty quickly.

00:56:17.599 --> 00:56:25.199
You can also try a hair rinse using again a slippery M because that'll help to provide more moisture to the scalp and the follicles.

00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:29.760
You can consume internally, uh, netto is good for it.

00:56:29.920 --> 00:56:32.480
Yeah, uh, chickweed is also again good for it.

00:56:32.639 --> 00:56:34.800
Um pretty much anything that helps with the liver.

00:56:35.039 --> 00:56:35.360
Okay.

00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:38.480
And anything antibacterial?

00:56:39.280 --> 00:56:41.440
Um, olive leaf is antibacterial.

00:56:41.599 --> 00:56:46.800
That one kills virtually any virus or bacteria on the skin internally.

00:56:47.039 --> 00:56:47.119
Yeah.

00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:48.480
It's just a pop quiz.

00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:49.599
It's just like you answer it.

00:56:49.760 --> 00:56:51.440
It's like, how about this, this, this?

00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:52.559
Yeah, how about that?

00:56:52.719 --> 00:56:53.199
How about that?

00:56:53.599 --> 00:56:54.079
Yeah, olive.

00:56:55.920 --> 00:56:56.400
Yeah, I hope.

00:56:56.880 --> 00:56:57.519
I don't want to know.

00:56:57.679 --> 00:57:00.960
It's I'm I'm not I don't want to take medications for yeah, definitely.

00:57:01.199 --> 00:57:06.159
I don't want to actually take antibiotics and like, you know, mess up my microbiome.

00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:06.480
Right.

00:57:06.639 --> 00:57:07.599
Or even for like danger.

00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:09.920
If you've used every shampoo and it doesn't work.

00:57:10.239 --> 00:57:12.960
Venyl is another good one that's antibacterial.

00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:17.360
Paul D arco is antifungal and bacterial, so it kills candida as well.

00:57:17.519 --> 00:57:17.760
Yeah.

00:57:18.079 --> 00:57:19.760
Olive, um, what is it?

00:57:19.920 --> 00:57:20.480
Oregano.

00:57:21.840 --> 00:57:22.000
Kills.

00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:23.360
Paul D arco.

00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:24.159
What's it?

00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:25.199
Paul D arco.

00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:28.639
P A U space D apostrophe ARCL.

00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:30.880
That's applied topically or eaten or both?

00:57:31.119 --> 00:57:31.440
Both.

00:57:31.599 --> 00:57:32.000
Both.

00:57:32.320 --> 00:57:32.559
Okay.

00:57:33.199 --> 00:57:40.159
Because a lot of people say a bunch of sebarric dermatitis is from like candida or or fungal causes.

00:57:40.400 --> 00:57:40.639
Yeah.

00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:55.039
So like I know our other brother has a lot of improvement with like fluconazole, which is an antifungal drug, but it's it does a lot of pretty much everything in the system.

00:57:55.440 --> 00:57:56.960
We need we all need bacteria.

00:57:57.039 --> 00:58:04.639
Like we're as humans, bacteria literally lives on our skin and our digestive tract in every crevice of our body to fight off bad things.

00:58:04.960 --> 00:58:05.119
Yeah.

00:58:05.280 --> 00:58:08.239
If you're taking something that kills all the bacteria, it's a balance.

00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:08.639
Yeah.

00:58:09.280 --> 00:58:09.519
Yeah.

00:58:09.599 --> 00:58:16.559
And that part of, you know, like we deal with breast implant illness, and people are like, oh, they found mold in my breast pocket.

00:58:16.719 --> 00:58:33.760
But you know, like we have all these bacteria, and like even the mold they talk about is probably candida or something that is on a lot of patients' skin, and like in that breast pocket, they're not finding it like right away.

00:58:33.840 --> 00:58:39.519
They're doing PCR with with which with PCR, you're gonna find like anything.

00:58:39.679 --> 00:58:41.280
It's like super zero.

00:58:41.679 --> 00:58:41.920
Yeah.

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:47.440
A lot of times people aren't like drying completely in those areas either.

00:58:47.599 --> 00:58:50.400
So moisture, and then it's usually dark and hot.

00:58:50.800 --> 00:58:53.119
So then you're building up the bacteria naturally.

00:58:54.719 --> 00:58:57.519
So getting more into your shop, how's it set up?

00:58:57.760 --> 00:59:08.639
Like, do you do you have pre-formulated mixes or do you like choose kind of what you want or ask like what you should get?

00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:18.559
So we do have pre-formulated mixes, and those are given to people who aren't having many contraindications or who aren't taking like a high level of medications.

00:59:18.719 --> 00:59:26.239
And then um, I have some that I have to formulate specifically for people based on those particular uh reasons.

00:59:26.400 --> 00:59:28.639
And then we have over 200 herbs.

00:59:28.800 --> 00:59:32.400
We have a lobby that people come hang out, do homework, watch TV.

00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:42.239
We uh carry pretty much a lot of our backstock at our main headquarters in North Phoenix, and then our Mesa location is set up as like a wellness spa.

00:59:42.639 --> 00:59:47.599
So we have a Sambow singing or Tabation Sambow, if you will, uh room in there.

00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:48.400
Another one.

00:59:48.639 --> 00:59:51.920
We also have uh three in a row.

00:59:53.360 --> 00:59:54.639
I love the sound mentation.

00:59:55.679 --> 00:59:56.239
So nice.

00:59:56.400 --> 00:59:58.960
Um I put it on for the kids and then I'm past out.

00:59:59.039 --> 00:59:59.760
Yeah, right.

00:59:59.920 --> 01:00:00.159
Yeah.

01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:10.159
And then we have a uh Yoni steam or we call it our herbal steam studio where you sit on a throne and you get the essential oils of the plants steamed up to the uh private areas for both men and women.

01:00:10.239 --> 01:00:11.679
It's really good for inflammation.

01:00:12.000 --> 01:00:14.320
What are some of the essential oils you're using for that?

01:00:14.559 --> 01:00:18.800
Oh, they're not they're not actually essential oils, they're the essential oils from the plants themselves.

01:00:18.960 --> 01:00:24.159
So we take the plant, mix it, and place it into the uh steam bowls for it to steam up.

01:00:24.320 --> 01:00:45.199
And we also have an esthetician um at that location in the classroom because we'll be teaching herb classes, giving like a little bit more detail to individuals who want to go in the route more of a holistic direction so that they can go in it or go about it properly instead of just googling as you were talking about earlier and not really knowing what plant does what and causing potential damage.

01:00:45.440 --> 01:00:45.840
Yeah.

01:00:46.639 --> 01:00:51.920
So most of the formulations that you have to make, you can like how long does it take?

01:00:52.159 --> 01:00:58.719
Like somebody comes in and says, I want this, and you like decide like this is what's gonna work for you.

01:00:58.880 --> 01:01:03.920
Like, let's say at the North Phoenix uh location, do you do it while they're there?

01:01:04.480 --> 01:01:04.880
Oh yeah.

01:01:05.039 --> 01:01:10.320
I can do it right there because usually when I'm asking questions, my brain's already like, Oh, I think I can do this, this, this, this, and this.

01:01:11.039 --> 01:01:13.199
And then it picks the best options for it.

01:01:13.360 --> 01:01:18.239
Do you even think, or does your arm start reaching and it just reaches and I'm like, why would I pick?

01:01:18.559 --> 01:01:19.360
Okay, this makes sense.

01:01:19.519 --> 01:01:20.559
And then I'll go from there.

01:01:20.639 --> 01:01:24.639
Um, or sometimes I get a lot of I have a lot of clientele who call me from different states.

01:01:24.719 --> 01:01:34.239
I have a lot of people in Omaha, Nebraska, and they'll call with what they have going on, and um I can formulate it while I'm over the phone with them and get emailed out to them quickly.

01:01:34.400 --> 01:01:34.880
Oh, nice.

01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:42.480
Yeah, and some people just order our normal blends that we have online once they read about them and they uh know what they have, what they have in them.

01:01:42.639 --> 01:01:46.800
I have a lot of local people, Santan Valley, that order directly from my website.

01:01:47.039 --> 01:01:49.519
Yeah, Santan Valley is local, but it's far away.

01:01:49.840 --> 01:01:50.800
Far away, but local.

01:01:51.039 --> 01:01:51.599
Santan.

01:01:51.760 --> 01:01:55.599
Um, but I also have a lot of clients that drive very far to come see me as well.

01:01:55.760 --> 01:02:04.719
Uh Yuma, I didn't even know Yuma existed until uh last year when a guy and his wife they come back every three months just to like restock, just because.

01:02:05.039 --> 01:02:05.760
Yeah, yeah.

01:02:05.920 --> 01:02:07.119
You Yuma is pretty good.

01:02:07.280 --> 01:02:08.320
Do you get any wild stories?

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:18.480
Because you must have people that like just did their Google search, started taking some herbs, and then they're like, All right, I oh I had like diarrhea for like three weeks.

01:02:19.760 --> 01:02:23.599
It might be time to go and see like why I have it so bad.

01:02:23.679 --> 01:02:23.840
Yeah.

01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:24.719
What dose to take?

01:02:25.119 --> 01:02:28.159
A lot of stories of people just googling stuff and they're taking it.

01:02:28.239 --> 01:02:29.199
Oh, I saw that this work.

01:02:29.360 --> 01:02:32.719
I'm like, they're like, well, but but my heart has been having palpitations.

01:02:32.800 --> 01:02:37.760
I'm like, well, did you not read the fact that overdosage it can cause heart palpitations?

01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:44.800
But a lot of stuff that you find online, it doesn't list the like implications of the herb, it just gives you the benefits of it.

01:02:44.960 --> 01:02:55.679
Yeah, and for me, that's a disservice to the people that's looking to utilize them because you could tell somebody what's good for them, but then you also need to let them know what the possible outcome could be if it's opposite.

01:02:55.920 --> 01:02:56.320
Yeah.

01:02:56.559 --> 01:03:04.719
Yeah, but even AI, like it kind of gets better, but it's still like it almost on the user.

01:03:05.760 --> 01:03:15.920
If a person knows how to like how to research and you can teach AI how to pull up the proper articles for you on proper research um platforms, then it could be a really good tool.

01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:22.159
But if you're just asking it questions and going off of what it's telling you, then you don't know where it's getting that detail.

01:03:22.880 --> 01:03:26.400
Yeah, you gotta just like start out with one thing and then ask it.

01:03:26.639 --> 01:03:27.920
Tell it how you want it to do it.

01:03:28.400 --> 01:03:35.440
Bring me a specific article for this, yeah, and give me 10 different articles from all authoritative sites, and it can do that for you.

01:03:35.519 --> 01:03:38.880
Yeah, it it just you just have to know how to ask it.

01:03:39.119 --> 01:03:39.360
Yeah.

01:03:39.599 --> 01:03:45.599
So your locations again, you want to give that out and your Instagram tags?

01:03:45.920 --> 01:03:59.039
Well, we have our North Phoenix location, which is 13041 North 35th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, and then our Mesa location is 701 West Southern Avenue, suite 201, right down the street from MCC.

01:03:59.599 --> 01:04:04.239
And um, our website is www.biobalancedorganics.com.

01:04:04.559 --> 01:04:05.199
Awesome.

01:04:05.360 --> 01:04:06.719
I think there's a lot of info.

01:04:06.800 --> 01:04:09.840
Just the short time I've been here, I'm like, oh my god.

01:04:10.079 --> 01:04:13.679
Yeah, I think that hair serum is definitely gonna crush it.

01:04:14.079 --> 01:04:15.360
Oh, yeah, it's really good stuff.

01:04:15.599 --> 01:04:20.239
So, what's one of the herbs that you could use to be age-proof?

01:04:20.880 --> 01:04:24.159
Uh, I would go with red clover, trifolium pratense.

01:04:24.480 --> 01:04:32.559
That one's really good for the liver, it helps with skin, it literally assists the body's natural protocols with blood cleansing.

01:04:32.960 --> 01:04:33.199
Yeah.

01:04:33.679 --> 01:04:39.760
Yeah, and people what people don't know is like if they clean out their liver, their skin looks so much better.

01:04:40.079 --> 01:04:40.639
And your hair.

01:04:40.960 --> 01:04:42.159
And yeah, yeah.

01:04:42.320 --> 01:04:46.639
And like that's like how you can tell overall health.

01:04:46.800 --> 01:04:53.920
That's why like real bad alcoholics have the rhinophima, or their nose is like beet red and looks horrible.

01:04:54.159 --> 01:04:56.159
Yeah, or they have like the butterfly, like they have lute.

01:04:56.880 --> 01:04:56.960
Yeah.

01:04:57.199 --> 01:04:58.719
Is mine that bad right now?

01:05:02.239 --> 01:05:05.360
No, you need to shape down the rhinophymia.