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'The best herbs in the world are found in the Philippines

Written by Ms. Confuse on Wednesday, April 09, 2008

The success of the company founded by retired multinational corporation executive Ramon tan is due to one undeniable fatc, he says. In terms of sheer variety and efficacy, Philippine herbs are the best in the world. Consider that the Philippines lies near the equator, with fertile volcanic soil and plenty of wind, rain and sunshine.

One of richest sources of herbal medicine is something that Filipinos take for granted, the coconut tree. Growing all over the country , it has often been called the "tree of life.""Nothing",he says, "beat the coconut virgin oil" in delivering good health to those who take it regularly.

Flowers, roots, crops, and all sorts of plants parts mean the Philippines has more than 5,000 possible herbal products which serve as remedies to just about any ailment besetting modern man. Philippines fruits are also the rrichest in the world in terms of vitamins, anti-oxidant and other nutrients. Local noni juice is not miraculous, he adds, but is most certainly effective for numerous types of aches and pains. And because the country is no stranger to lightning storms, Tan feels that even rarest and most expensive type of mushroom - the ruffle - is likely to be found in forest areas.

Tan says that the nutritious herbs, plants, fruits and crops found in the remaining Philppinr forests are a veritable cornucopia of wonder medications. "In hospitals, the oxygen is stable and virus and fungal levels are high," he says, "the oxygen level is higher in the forest."

Carica Herbal Health Products, Inc. has tested and produced a wide variety of nature's medicine and has come up with likes of lauric acid from virgin coconut oil; enzymes from wild green papaya; xanthone from mangosteen; proxeronina from wild noni; and anthocyanine from topical forest berries.

The list goes on and on. Now covering 300 plants. Among Carica's herbal teas are anona, ampalaya, banaba, bayabas, coconut, co-enzyme Q-10, green, lemon grass, lagundi, mangosteen, papaya flower, sambong, tsaang gubat, and pito-pito. Among Carica's energy drinks are calamansi, dalandan, lacto-bacillus and mangosteen. And the company's dietary aids are slim 7, fruit fiber, and candies made of carica, papaya ginger, herbalberry and noni.

Tan's company even has a variety of soaps for different skin characteristics and herbal cigarettes to help one quit smoking. Tan is a one-man research and development department. He says he will never stop searching for every possible herbal remedy that the Philippines has. Ha may, he adds, slow down when he reaches the age of 100. But for now, the search continues.