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Wood Vinegar
Source: Ubame Oak (Quercus Phillyraeoides)
Ubame Oak, Quercus phillyraeoides, is placed in the
furnace and heated up to 250 degrees Celsius. The
smoke is then condensed into the vinegar. The next
step is to filter the vinegar at least 5 times to
obtain purity and it is then stored for 6 months. The
middle layer of the vinegar is then used in the
finished product.
To obtain the powder, the vinegar is then again
heated, condensed and then dried with a special drying
machine before a quality inspection is performed. This
process yields a very high concentrated extract with
an extremely high level of purity.
Wood vinegar is known to be able to improve our blood
circulation. This improved blood circulation can lead
to improvement from fatigue, headache, double vision,
blood pressure, arthritis, and many other similar
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Bamboo Vinegar
Source: Arrow Bamboo (Pseudosasa Japonica)
Arrow bamboo, Pseudosasa Japonica, is placed into the
furnace and is heated up to 250 degrees Celsius. The
smoke is then condensed into the vinegar. The next
step is to filter the vinegar at least 5 times, to
obtain purity, it is then stored for 6 months. The
middle layer of the vinegar is then used in the
finished product.
To obtain the powder, the vinegar is then again
heated, condensed, and then dried with a special
drying machine before the quality inspection is
performed. This process yields a very high
concentrated extract with an extremely high level of
purity.
Bamboo vinegar is said to have double the effect of
the wood vinegar. Due to its rarity, bamboo vinegar
costs almost twice as much as wood vinegar.
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Chitosan
Source: Shell of a crab
Chitosan is the result of the biomass research; it is
extracted from the shell of a 'crab shrimp' and added
to the Detox Pads. Chitosan products have been used
now for over 30 years by water companies to trap
toxins, grease, heavy metals, and oils. It is the
second most plentiful fibre, after cellulose. Chitosan
products are also used extensively by the medical
profession due to their remarkable ability to promote
wound healing, such as burns and skin inflammation.
Extensive studies have also been carried out to
determine its fat binding properties. The results
found it to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol by 6% and
enhance the HDL (good) cholesterol by 10%. It has also
been successfully marketed as a weight loss
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Dokudami
Source: Houttuynia cordata
This plant is native to Japan, Java and Nepal and is
found at altitudes of over 6200 feet. It has been
proved to contain a variety of flavoids, flavonoid
glycosides (afzerin, quercitrin, isoquercitrin) and
pyridine alkaloids. Its essential oil was found to
consist mainly of decanal (capry aldehyd), dodecanal (lauryl
aldehyd) and 2-hendecanon (methyl nonyl ketone). It
has been recognized for generations for its strong
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Loquat Leaf
Source: Loquat leaf (Eriobotrya Japonica)
There is over 3000 years of history behind 'muxibustion
therapies' and it has been used extensively in
Buddhist medicine. In India it is widely used to treat
many conditions and it has been crowned the king of
all herbal medicines.
The Loquat leaf contains malic acid, tartaric acid,
citric acid, tannate, carotene, vitamins A, B and C.
Its leaves and kernel contain amygdalin, otherwise
known as vitamin B17, or laetrile. It is known because
of its ability to promote the secretion of body fluids
and it also has antitussive, expectorant, antiemetic
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Vitamin C
Source: Orange
It has long been known that human beings do not
produce ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
Below is the action of
Vitamin C:
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Increases HDL
(high density lipoprotein) production. (HDL is able
to help absorb fat located in plaque. In the process
it changes from a disc shape to a globular form of
HDL, and takes this fat to the liver to be burned.)
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Decreases the
production of lipoprotein (a). Our liver knows that
when there is plenty of ascorbate on board, there is
no need for high levels of lipoprotein (a) which is,
after all, a repair factor for the cracks in blood
vessel walls which come up in the absence of
sufficient ascorbate.)
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Down-regulates
cholesterol and triglyceride production in the
liver.
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Lowers blood sugar
and insulin requirements.
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By relaxing the
blood vessel walls, lowers blood pressure when
hypertension is present.
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Inhibits
inappropriate intravascular clot formation (the
final and sometimes deadly event in cases of heart
attacks and strokes).
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Vegetable Fibre
Source: Corn (corn fibre)
Vegetable fibre is used to prolong the lifetime of the
Detox Pads. Its fibre prevents ingredients from
hardening due to humidity. |
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Tourmaline
Source: Tourmaline (semi precious) stone
Tourmaline is a very popular gemstone and collectors
mineral. It exists in all colours, and the
multicoloured stones are unsurpassed in splendour.
Tourmaline is both pyroelectric and piezoelectric. If
a specimen is put under pressure or temperature
change, it will generate an electrical charge.
Tourmaline comes from the Sinhalese word "Turamali"
which was given to mixtures of unidentified gem
gravels in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Tourmaline exerts a
cleansing and liberating energy upon our entire
nervous system with a clearing and stabilizing effect.
Tourmaline is best known as one of the only minerals
to emit far infrared heat and negative ions. |
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Dextrin
Source: Corn flour
Dextrin is a product of starch hydrolysis, a
carbohydrate having the same general molecular
structure as starch but with a smaller and less
complex molecule with adhesive properties. Its
presence are necessary in Detox-Pads only as a
filler and to bind other ingredients together.
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