I was desperately ill with a life-threatening disease:

Highly concentrated herbal remedies are not found in stores:

My Patients’ High-Priced Supplements were made with cheap ingredients and watered down:

When I began my practice, I asked my clients to bring in all the supplements and medications they were taking.  They usually came in with an entire shopping bag full of vitamins/minerals and herbal supplements.  Many of them were supposedly the highest quality money could buy.  Many of them were recommended by famous natural healers and authors of herbal books.  Many of them were recommended by famous holistic medical doctors.  Many of them were standardized herbs.  Most of these high-priced supplements had absolutely no effect on my sick clients who were getting only worse each day they took these supplements.  They told me they had no idea whether or not these supplements were working.

I asked them, "Could I taste your supplements? I want to see how strong they are." And I would taste their tinctures, for example, their echinacea supplement. The echinacea had no echinacea taste, and the characteristic tongue tingling sensation was not there. This was a shock to me. I said, "This is not echinacea. This tastes like cardboard! You were cheated. No wonder it is not helping you."

High Quality Herbal Extracts Have Strong Distinctive Tastes

I then gave them one of my tinctures for them to taste. When they tasted my formulas, they usually said something like, "Holy ---!" They were so unaccustomed to these tastes and sensations, at first, they thought something was wrong with my formulas. I had to educate them and show them what real healing formulas were like.

Powerful herbal formulas should produce noticeable effects:

When powerful herbal formulas are used, one should notice the effects in a fairly short period of time.  The unique processing techniques used for my Herbal Line allow the potency to be increased by 200-500%.  There should be no doubt that they are having an effect in the body.

When using my diuretic herbs, my clients called me very surprised because they were urinating like crazy.  Their infections were clearing up, their skin was clearing up, and their health conditions were rapidly improving.  They called when they flushed gallstones out of their gallbladder, while they told me, "But I was taking this high quality herbal formula for the liver and gallbladder and I never got this effect before" and "The practitioner who recommended these to me checked them with kinesiology and he/she is very careful about getting the best quality."

It was then that I realized how bad the herbal quality problem is.  It was then that I decided to market my herbal products all over the country, so that people wouldn't have to suffer from lack of access to high quality herbs simply because they didn't live near my office.

Why most herbs are too weak to heal the sick

As I continued my research, I began to discover why most commercially available herbs fall short.  The most common reasons were the following:

"Natural" Vitamins are Not Natural:

High quality herbs are much more effective than vitamin/mineral or antioxidant formulas. Most so-called "natural" vitamins are not natural at all, but are manufactured by the same companies that produce pharmaceutical medications. Trips to some vitamin companies reveal that the base for their "natural" vitamins come from commonly known pharmaceutical companies. 99.9% of all Vitamin C (even vitamin C that claims it's "natural") sold in this country is produced in a chemical laboratory. It does not come from food - otherwise the food source would be listed on the product label. "Natural" means nothing on a label.

Natural vitamin E should be derived from whole grains, yet we find that it comes from a well-known photographic chemical supply company. As it turns out, beta carotene supplements are derived from a toxic acetylene gas (Why couldn't they have used foods that naturally contain beta carotene? At least it would be safe), and vitamin B12 usually comes from activated human sewage sludge. These supplements are labeled "100% natural."

I always ask the question, "What food or herb did that  vitamin come from?" And if it's not listed on the label specifically what edible food or herb it came from, then it is NOT NATURAL, regardless of whether the word "natural" appears on the label. Manufacturers know that if they listed on the product label what this stuff was really made from, no one would buy it. The truth is - no one should buy it.

Because most of these supplements have a petroleum and chemical base, they can even cause cancer. The AICR (American Institute for Cancer Research) has recently confirmed this fact that many so called "natural" supplements can increase the risk of cancer. They recommend people get their nutrients from food. Let's remember that herbs are foods. The AICR forgot to mention in their report that synthetic vitamins and minerals are manufactured with the same petroleum and chemical base as pharmaceutical medications. Therefore, we can deduce that many pharmaceutical medications also increase the risk of cancer.

In my many years' experience working with very ill clients, I find that nearly all of them are taking vitamin/mineral preparations and numerous so-called "natural" supplements. Many times, they bring in a whole grocery bag full of such supplements that they have taken on the advice of friends, of health food store employees and natural health practitioners. Even medical doctors are recommending a multi-vitamin mineral supplement for better health. When I ask my first-time clients if they can feel the effects of these products, 99% of the time, the answer is no. And there they are, sick as ever despite all the supplements they are taking. Yet, when I give them high quality herbal preparations, ALL of them respond. Herbs are our most precious healing foods!

Dr. Foster’s Essentials Product Quality

I have used many herbal products over the past twelve years, and most have fallen short. My professional reputation depends on the effectiveness of my products, and I can't recommend just any product. My clients expect the very best from me. It took years for me to understand the effects of herbs, but even longer to understand how high quality extracts were made. This required an enormous amount of research into herbal manufacturers' practices. My requirements are very strict, and most brands fail.

1. The manufacturer must take great care in identifying, choosing, and tincturing the herbs.


2. All raw materials must be third party tested for microbes (bacteria, etc.), heavy metals and other contaminants in order to guarantee a pure product.


3. The alcohol used to produce the extract is certified organic. Find out why we use alcohol instead of glycerine to make our extracts.


4. With few exceptions, the product must be vegetarian. All of Dr. Foster's Essentials products are produced without harming animals. All products are vegan. You will not find any bovine cartilage, colostrum, chondroitin sulfate, fish oil, dolomite, bone meal, glandulars, ox bile, pancreas extract, hydrochloric acid from animal stomachs, shark cartilage, whey or isolated whey protein, placenta extract, bear claws, gelatin capsules or any other ingredient made from animals (unless you count the raw honey in our Colon Cleanse Syrup and Cough Syrup). I know that we can all get healthy without sacrificing animals.


5. 99% of our herbal products are prepared using only organically grown or wildcrafted herbs.


6. Only herbs from North and South America are used. Many use herbs from India and China, not because the quality is high, but because the price is so low. Their herbs are often contaminated with heavy metals and residues of pharmaceutical medications. We refuse to use them. The few Chinese herbs we use are grown organically in Canada.


7. None of our herbs are fumigated, irradiated, or otherwise treated with chemicals, ultraviolet light, microwaves or heat.


8. The highest grade herbs are selected. Out of ten grades of quality, we always select the highest. It is a common practice for herbal companies to save money by trying to use the cheapest ingredients possible or weakening their extracts. We refuse to cheapen our quality in order to afford expensive marketing or make a higher profit.


9. Each ingredient is painstakingly researched to find the ones highest in nutrients and active components. Extra care is taken to find the absolute best sources for the purest, most nutrition dense herbs and foods. Each ingredient is painstakingly researched to find the absolute best source that is not only organic or wildcrafted, but is highest in nutrients and therapeutic benefits. If one company has a superior quality spirulina, but not the absolute best wheatgrass powder, then only the spirulina is ordered from that company.


10. Extracts must steep for at least 2 weeks, but preferably up to 2 months for optimal effectiveness. High quality extracts take time. Time costs more money. Many herbal companies cut corners by only allowing the herbs to steep in the alcohol for as little as a few hours. Professional strength liquid tinctures require a minimum steeping time of two weeks, and preferably up to two months. This amount of time spent steeping is necessary in order to extract all of the therapeutic components from the herbs.


11. Our herbal products are produced according to the phases of the moon. Starting tinctures on the day of the new moon and filtering on the day of the full moon produces a higher strength extract. 


12. We use no artificial ingredients, sweeteners, fillers or artificial vitamins or minerals. Sweeteners make products unsuitable for diabetics. It can also reduce the effectiveness of bitters, as the bitter taste is what activates and cleanses the liver.


13. We use low heat methods to preserve potency: Many large herbal companies use machinery to mass produce herbs. Unfortunately, much of this machinery produces high amounts of heat. Heat weakens the benefits of herbs.


• We don’t use tablets: the process of producing a tablet produces a high amount of heat due to the friction created in condensing the herbs into a tiny tablet form. This heat damages many of the delicate components of the herbs, destroying their benefits.


• We use short blending times: The process of powdering a dried herb also creates a lot of friction that creates too much heat, so our herbs are blended for short periods of time to reduce the heat to an acceptable level.


• Only low heat methods (below 116 degrees Fahrenheit) are used in our tinctures so as to preserve all enzymes and therapeutic benefits.


• We select herbs that have been shade-dried or flash dried, instead of herbs dried in the sun. Drying herbs in the sun destroys many of the volatile components of the herbs.


• And finally, because a great deal of heat is required to produce tight seals on products, seals on these products may not be as tight.

Dr. Cynthia Foster, M.D.

A Conventionally Trained Medical Doctor Who Left Medicine Almost 20 Years Ago to Practice 100% Holistically

After receiving a required Hepatitis B vaccine for entry into medical school, Dr. Cynthia Foster became severely ill with grand mal epileptic seizures. The seizures occurred twice daily for almost four years – almost the entire time she was in training to become a conventional medical doctor at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Putting her life into the hands of a very experienced holistic nurse who was using holistic healing methods with unprecedented and extraordinary results, she refused all medications or other medical interventions for the seizures.

Using only natural methods as her treatment, the seizures went into complete remission, and she has been seizure-free for over 20 years. Her first book Stop the Medicine tells the incredible story of her miraculous recovery as well as giving a behind-the-scenes look at the Modern Medical Establishment. In her search for healing, she has traveled the world learning and incorporating natural methods into her holistic practice, including herbal detox, natural supplements, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, energy healing, mind-body medicine, healing visualizations, juice fasting and therapeutic foods.

After receiving her MD degree, and refusing to practice medicine because of the miraculous healings she had seen in others and experienced for herself, she began her practice using only natural methods to heal her patients, specializing in teaching people how to heal themselves with simple remedies and techniques, and has been able to repeat the miraculous healing results with her patients that she herself had personally experienced.

Over the past 20 plus years, she has served many roles including not only healing practitioner, but also herbal product trainer and spokesperson for herbal product companies, and also founded her own pharmaceutical strength herbal product line called “Dr. Foster’s Essentials” to address the health problems she was seeing in her practice. She noticed over a period of two decades of seeing patients, that they usually brought her grocery bags full of so-called “natural” supplements that simply did not work. She founded Dr. Foster’s Essentials, insisting on including herbal extracts up to ten times stronger than what is traditionally available in grocery stores, drug stores health food stores, and even online, as she felt these “mass-marketed” remedies were too weak and watered down to heal anything as serious as what she had experienced with the epilepsy.

A highly sought after speaker and university instructor, she has lectured worldwide on a wide range of topics from the use of herbs to emotional healing to conventional medicine classes for acupuncture students. She has been interviewed numerous times on radio programs and mentioned in the press as well as featured in magazines, newspapers, and on television. Current projects include a second book describing how to use herbs and natural healing techniques to overcome life-threatening, chronic and incurable health issues.



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