Over 80% of the world’s population – that’s over 4 billion people – uses herbal remedies in one form or another. Just in the United States, people spend over $23 billion every year on dietary supplements, on everything from stop smoking pills to herbal food supplements. These herbal supplements don’t just help treat existing illnesses, but promote general well-being and ward off potential infections. People who are skeptical of plant-based remedies take them as well, even if they aren’t aware of it: a quarter of all pharmaceuticals manufactured in the U.S. are derived from plants, which are simply reprocessed into a pill-based form and sold at a huge markup!

Herbal remedies help your body rebuild itself and realize its natural capabilities. These medicines are time-proven – the evidence is that they have been used virtually everywhere. The ancient Chinese didn’t have elaborate double-blind trials of synthetic chemicals: they relied on what history had shown as the best ways of prolonging life and allowing people to function at a high level even in old age. But these methods aren’t patentable or trademarkable, much less profitable for multinational companies.

You can make the choice to accept Mother Nature’s help to keep you well in spite of the stress, pollution and environmental contaminants around us. In a life full of stress, pollutants, and harmful chemicals, we need all the help we can get to counteract the toxins in what we eat, drink and breathe. You can’t change the air around you, but you can change what you do! By choosing what you let enter your body and your home, your health and your state of mind become stronger and more balanced. Doing this means not letting in toxins that we know about already…including nicotine.