Arthritis, rheumatism, loose bowel, chronic constipation, indigestion, allergies, asthma, diabetes, headache, impotence, menstrual pain, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, depression, and many other health problems are often the result of our modern lifestyle.  Since we live in an environment that is drug oriented, stressful, and often polluted, we are constantly ingesting toxins through breathing, eating, drinking, and use of modern drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.  These toxins upset our body’s natural balance and weaken its immune system.  Along with mental stress, they also contribute to the increased production of toxic free radicals in our body, which, if not removed, will damage our body tissues over time.  There is evidence that arthritis and heart diseases are caused by free radicals’ damage to connective (joint), vascular, and heart tissues. To alleviate these conditions, over-the-counter or prescription drugs often help, but they also cause new problems, due to their toxic side effects. Certain herbs with specific therapeutic properties also help. However, like modern drugs, these herbs often only relieve symptoms and they are toxic when used on a long-term basis.  Therefore, instead of taking a drug or an herb to treat a particular illness, it is far more sensible to take steps to prevent it from occurring in the first place. An adjustment of one’s lifestyle (e.g., stop smoking or excessive drinking) and eating a balanced diet are a good start. But these are not enough. We need to supply our body with extra healthful nutrients to help it right itself in a natural way, so that we will be healthy again and stay healthy.

Nutrients in some natural foods and many traditional Chinese tonic herbs inhibit the formation of free radicals or remove them after they are formed and thus can prevent or reverse these conditions.  Examples of better-known nutrients with these properties include certain vitamins (A, C, & E, etc.) and minerals (e.g., selenium, germanium) from fruits and vegetables.  Other, lesser-known ones include flavonoids, lignans, saponin glycosides, polysaccharides, sterols, triterpenes, and polyphenols that are present in traditional Chinese tonic herbs/foods.  These include ginsengs (Asian and American), astragalus root, lycium fruit, licorice root, schisandra berries, reishi mushroom, cured fo-ti (zhiheshouwu), Cherokee rosehip, Siberian ginseng (eleuthero), tienchi ginseng, aloe vera gel, turmeric and Job’s tear. Besides antioxidant properties (e.g., increasing superoxide dismutase activity), many of these phytonutrients have also been shown by modern science to have other beneficial effects, including immunoregulating, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-atherosclerotic, hypotensive, hypoglycemic, hypolipemic (e.g., lowering cholesterol), liver protectant, inhibiting monoamine oxidase (improving memory), antitumor, antimutagenic, and antimicrobial (especially antiviral). When properly prepared and formulated, these tonic herbs/foods help normalize one’s body functions.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, we are healthy when our yin and yang are in balance.  When this balance is upset, we have health problems.  To maintain or restore this balance, tonics like those contained in PhytoChi^® are often used.  These tonics don’t relieve your arthritic pain rapidly the way a steroid drug or a strong herb does, though it may do so slowly in other still-unknown ways.  They act like vitamins and minerals slowly to normalize your body functions.  They balance your yin and yang to keep you healthy and don’t cause additional health problems as do most modern drugs and many Western herbs intended for short-term use to treat specific illnesses.  Furthermore, these Chinese tonics have been safely used for hundreds to thousands of years as true dietary supplements (in tea, soup, wine, etc.).  In contrast, many herbs for treating specific illnesses have no such prior history of safe use as true supplements, especially when they are used in purified chemical forms that no longer have the properties of the original herbs from which they are prepared.

PhytoChi^® has been specially formulated by Dr. Albert Y. Leung for maintaining and promoting general good health.  It is manufactured in his own plant, under his close supervision, using only genuine high-quality extracts of herbs/foods that have a long history of safe use as tonics.  There are no other herbal drinks like it.

For your convenience, PhytoChi^® is now also available in tablet form - PhytoChi^® Caplets.