Typical Usage
3 Capsules 2 times per day
or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Each bottle contains 100
capsules, 500 miligrams each
Description
Pearl is a very special herbal substance
used since ancient times. Powdered
Pearl is used as a Spirit tonic to stabilize the emotions, allay
fright, ease
frustration and anger, brighten the eyes and help regenerate tissue.
Pearl
is also used as a major beauty tonic, because it is believed that oral
consumption
of Pearl powder results in lustrous, pure, beautiful skin. Pearl powder
is
also used topically in skin creams to purify the skin. The best pearls,
for
herbal purposes, are wild sea water pearls that come from cold northern
waters. The smaller the pearls, the more powerful their effect.
Hydrolyzed Pearl, which is almost totally water soluble, is also now
available. This hydrolyzed pearl is highly assimilable and extremely
effective.
Primary Functions
Spirit Stabilizing, generate beautiful skin
and
clear toxins
Qualities
Pearls have a tremendous reputation in
China
as both a beauty tonic and as a Spirit tonic. Recent Chinese medical
texts
credit pearl with the ability to relieve uneasiness of the heart and
mind,
to benefit reproduction, to relieve "wandering arthritis," to relieve
internal
fever, to clear sputum, to remove visual obstacles and improve
eyesight,
to promote muscle development and to invigorate blood circulation.
As a beauty tonic, pearl is hard to beat. The components in pearl
powder help heal blemishes and maintain the health of the skin by
participating in the metabolic activities of the skin. Pearl promotes
the regeneration
of new cells and makes the skin smooth, fine, elastic and naturally
beautiful. High quality pearl powder can promote the activities of the
important natural antioxidant enzyme, SOD, and can help prevent the
development of melanin, which causes freckles and dark patches on the
skin. It can help prevent
the skin from becoming old looking, wrinkled and sagging. This is
partly
due to its stimulation of SOD activity and partly due to other
capacities
and nutrients. Consistent use of pearl powder can eliminate blemishes
such
as colored spots and even pimples and boils. Constant use can help
assure
that the skin will age much more slowly and that it will not be easily
harmed
by either time or the elements. Pearl is one of the great secrets of
the
most beautiful women of the Orient.
Pearl is also a powerful Spirit stabilizer. It is among the elite
substances of this type known. It can relieve uneasiness, nervousness,
anxiety and
tension. Pearl promotes sound sleep, prevents nerve-disorders and nerve
weakness, and is commonly used to prevent or overcome fatigue.
Consistent use helps a person maintain their energy and vitality. It is
an ideal Spirit tonic and is the main ingredient in the finest Spirit
tonic formulations.
Hydrolyzed pearl powder, which is pearl that has been broken down for
easy and complete absorption, has been shown in China to help the
growth
of children's teeth and bones and to improve children's intelligence.
Hydrolyzed
pearl has also been shown to be beneficial for habitual constipation,
acting
quickly, gently and effectively. Studies indicate that hydrolyzed pearl
can lower blood pressure, increase endurance, and can prevent
osteoporosis
and various cardiovascular diseases. Recent studies indicate that
hydrolyzed
pearl is effective in healing inflammation of the uterus.
Pearl is extremely safe. Safety studies on hydrolyzed pearl have shown
it to be absolutely harmless. It can be taken by anybody for the course
of a lifetime without side effects.
Scientific
Data
To many people's surprise, pearl is not
just
a mineral. It contains dozens of amino acid (eight of the amino acids
are
"essential," in other words, cannot be produced in the body but are
required
for health), and dozens of minerals, including: calcium, magnesium
zinc,
iron, strontium, copper, selenium, silicon, titanium, etc. Pearl
contains
calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium phosphate, ferric
oxide,
silica.
Various components in pearl participate in DNA and RNA metabolic
activities, and thus can promote and accelerate cell renewal.
Mucopolysaccharides in Margarita have been shown to prevent wrinkling
and to increase libido and sexual potency in humans.
Preparation
and
Utilization
Pearl can be fed to the skin both through
external application and by taking it as a supplement. Many women are
familiar with pearl creams, but few are aware that pearl is even better
utilized bay consuming it and letting it nourish the skin through the
blood stream. The best pearl creams now use hydrolyzed, dissolvable
pearl since it is easily absorbed into the skin. Use according to
instructions.
If you buy high grade natural pearls and have them ground into a fine
powder, consuming between two to five grams a month is sufficient to
improve
the beauty of the skin and to adjust Shen. Simply place a little of the
pearl powder on your tongue and swallow with a drink. If you buy
hydrolyzed
pearl powder, consuming between 500 mg. (1/2 gram) and 1 gram per day
is
usually sufficient to achieve the best results. Be consistent and the
results
will amaze you.
Varieties and
Grading
Basically there are two types of pearls:
natural and cultivated. Natural pearls are much more expensive and are
considered to be superior to cultivated pearls for both external,
cosmetic use, and for
internal, nutritional use. The natural pearls used in herbalism are
very small.
The smaller the pearl, the more potent and effective the pearl is as an
herb.
Some pearls are not much larger than a grain of salt. These very small
pearls,
which are softer, can be easily crushed and ground into very fine
powder
which can be absorbed with relatively high efficiency by the digestive
tract.
Larger pearls tend to be much harder to grind into fine powder and are
thus
harder to digest. Small natural pearls are quite expensive, costing
between
$100 and $1000 an ounce at Chinese herb shops in Hong Kong. They are
rare
and are very hard to find in mainland China. They are generally sold to
overseas
Chinese who can afford them.
Cultivated pearls are not considered to be of the same herbal quality
as natural pearls. They tend to be large and difficult to grind into
fine
powder. However, over the last decade a new technology has been
developed
in China whereby the cultivated pearls are "hydrolyzed." Through modern
advanced biochemical technology, pearl can now be made virtually
totally
water soluble. The result is pure instant pearl powder. The solubility
rate
of this hydrolyzed pearl is 98%, and of this, studies have shown that
95%
is absorbed into the blood stream through the digestive tract. This
absorbability
is approximately four times the bioavailability of normal ground pearl,
and
double that of the finest ground natural pearl. This increased
bioavailability
and the enormous reduction in cost makes the hydrolyzed pearl an
extraordinary
value for all but the richest of herbal consumers---and even for the
rich
and famous, a blend of hydrolyzed pearl and premium natural is probably
best.
Natural pearls have more magnesium carbonate than cultured pearls, and
cultured pearls have more calcium carbonate than natural pearls.
In buying supplements with pearl powder, be sure that you are buying a
brand that you can trust.
If you are buying your own pearls to grind, do not use cultivated
pearls unless they are hydrolyzed (dissolvable). Do not buy
dissolvable, hydrolyzed pearl powder from a dealer that you do not know
and trust. Some pearl powders on the market are not real pearl, or
contain pearl mixed with adulterants. Some of these counterfeits come
in lovely boxes, but they are worthless. Good pearl powder costs a
little more than the cheaper brands, but is well worth the added
expense. My advice in buy pearls: buy high quality natural pearls or
buy the most expensive hydrolyzed pearl you can find.
Contraindications
None. Safety studies have shown pearl
powder
to be extremely safe at all reasonable doses.
History
Pearls have been used in Chinese herbalism
for
more than three thousand years. They were described in detail in the
Ben
Cao Gong Mu and are currently listed in the Pharmacopoeia of the
People's
Republic of China." Pearl was made especially famous as a beauty tonic
by
the Dowager Empress Xi who consumed pearl every day to maintain her
stunning
beauty. She has been regarded as one of the great beauties in the
history
of China, which is saying a lot. She maintained her beauty until she
was
very old and always looked younger than her years.
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