If you can never truly shake off a cold or if you suffer from recurring stomach aches, then your immune system could use all the help it can get – and the Immuno Botanico herb mix is the perfect solution. The herbs that Immuno Botanico contains – including lemon thyme, echinacea, sage and ashwagandha – all bolster the immune system and are known as immunomodulators because they improve the quality of your resistance.

Immuno Botanico herb mix is your first line of defence for preventing and treating infections from viruses, fungi and bacteria. Also effective against peptic ulcers and stomach aches caused by a bacterial infection.

Here are just a few immune-boosting herbs of Immuno: 

• thyme – antiseptic and antimicrobial, improves overall immunity
• sage – fortifies your stomach and improves digestion
• astragalus – improves the quality of your immune system and gives you an overall boost
• ashwagandha – raises your physical performance levels and slows the aging process
• reishi – in traditional Chinese medicine it is considered as the ‘mushroom of immortality’ and it acts as an anti-inflammatory while also slowing tumour growth

(Source: Groot Handboek Geneeskrachtige Planten (The Big Book of Medicinal Plants) – Dr Geert Verhelst)

What are the 3 pillars of our Amanprana Botanico mixes? 

 

I don’t even have a medicine cabinet anymore. I only use herbs, because I believe that food is your medicine. – Chantal Voets, creator of the Botanico mixes

Amanprana aims to use its Botanico mixes to demonstrate that only Mother Nature is able to cure and bolster you. And, as Amanprana says, those cures are sometimes surprisingly close to home, with Chinese and Indian medicine having proved a long time ago how much good culinary herbs can do you.

While every Botanico mix has its own unique composition, there are 3 pillars that you can find in all of our Botanico mixes because they help the herbs to do their job:

• sumac berry

Sumac is a red berry that is ground into a reddish-purple powder and added to dishes such as hummus, kebabs, fattoush and za’atar. Sumac is packed with vitamin C, has a sour flavour and has been a culinary and medicinal favourite in the Middle East for centuries. That’s because it has so many curative properties, which is most likely due to its exceptionally high ORAC value. The ORAC value – the oxygen radical absorbance capacity – measures the amount of antioxidants in a substance. Antioxidants neutralise the free radicals that can damage your body’s cells. The ORAC value of sumac is 312,000 units per 100 g. When compared to the much-loved blueberry, with an ORAC value of 4,669 units per 100 g, you can see how extraordinary the sumac berry is.

• Seaweed

Each one of our herb mixes contains the 4 seaweeds of the unique 4-Algae seaweed mix –nori, sea lettuce, kombu and dulse. Because here at Amanprana we believe that our food is becoming increasingly deficient in minerals, we have looked for an alternative natural source of minerals and trace elements. These seaweeds are very high in minerals and constitute an indispensible part of all the Botanico herb mixes.

• Khoisan fleur de sel 

‘Don’t use less salt, use better salt,’ says Amanprana. Common salt is sodium chloride plus a whole range of chemicals to stop it from clumping and keeping it dry and white. But Khoisan fleur de sel is 100% natural, is subjected to a natural filtering process and contains sodium, potassium and numerous other elements that are crucial to maintaining your body’s moisture balance. A mere 5% of sea salt crystallises to become fleur de sel when exposed to unique weather conditions. 

We recommend that you use the Botanico mix as a preventative measure, and in order for it to be most effective it is best to consume one teaspoon a day. You can use this mix together with other Botanico mixes, and it matches perfectly with Curcumax. Curcumax is a blend of turmeric and sumac, the aspirin of Asia and the miracle berry of the Middle East respectively.

110g