BODYTONIX  Focuses on a much neglected area of healthcare known in India as Rasayana (Elixir Therapy) and in China as Fu Zheng (constitution fortifying) In my practice I draw from the folk traditions of different cultures to provide increased energy and aliveness, through the use of diet, herbs and rejuvenative therapies.                                             

Over the past 30 years I have trained & worked in China, India, Australia, Europe, Fiji and The U.S.A. My contact with the healing cultures of the world have helped me to create a symbiosis of holistic approaches to herbalism

Although known symptoms are considered, my major aim is to tonify and promote balance within the body so that disease has no place of residence. 

'Discord cannot exist in a harmonious environment. Disease cannot remain in a healthy body'.     

 For further information on products, services,  consultations john@bodytonix.co.uk

  Some of the most potent herb medicines come from medicinal mushrooms & algae; I use many of these in my work as a herbalist, combining them with other herbs depending on the individual and the condition treated. My favourite fungi include:  Cordyceps (from Tibet), Coriolus (turkey tail fungus) & Reishi ganoderma. My favourite lichen is Usnea Longissima which I use as a main ingredient in my immune formula Usnea Gold.

Highly valued in Chinese herbalism since 250 BC, cordyceps was used excusively in the Emperor's court as an aphrodisiac tonic (The Classic of the Divine Farmer - circa 200 AD).

Cordyceps is used traditionally to support both lungs and adrenals; a modern application of this herb exemplified this historical use when a Chinese sports coach confessed to using it with his athletics team who subsequently broke no less than nine world records in the 1993 Chinese National Games.

High quality true cordyceps is available through this site as a high potency tincture (see future additions to product page).

Aknowledgements: Herbal Roots 2004 - The Newsletter of the URHP

COREOLUS VERSICOLOR ('turkey tail fungus)

Early work on the anti cancer properties of mushrooms led researchers to the realisation that even commonly used edible mushrooms such as Shitake, taken in high medicinal doses for prolonged periods, could lead to a certain degree of toxicity*; whereas coreolus was found to be more effective with fewer side effects.

In the 1970's active ingredients of coreolus were used in the manufacture of such anti-cancer drugs as PSK and Krestin.

Tincture of Coreolus is available through this site (watch for updates on PRODUCTS  page)

Aknowledgements: Mycology News, Volume 1, Edition 3.

* Translation of Cancer Immunotherapy, 1977, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital.

REISHI GANODERMA ('The Mushroom of Immortality')

The use of Reishi Mushrooms in Chinese Herbal Medicine dates back approximately four thousand years.

The first herbal paper on longevity was written on Reishi, a mushroom known in China as 'tens of thousand years fungus'.

Research on reishi has shown it to have anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-oxidant and anti-tumour properties, it has also been found useful in the treatment of lung conditions such as asthma and bronchitis.

Hogh quality Reishi tincture is available through this site (watch for updates on PRODUCTS page).

Aknowledgements: Hobbs, Christopher - Medicinal Mushrooms, Botanica Press. 1986

Usnea is one of the earth's oldest plant species and combines the properties of both lichen and algae being anti-viral, antiseptic, antibiotic and antibacterial.

Usnea has great potential against both staphylococcus and streptococcus bacteria and works by changing cellular metabolism. It has no known contraindications or harmful side effects,

Usnea Longissima is the major herb in my formula 'USNEA GOLD' used to support healthy immune function. USNEA GOLD has been used successfully in the treatment of mouth ulcers, gum disorders, sore throats, skin disorders and cysts. See PRODUCTS page for further details.