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Sen-Herbs For Life Sen is the world leader in producing top quality classical herb formulations in convenient, ready-to-use form. Sen provides unique combinations of effective herbs that are based on the long and valuable experience of Chinese herbalists and on the rigorous scrutiny of modern scientific investigation. The formulas have been carefully designed to assure safe and efficient experience of the world's most respected ancient tradition. These formulas have the following important features: | 
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- The herbs are first decocted in technologically advanced equipment to extract all essential active components, then the extract is dried carefully to preserve even the most volatile components, and the dried extract is formed into easy to swallow, smooth tablets.
- There are no secret ingredients. All the herb ingredients are listed on the label, with full botanical name, plant part, and actual percentage of the ingredient in the formula. There are no added drugs, no minerals, no animal ingredients, nor endangered species, just top quality herbs. Tablet forming ingredients are listed; the formulations are hypoallergenic.
- Our team of expert consultants adjusts all formulations to meet strict safety requirements, observes and directs the quality control procedures and testing methods, imposes rigorous standards, and reviews all stages of production to assure pure and potent herb tablets.
- The formulas are labeled with proper dosage instructions. The amounts recommended are suitable for most of the standard applications of the formulas; there are 100 tablets per bottle.
Sen currently produces 33 tablet formulas; 6 of them have been selected for distribution in the U.S. Each of the 6 formulas is named for its primary ingredient and the number of additional ingredients used to produce a harmonized blend.
| Sen Resources for You
Jintu (The Golden Path of Health) is the American visitor center for a wide range of unique health products, including Sen tablets and a variety of specialty teas. It is located at: 2007 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., The main Sen store in London (pictured left) is at: 59 South Molton Street, Learn more about the herb ingredients on the Jintu web site (with a link to Sen's web site). You can browse the full range of Jintu items and numerous other Sen products. |
ELEGANT CHINESE HERB FORMULAS
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| Salvia +2
Salvia is the essential herb relied on in China for improving the quality of the blood: nourishing the blood, reducing its stickiness and excess of fats, benefiting its flow characteristics. It is combined with rhodiola, an adaptogenic herb used for cardiovascular health, and lotus leaf, an herb used to reduce lipids in the blood. | |||||||||||||||
Ganoderma +2
Ganoderma (called reishi in Japan) is the premier "mushroom of longevity," known to be a remarkable health tonic. It is combined here with another famous mushroom, poria, and the cardamom-like seed, alpinia, both of which are often used to improve digestion. |
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| Astragalus +2
Astragalus is known as the "immune system herb," widely used around the world to regulate immune functions. It is combined here with atractylodes and siler in a famous traditional formula, known as the "Jade Screen Formula," which is employed in China as a preventive for allergies and infections (such as cold and flu). | |||||||||||||||
Zizyphus +4
Zizyphus is a remarkable seed used to help calm irritability and promote a good night's sleep. It is here included as a key ingredient of an ancient formula, recorded 1,800 years ago, and used in China ever since for nervous agitation and insomnia. |
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| Lonicera +2
Lonicera, the Japanese honeysuckle, is a detoxifying herb; it is used to clear potentially damaging pathogens and toxins from the blood, skin, and membranes. It is combined here with the cooling and soothing chrysanthemum flower and imperata, an herb used in China for cleansing the liver. | |||||||||||||||
Ginseng +2
Ginseng has become the best known and most sought of all Chinese herbs. Sometimes it is misunderstood as a stimulant; actually, it relaxes nervous energy so that the body's energy can be used more fruitfully, to get the task at hand accomplished. It is accompanied here by the tonic herbs ophiopogon (to replenish moisture) and schizandra (to improve the respiratory system functions). |
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Important Note: health-related statements in this brochure have not been reviewed or approved by the FDA. This information is solely a reflection of the utilization of the herbs in Chinese herbalism. Consult a health professional for assistance in diagnosing or treating any health problem. For a partial list of practitioners trained in Chinese herbs, visit www.itmonline.org.
