MARCH ISSUE AscensionLife 2021

Root Chakra

1st Chakra-Root is a ‘Yang Jing’ formula, and contains herbs long used to enhance Primal Energy. Increases endurance, athletic power, structural strength/bone density. This tea can also be used as a sex tonic. Great for Athletes and those who wish to amp-up physical growth.

Ingredients: Eucomnia Bark, Epimedium, Ho Sho Wu, Bupleurum, Dragon Bone, Cistanche, Morinda, Lycium, Shizandra, Lo Han Quo Net Weight: 150 grams

Sacral Chakra

2nd Chakra-Sacral, is a rejuvenating youth/longevity tonic composed of famed herbs used for centuries in China. This tea will help replenish Kidney Jing, nourish fertility, promote long life and increase one’s sexual empowerment. A great re-charge formula for those under stress, post pregnancy, or recovering. Some of the herbs in this formula are known to reverse gray hair. Ingredients: Ho Sho Wu, Prepared Rehmannia, Dioscorea, Morinda, Reishi, Poria, Astragalus, Lycium, Schizandra- Lo Han Quo

Solar Chakra

3rd Chakra-Power formula strengthens the source of your chi by enhancing the digestive metabolism. The herbs are a good blood tonic, and help transform damp accumulation in the ‘middle Jiao’ through warming, and assisting the functions of the spleen, thus making it an excellent formula for raw foodists. It also enhances fertility by tonifying the Kidney ‘essence’ and helps warm the extremities. Great for women. Ingredients: Dang Gui, White Atractylodes, Poria, Ho Sho Wu White Peony, Codonopsis,

Heart Chakra

4th Chakra-Heart is a Love potion, this tea nourishes the Heart, helps calm anxiety, assists circulation throughout the body and is also excellent for psycho-spiritual balance, empowerment and peacefulness. The Polygala in this formula is a powerfully stabilizing herb, useful during transitions, giving one strength to leave behind that which no longer serves the good. Ingredients: Reishi, Polygonatum Sibericum, Albizzia Flower, Longan, Astragalus, Polygala, Licorice, Lycium, Schizandra, Lo Han Quo

Throat Chakra

5th Chakra Breathe. This potion nourishes the Lungs and strengthens the respiratory system. It protects the throat and enhances the energy of communication and self-expression. A great formula for actors, poets, singers, or those with weak Lung Chi. Cordyceps is specifically indicated in the Chinese Materica Medica for strengthening lung immunity. Good for all ages. Ingredients: Ophiopogon, Asparagus Root, Scute, Frittilaria, Pear, Mint, Platycodon, Cordyceps, Reishi, Licorice, Lycium, Schizandra, Lo Han Quo

3rd eye Chakra

6th Chakra, Third Eye-Perception. This potion helps you pierce through the confusion, with herbs that oxygenate and bring blood and nutrients to the brain. Broadens and provides clarity for the mind. Excellent for enhancing ‘upright Chi’. Lion’s Mane mushroom is thought to be very nourishing for the brain, and in Asian studies had shown to help reverse Alzheimers. Ingredients: Polygonatum Sibericum, Astragalus, Lion’s Mane mushroom, Rhodiola Flower, White Peony, Licorice, Lycium, Schizandra, Lo Han Quo

Crown Chakra

7th Chakra formula will help enhance your spiritual connection, see the light and overcome heartbreak. The herbs in this potion are empowering, long renowned for helping one overcome anger and anxiety, and balance yin energies with yang. Reishi mushroom is a great herb for helping remove ‘psychic baggage’ and activating one’s higher potential. This is a pure Shen formula.

Thomas describes chi in Western terms, helping readers to understand the meaning of this energy, how it is acquired and used for metabolism and health, and as an overall driver of evolution. He continues by describing the yin and yang of chi and how the foods we eat affect us all, and specifically as men and women—offering three herbal recipes each for men and women separately, and two tea recipes for both men and women. The text includes an appendix with instructions on different methods for herb preparation and sources for high-quality herbs.