MetaSlim II

Concentrated Chinese herbal tea extract

This traditional Chinese formula is for Fat and Sugar Balance. It terminates absorption of sugar and fat and encourages the body to release and use stored fat deposits to boost energy.

Use For: Energy (Boost), Fat Loss, Weight Loss.

Meta Slim II is no longer available. We recommend Vita Trim Pro for weight loss.

Sugar and fat absorption into body storage is the major cause of obesity and overweight. Peach flower is a superb liver-nurturing herb that helps your body to break down stored energy (body fat) for your daily energy needs. Green tea improves digestion, lowers blood pressure, and clears heat from liver, lung, and stomach. Hawthorn berry helps with stagnant, undigested food accumulated in the stomach. This formula contains high levels of antioxidant and herbal combinations used to cleanse the entire body including the digestive tract and colon.

Remarks: You may experience hunger in the first 2-3 days of taking this formula because of its sugar-fat blocking effects.

Documentation of Individual Herbs

The information is not intended as medical advice, but only as education and as a guide in working with your health care professional.

Peach Flower (Prunus persica)

Organ Affinity: Heart, Liver, Large Intestine

Effects: Promotes circulation, emollient, antitussive.

Indications: Constipation due to dry in-testine, beautifies the skin and promotes slim waist.

Remarks: Peach flower is a superb liver-nurturing herb that helps your body to break down stored energy (body fat) for your daily energy needs. Historically used by the Chinese Emperor's wifes for their complexion and for a slim waist.

Bitter Orange (Citrus aurantium)

Organ Affinity: Spleen & Stomach

Effects: Regulate energy, stomachache, anti-diarrhea, expectorant.

Indications: Dyspepsia, undigested food in stomach and intestinal tract, abdominal fullness and pain, constipation, diarrhea, oppression in chest due to phlegm.

Remarks: For thousands of years Immature Bitter Orange has been prescribed by Chinese Traditional Doctors for relief of stomach and intestinal gas, cough, inflammatory ailments, and allergy symptoms. Bitter orange purges, helps heal digestive tract. Synephrine in Immature Bitter Orange has been shown to be the active ingredient for relieving allergies. The minor amount of the naturally occurring Synephrine combined with other phyto-nutrients in Bitter orange may respond for the decongestant effect. Nobiletin in bitter orange presents chernoprevention against certain cancers, anti-leukemia, gastric muscle protection, anti-ulcer effects and modulates colonic secretion. Avoid in the people who have hypothyroid.

Selected References

1. Latex allergy in the operating room; case report and a brief review of the literature. J Clin.

2. Isolation of anti-leukemia compounds from Citrus reticulate, Life Sci. 58: 1269-76, 1996. Mak NK etc.

3. Pharmacological profile of gastric mucosal protection by marmin and nobiletin from a traditional herbal medicine. Aurontii fructus immaturus. Jpn J. Pharmacol 66:139-47, 1994. Takase H. etc.

4. Comparative teratogenic effects of dimethophrine and synephrine, two sympathornimetic amines]. [Italian] Atti Accad Med Lomb 1970;25(2-3):203-7. Scrollini F, Sangiovanni M, Torchio P.

5. Characterization of the vasorelazant activity of tyramine and other phenylethylamines in rat aorta. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1995 Jun;73(6):742-6. Varma DR, etc.

6. Fructus aruantii reduced portal pressure in portal hypertensive rats. Life Sci 1995;57(22):2011-20. Huang YT, etc.

7. Jiangsu New Medical Col-lege, Zhongyao Dachidian (Encyclopedia of Traditional Medicine), People s Publish-ing Company, Shanghai, pp. 1508-1510 (1986).

Green Tea (Camellia sinensis)

Organ Affinity: Cools: Heart, Lungs, and Stomach

Traditional Use: Antipyretic, antidote, expectorant, improves digestion, lowers blood pressure, headache and hangover, clears heat from liver, lung and stomach. Scientific findings: Polyphenols in green tea are potent antioxidants and have anti-cancer activities and prevent strokes. Cleanses cholesterol, liver-fat.

Selected References

1. The Alternative Health and Medical Encyclopedia. Visible Ink Press, 1995, Detroit, MI, pp. 87.

Cassia Tora (Semen cassiae)

Organ Affinity: Liver & Gall Bladder

Effects: Antipyretic to liver, laxative, promotes clear vision.

Indications: All eye problems due to liver inflammation, swelling, soreness, over-sensitivity to light.

Remarks: A very natural-acting laxative; safe and affective for chronic constipation; it also lowers blood pressure effectively. Contains large amounts of Anthraqunoues that are active inflammatory and arthritis agents. Polysatin in this herb decreases the level of blood data, inhibits bacteria candida and dilates capillaries, improves circulation.

Selected References

1. Bitetrahydroanthracenes from flowers of Cassia torosa Cav. Chem Pharm, Bull (Tokyo) 242:2588-90, 1994., Kitanaka S. & Takido M.

Atractviodes

Organ Affinity: Spleen, Stomach

Effects: Tonic to spleen, drying spleen damp, diuretic, impedes perspiration.

Indications: Full feeling after small food intake, fatigue, diarrhea, phlegm due to damp-excess.

Hawthorn berry

Organ Affinity: Spleen, Stomach, Liver, Heart

Effects: Digestive, moves stagnant excess food, antidiarrhetic.

Indications: Stagnant, undigested food accumulated in stomach; excess con-sumption of meats and fats; diarrhea, post-natal abdominal pain; scrotal pain and pressure. Dilates the blood vessels to lower blood pressure and dissolves cholesterol deposits in lining of blood vessels.

Alisma Plantago - Aquatica

Organ Affinity: Kidneys, Bladder

Effects: Diuretic; refrigerant.

Indications: Reduce water retention.

Plantain (Plantago Asiatica)

Organ Affinity: Liver, Lungs, Kidney, Small Intestine

Effects: Diuretic, antidysenteric, expectorant, improves vision.

Indications: Reduced water retention.

Lo Han Kuo "Magic Fruit" (Cucurbitaceae fruit-Momordica grosvenori)

Organ Affinity: Spleen and Liver.

Effects: Antipyretic, moist, calming and relaxing.

Indications: Digestive tract problems; sore throats, coughs, headache, and tension.

Remarks: Effective for elimination of constipation, diarrhea, or other digestive problems; relaxes digestive tract and, thus, relieves tension and helps to reduce headaches.

Selected References

1 .Lee C. "Intense sweetner from Lo Han Kuo (Momordica grosvenon)." Experientia 1975 May 15;31 (5): 533-4.

The Three Treasures: Jing, Shen, Qi describe three concepts of energy and underly the philosophy on which the "Three Treasures Teas" were developed.

The Three Treasures Teas: Sixteen formulas to balance and harmonize your body.

The information provided above is intended for educational purposes only. It is not meant to either directly or indirectly give medical advice or prescribe treatment. Unless specifically referenced, the information has not been scientifically validated or approved by any government or regulatory agency. Please consult with your physician or other licensed health care professional for medical diagnosis, prescription, and treatment.

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