Botanicals for the Skin and Digestive System Our body’s largest organ, the skin is the buffer zone between us and our environment. Along with the mucus membranes, the skin forms our first barrier against disease while also serving as a route of detoxification and a way to sense the world around us. It’s interesting that the lining of the digestive tract is composed of modified skin cells, and it too comes in contact with the environment by way of the foods we eat. And just as our external skin surfaces are colonized by microorganisms, so too, our intestinal tract houses an ecosystem of microorganisms – not just freeloaders, mind you, but symbiotic species without whom we could not process certain foods, access key nutrients or manufacture essential hormones. In fact, it has been said that in and on a given human body, there are more non-human cells than human cells! The following products contain herbs that have an affinity for the digestive system, the skin, and/or for the organs that must function efficiently in order for more radiant skin: Heartburn Tea Three Flowers Tea Raspberry & Nettle Leaf Tea Nerve Balm Tincture Varicose Vein Tincture El Borracho Hangover Formula Bumps & Bruises Salve Nerve Balm Salve Varicose Vein Salve Simple: Cramp Bark Simple Dandelion Root and Leaf Simple: Milk Thistle