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About The Owner

My name is Daniel Gagnon, and I am the Medical Herbalist and owner of Herbs, Etc. As a child and as a young adult, I suffered from eczema, asthma and allergies. My journey back to health is the driving force that motivates me to develop herbal medicines and share the benefits of natural healing with other individuals.

Today, the number one goal of my practice is to provide my clients with therapeutic results. This goal dovetails with my life’s work to provide effective herbal medicines that contain only natural, beneficial ingredients and that have little or no side effects.

Some herb parts, such as flowers, leaves and buds, must be processed while fresh (undried) to retain their full medicinal qualities. This is a critical step since essential oils and other fragile constituents are lost, evaporated or destroyed in the drying process. Fresh herbs are picked and shipped in refrigerated containers overnight. The herbs are received the very next morning. Once released from quality control, they are immediately ground to break the cell walls and extracted while fresh and vibrant. The ground herbs yield what is called a “mush”.

Other manufacturers cut the herbs into big pieces and put them in an alcohol/water solution. This is a problem because whole herbs absorb the liquid, but, since their cell walls are intact, they do not release the active constituents.