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Spring Ease Tea
This winter molds really affected me. My sinuses were swollen, my nose stuffed up and my eyes red. I felt relief after my first week of Spring Ease Tea. – Rhoda, Auburn, WA

Nettle Tea/Spring Ease Tea
I’m the only one I know who hates spring. My hay fever gets so bad that by April I’m completely run down. This year was different. I drank 3 to 4 cups of nettle tea starting after Christmas. When spring came, it was wonderful. I switched to Spring Ease Tea which kept my symptoms at bay when the grasses flowered.
– Susan, Los Angeles, CA

Joint-Ease Tincture
I find Joint-Ease works better for me than the anti-inflammatory drugs my doctor prescribes. I get over the morning soreness right away.
– Mary Frances, Miami, FL

Coconut Oil, Wormwood Tea
I gave up all white food – sugar, potatoes, milk, pasta. I take 4 tablespoons of coconut oil a day and use the rather bad tasting Wormwood tea from Dry Creek. It was really hard, but within a month my rashes disappeared and my energy was returning.
–Julie, Philadelphia, PA

Kick Butt Cold & Flu Elixir
I’ve used echinacea tincture from the health food store for years when I start getting a scratchy throat – the first symptom of a cold. This Kick Butt Cold & Flu Elixir works faster and better. I have also given my two year old a couple of drops when she starts a cold and it works for her too.
– Betty, San Diego, CA

Fo-Ti and Nettles Tea
When I hit menopause, the worst thing was that my hair started falling out. I began taking fo-ti capsules, stopped soy, and my hair grew back in three months.
– Alex, Truckee, NV

Stephen Buhner’s Option #2 Formula
I had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C ten years ago. My first reaction was to take my doctor’s advice: Interferon injections. After nine months of agony, depression, and sheer Hell, there was little change. I have type 1B, one of the hardest forms of Hep C to control. My doctor took me off this medication and told me to wait for something new to come out. Several months later, the new treatment arrived. This time it was Interferon combined with Robavirin. I suffered another 12 months of agony. Although my viral load disappeared, six months later it was back. It took me five years to recover from the side effects: depression, hair loss, loose teeth, and a lower immune system. During those years I started looking for alternative therapy. I tried hydrogen drips, which were very expensive and effected no change. Then I tried vitamins and herbs. A nutritionist who ran the Vitamin Shoppe recommended to me a book: Herbs for Hep C and the Liver. Well, after reading it I contacted Susan at Dry Creek. Like an angel of nature, she helped me start on my road to recovery. I have been taking Buhner’s formula for a couple of years along with most of the other vitamin supplements suggested in the book. My last blood test taken before starting this regimen showed a viral load of 10,000,000. I was shaken, but my research on alternative treatment and the results for other Hep C sufferers kept my hopes for curing myself strong. I stopped any alcohol drinking, watched my food intake, and prayed constantly for health. Last month I finally gathered enough nerve to take another viral load blood test. My viral load went from 10,000,000 to 30,000 to 40,000. When I asked my doctor if he believed it was the herbs I was taking, he said no, but if you think it’s helping, keep on taking them. In my opinion, doctors can find the disease but only know what the pharmaceutical company dictates. Physician, heal thyself. My respect for natural healing, and the guidance of an angel named Susan and Buhner’s formula have returned my life to normal. All enzyme levels are perfect. I will continue taking Buhner’s formula until the virus is completely gone. Thank you, Susan. Thanks too, to Mary who is following in Susan's footsteps."
- Joe, Brooklyn, New York

Stephen Buhner’s Option #2 Formula
I was diagnosed with Hepatitis C a few years ago before having breast surgery. I had no idea that I had it. Many years ago I had a blood transfusion. Back then, they didn’t test for Hepatitis C. I was put on interferon shots that made me terribly sick. I felt like I had the flu all the time. The treatment was supposed to be for 6 months. If that didn’t work, I would go on the stronger dosage for another 6 months.

One month before my first 6 months was up, I read about the formula that Dry Creek Herb Farm had for liver support. I was so excited. I got on the phone immediately and ordered the powdered mixture. I started taking it with the interferon. The doctors couldn’t believe how fast I was improving. I didn’t go back on the stronger dosage of interferon because it would make me sicker than I had been.

I kept up with the herb mixture. Six months after I had gone off the interferon, the doctors tested me to see if I had gotten any worse. The virus was no longer there! They couldn’t find it in my blood or in my liver. Six months after that I was tested again and they couldn’t find any trace of the virus.

My sincere thanks goes to Dry Creek Herb Farm in Grass Valley, CA. I pass the information along to people that suffer the same problem as I had.

This is a life saving miracle. Thank you.
– Evelyn, Sacramento, CA

Stephen Buhner's Option #2
Thank you so much for the help and resources you’ve given me for my health problems. Your products have been a tremendous help especially for liver problems. You’ve been enormous help to me and have helped me more than any specialist or physician has. My liver enzyme levels are normal and I don’t really feel any symptoms of hepatitis C. Keep up the good work. God bless you. P.S. Thank you for taking the time when I really needed someone to turn to. –Ray, Torrance, CA

Stephen Buhner's Option #2 Formula
When I was diagnosed with Hep C, I was really run down and feeling very tired and ill. My doctors were telling me the only way was with traditional western medicine, and I had almost convinced myself that was the only way, even with its horrible side effects. But a small voice inside me said look further, and I found Stephen Harrod Buhner’s book Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver. I am so glad that I found this book and contacted Dry Creek Herb Farm and started my daily herb treatments. I used the herbal protocol for approximately 10 months and brought my viral load down from 300,000 to 30,000. The only side effect of the herbs is they don’t taste very good, but with the results I was having they started tasting pretty good. The cost is also very affordable. I am now on a maintenance protocol and I have kept my viral load holding. I also cleaned up my eating and drinking habits and all my liver functions have returned to normal levels. From the beginning to this day, Dry Creek Herb Farm has always provided me with information and support. I now feel I have a healthy future ahead of me. Thank you Dry Creek Herb Farm.
– Joanne H., Loma Rica, CA

Stephen Buhner's Option #2 Formula
My name is Charles and I live in San Antonio. In 2001 I went to the doctor for a yearly checkup and bloodwork and found out I had hepatitis C. I immediately started research on the subject and eventually ran across Stephen Buhner’s book at a health food store. I started taking liquid herbs that were in his formula and my viral load started slowly coming down, but I had to take the liquid three times a day. So I decided to switch to Buhner’s formula because you only have to take it once a day. I was already a vegetarian so I did not have to alter my diet much. My viral load has been steadily coming down. Here were the last three readings soon after I first started taking the formula in 2003:

04/16/02 1,980,000
04/03/03 845,000
04/29/04 273,000

Herbs are saving my life with no side effects like the interferon treatments have. The natural way is the only way for me.
– Charles, San Antonio, TX

Stephen Buhner's Option #2 Formula
Dry Creek Herb Farm has made it possible for me to follow the hepatitis protocol in Stephen Buhner’s book Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver in the easiest and most cost effective way. Everything is pre-mixed so I don’t have to measure or order the numerous components individually. This has kept the whole procedure easier and more consistent to follow, and I have always been satisfied with the quality. I just pick up the phone and call. Mary is always responsive and it comes all the way across the country in just two or three days.
– Ron from Boston, MA

Stephen Buhner’s Option #2 Formula
Let’s start this letter of testimony by quoting words by Sarah Williams

I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night.

After being wounded in Vietnam, I got out of the Marine Corps and returned to my home town of Pensacola. I lived life on the run for a couple of years, then attended and graduated from our local junior college. Had a short stint as a law break in Mexico and regained my freed. I never looked back – until 1996!

After working for a delivery company for two years, on the way home from work one hot July day, I was overwhelmed with tiredness. Something was not right. I went to the doctor (GP) and requested a few days off to rest up. He ran some blood work. Ten days later, I received a call at work and the nurse informed me that I must visit a gastroenterologist immediately. I ask what’s the hurry? How bad can Hep C be? Ha!

Upon exam by the doctor and their use of fear and righteousness, I began alpha interferon shots. I did this for one year. It damn near killed me. I had seizures, no energy, was very racy, moody, depressed. The doctor stated I might have contracted the virus when I received blood in Vietnam in 1969. I was trying to put all that behind me.
Finally, I could take the shots no more. I just quit. My health and blood work showed the virus regrouping.

One day, while visiting our local health food store, I overheard a clerk commenting on his Hep C condition. We talked for a while. The clerk’s father, grandfather and brothers were all medical doctors, yet, he chose the herbal path. He was told he needed a liver transplant, yet to me he was alive, well and energetic.

I started doing liver cleanses. After seven or eight, I was a new man. My tests improved somewhat but my liver enzymes continued to climb. Later on a friend told me about Stephen Buhner’s book, Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver. I began using herbs along with the liver cleanses. The more herbs I did, the less need for the liver cleansing.

Some of the gradual changes I have noticed are: overall feeling of good health. My urine is not so dark or smelly. My lymph and sweat glands are not on a rampage anymore. -- Don W., Pensacola, FL

Coconut Oil
Another day, while conversing with an angel, Susan mentioned coconut oil. So I jumped right in wondering how it would help my Hepatitis C. Help it did!

Overall my health is real good. The whites of my eyes are white, my urine is clear, no kidney pain. My skin color is normal, no more mental fatigue. Energy level is excellent. I have hope and vision for the future. All from drinking a tablespoon of coconut oil daily (and using Dry Creek's pre-mixed formula). After six weeks, my liver enzymes were down 40 and 50 points!

Let’s sum it up. The medical profession tried and failed. The 'Susans' out there, the herbal community, are life savers, life extenders, providing quality of life. I came from depression and death to hope and love.
– Don W., Pensacola, FL

Stephen Buhner's Option #2
I probably contracted Hep C from a blood transfusion I had 20 years ago. I discovered I had it when I went in for a checkup. My only symptom was fatigue. I used herbs from Dry Creek Herb Farm for four months. When I got retested, my doctor said I was in remission. He said, "Well, whatever you’re doing, keep on doing it!" I asked him if he wanted to know what I was doing. He said, "No."
– Rex, Cleveland, OH

Stephen Buhner's Option #2

My husband contracted Hep C in 1980 when he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.  This went undiagnosed for years...around 2002 it was finally identified...in 2004 he decided to treat it even though the prognosis was poor given the fact that much damage was done to the liver and he was overweight.  I read the Stephen Buhner book on Hep C and decided to do everything we could to beat this.  He underwent the protocol from his doctor with pills every day and a shot once a week for a year.  The treatment left him very weak and he threw up every day.  I boosted his system with your liver herb mix, a liquid vitamin, and colloidal silver.  Without the Herb mix and the liquid vitamin, he could not get out of bed...we call your herb mix GREEN DRAGON POWDER, as he tried to take it without liquid one day and it spewed out in a giant green cloud...(it was pretty funny)...Thank you for making this mix as it would have been a pain to hunt and mix this up myself.  I hope this helps other people, as his doctor was floored when all his liver function tests came up within a good range and remain so...Thank you again...Laurie V.                                                                                      

Liver Herbs
After three months on interferon, my white blood count was so low, the doctors made me stop treatment. Though my viral count was reduced from 10,000,000 to half that, it soon began to climb. The doctor said the virus had mutated and would be unresponsive to further treatment. I started taking lots of herbs to rebuild immunity like astragalus and codonopsis. I took antiviral herbs like bupleurum. I ate mountains of chlorella because I had high levels of mercury. I had to go on disability and during that time I decided to quit my high pressure job. I make less money, but I’m not stressed. This last year my liver enzymes normalized, though viral load stays around 100,000. I have no liver scarring. I think HCV may be like chicken pox or herpes – a virus you can live with and be well. And I feel great!
– Roger, Nashville, TN

Liver Herbs
I couldn’t stomach the powdered herbal formula they have at Dry Creek. They suggested some alternatives. I couldn’t believe them when they suggested eating more fats – namely certified raw butter and coconut oil. I’d been a vegan for many years, but I trusted them and began eating salmon, pasture fed hen’s eggs and taking cod liver oil. I also took milk thistle extract and a Japanese formula called Liver Kampo. Within a couple of months, my energy was returning and all sorts of aches and pains I attributed to middle-age began to disappear. I sleep better, no more joint pain, and no more hot flashes.
– Celeste, Las Vegas, NV

Liver Herbs
Within a week of juicing beets and burdock and eating coconut oil, the skin itching that was driving me crazy abated.
- Mark, Melbourne, FL

Stephen Buhner's Option #2

Heartfelt Ease Tincture and diet
I had so many adverse reactions to Lipitor I decided there had to be a better way. I began using Dry Creek’s Heartfelt Ease tincture. I also started eating lots of onions, garlic, ginger and tomatoes. And I got a divorce.
– Sylvia, Ashville, NC

Fermented and Cultured Foods and Bitters
Though I thought, I ate a really healthy diet, Susan at Dry Creek Herb Farm suggested I read Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. I starting soaking my oatmeal overnight to neutralize the phytates in grains (which prevent mineral absorption), gave up granola, and stopped drinking soymilk. I took a teaspoon of bitters tincture before every meal. I learned to make some cultured foods like yogurt and kefir – scary but easy. The most dramatic change happened after I started making beet kvass (a recipe from Nourishing Traditions). I drink 4 ounces in the morning and 4 ounces with dinner. It’s kind of medicinal, but who cares.
– Boyd, Duluth, MN

Creative Menopause
I have been using the Creative Menopause tincture for about a year now. I’ve tried other herbal remedies and have been most satisfied with this one. It particularly helps decrease the frequency/severity of hot flashes and helps with insomnia. When I don’t use it for a few days, the hot flashes immediately begin again. Sometimes I forget to call before the bottle is empty, and then need some right away. I’ve been especially thankful for your prompt response when I call and need another bottle. I’ve referred several friends and co-workers to you and suggested they try this tincture which has worked so well for me. Thanks for your support.
– Michelle L., Auburn, CA

Beet Lips
I wanted you to know I was at Ikeda’s a few weeks ago and bought some of your Beet Lips. I have eczema on my hands and I usually use cortisone cream. Your stuff seems to be much more soothing and stops the itching better. Also it seems to clear it up better. So good work, girls, and thanks!
- Karen A, Auburn, CA

Beet Lips
I discovered normal diaper rash creams make my baby’s rash worse (petroleum products), so one day I started using your Beet Lips concoction. To my relief (and hers), it worked!
– Donna Scott

Beet Lips
I have tried your Beet Lips product and have found its anti-inflammatory and antiseptic qualities to be very beneficial to my musicians, particularly my brass players.
I have used the balm during performances and practice and find nearly instantaneous relief of lip inflammation and soreness due to strenuous playing, far superior to other more “commercial” products on the market.
I wish you continued success and congratulate you on your enterprise!
- Donald G. Traco, Moonlight Swing Big Band

Bloodroot Salve
I had those pre-cancer spots on my forehead. I used Bloodroot Salve for about 10 days and they dried up and fell off.
– Mary P., Santa Rosa, CA

Bloodroot Salve
This is the only product I’ve used that works for weird moles. Thanks for making it.
- Frank S., Arlington Heights, IL

Black Balm
I had the first pedicure of my life. What a treat – I got a foot fungus. Nothing worked. I even tried prescription meds. Black balm cleared it up in 2 days.
– Charlotte, Hoboken, NJ

Blue Balm
I walked into the foot of the bed one night while returning half asleep from going to the bathroom. Who moved that bed I wanted to know! Anyway, the next morning my toe was horribly swollen, black, blue, red and green. When I showed people, they turned away. I put Blue Balm on every night and the results were immediate. Within a week, my toe was regular again.
– Susan A., Palm Springs, CA

Cold Sore Magic
I’ve tried lots of products. Cold sores used to last 10 days. Now when I feel one coming on, I apply Cold Sore Magic and the cold sore is stopped cold.
– Caroline Lyons

Urinary Tea
I get bladder infections and cystitis at least once or twice a year. This time I drank unsweetened cranberry juice as they suggested at Dry Creek and drank 3 cups of Urinary Support Tea per day. Within three days I felt fine and haven’t had another infection for over a year now.
– Alice, Milwaukee, WI