How & where are Blue Poppy Herbs manufactured?
Blue Poppy Herbs’ capsule formulas are made from the highest quality desiccated extracts manufactured in the People’s Republic of China, and encapsulated and bottled in the United States. These are 8:1 extracts or higher. The majority of these are 10:1 extracts or higher. Most other companies selling Chinese herbal extract formulas in the West are only using 5:1 extracts. So Blue Poppy Capsules are at least twice as potent as most other powdered extracts and tableted pills made from such extracts. Only high quality Chinese herbs are used in the manufacture of our formulas. The botanical identity of each ingredient is checked by a trained Chinese medical pharmacognosist when it arrives at the factory. The herbs are then washed in distilled water before being sent to a clean room for processing. All the processing from start to finish takes place in stainless steel equipment. Depending on the formula, cooking in a 50:50% solution of distilled water and alcohol lasts 3-6 hours. Volatile o