A GYPSY’S DREAM APOTHECARY

From the owner, Vivian.

 

Question: How did you become interested in apothecary items?

 

Once I started Acupuncture School, I started coming across many ways of helping myself with non-invasive products and techniques.

 

It has been 25 years that I don’t take medications of any sort with the exception of Thyroid medication. Which, if I had known then what I now know, I would have gone another route. *The above is not to say that you should stop any and all medications you are presently taking, but I do believe that we should research, research and research, and the more we do, we will find there’s a whole world beyond Western/Allopathic medicine. The further back we go in researching, we will discover how money and ego were able to displace the so called now Alternative Medicine.

 

When I opened my first clinic in Miami, Florida back in 1998, I thought it would be nice for my patients to have access to things that would complement their acupuncture treatments.

Incense for example, is very relaxing for many people. Crystals have also healing properties, the Flower Essences are also amazing because they work at a non-physical level. Whether these tools work or your mind thinks they do, or they are simply a placebo but still make you feel good, who cares if there are “studies” out there that say they don’t, if they help you go for them.

So going back, I started offering these things to help people feel better. I have always had an Apothecary in my clinics, so it has been 22 years that I have been selling.

Now, because I have a have a big space in the clinic, I thought, why not? I think Jacksonville is so much ready for this!

 

Question: What is your favorite herb?

 

My favorite herb, I actually have a many, I would say is Lavender, just like many herbs, is excellent for multiple uses, in top of smelling heavenly!