A Guide to taking Quintessence Herbal Extracts

The Quintessence Protocol: 

To achieve the best results from your tinctures, it's important to understand how they work. 

Eastern White Pine & Lady's Thumb have very different functions to St John's Wort. When you take them together, SJW can overpower the others.

This protocol is designed to separate them, allowing each tincture the space to work at its full potential.

1. Your Morning Ritual: 🌲 Eastern White Pine (EWP) / 🌿 Lady's Thumb 

Take Early in the Day.

The Concept: Give them Space to Work

Think of Eastern White Pine and Lady's Thumb (for the ladys) as sources of deep, nourishing and supportive compounds.

For your body to make full use of these beneficial compounds, it needs time to absorb and integrate them. Taking them in the morning gives it a "clear run"—a window of many hours to be fully assimilated by your body without interference.

2. Your Evening Ritual: 🕊 St. John's Wort (SJW)

Take in the late Evening

The Concept: Prime Your Body's Natural Detox

St. John's Wort is a powerful "activator." Its most profound actions are:

Liver Activation: SJW is famous for stimulating the liver's natural purification pathways (specifically, the CYP enzymes). It's like switching the "master cleanup" system into a higher gear.

Cellular Detox: It also activates tiny "cellular pumps" (known as P-gp) that actively push foreign substances and waste out of your cells.

This is why they must be taken separately. If you take SJW at the same time as other herbal extracts, its "activation" will be too strong. The "hyper-active" cleanup crew might accidentally flush out the beneficial compounds before your body has had a chance to absorb them.

Why the Evening is the Perfect Time:

Your body's primary repair and detox cycle happens naturally while you sleep.

Brain Detox: While you sleep, your brain's "glymphatic system" activates to flush out metabolic waste.

Liver Detox: Your liver's most intensive purification work (like Phase 2 detoxification) is also scheduled for the night.

By taking St. John's Wort in the evening, you are not forcing a detox; you are enhancing your body's own scheduled event. You are "priming the pumps" just before the natural cleanup crew comes on shift.

This timing also allows you to benefit from SJW's well-known support for a balanced mood and a calm nervous system, helping you unwind before sleep.

SJW does not effect the absorption of vitamins and minerals.

 

Your Daily Schedule

This simple protocol ensures Quintessence tinctures can work in harmony, without competition.

1. Upon Waking 🌄:

Take your Eastern White Pine and Lady's Thumb dose. This gives them the entire day to support your immune system and protect your cells.

2. Early Evening 🌅 :

Take your second dose of Lady's Thumb to help you wind down from the day.

3. In the late Evening 🌜:

Take your St. John's Wort dose. This supports a calm mind and prepares your body for a night of enhanced cellular restoration and detoxification.

 

 

⚠️ The Essential St. John's Wort Safety Warning

This is critical for your safety. Please read carefully.

This guideline is only for optimizing these herbal tinctures.

DO NOT TAKE ST. JOHN'S WORT if you are on any prescription medication without the explicit approval of your doctor or pharmacist.

The same "liver activation" that enhances your nightly detox will also cause your body to "flush out" many medications, including (but not limited to) antidepressants, birth control pills, blood thinners, and heart medications. This can make them ineffective or cause them to fail.

Always consult with your healthcare provider before adding St. John's Wort to your routine if you are taking any other medication.