written by Dr. Gary Farr Last Updated 11 February 2002
Proprietary blend: Dried buckwheat juice,
buckwheat (seed), dried pea (vine) juice, oat flour, bovine liver, beet
(root), extract of Rhizopus oryzae grown on Tillandsia usneoides and
beet (root), dried beet (leaf) juice, and ascorbic acid. Other
ingredients: Honey, calcium stearate, vitamin A palmitate, and gelatin.
Sold to health care professionals. Suggested use: 1 tablet per meal, or
as directed.
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