SPECIFICS ON RED SHISO Perilla frutescens

In Japanese, shiso means purple leaf. A robust member of the mint family, Red Shiso grows into lush three-foot high plants of deep magenta color. It is used extensively in macrobiotic food preparation, especially with umeboshi plums. Besides contributing flavor and a distinctive red color, Red Shiso contains perilla aldehyde, a preservative documented to have a thousand times the strength of synthetic food preservatives. Because the life force energy in Flower Essences can lead to bacterial growth, Red Shiso, with its active ingredient perilla aldehyde, is a wonderful and necessary stabilizer.

Since 1994, we have come to deeply respect this plant's preservative abilities and healing energies. Red Shiso, when taken into our system in any form, helps us to be able to more easily and comfortably hold greater light energy.  Red Shiso helps every part of our energy system resonate with and accommodate the higher vibrations coming to Earth. With Flower Essences in Red Shiso you get three vibrational boosts at once. First, the Flower Essences are well stabilized by the Red Shiso, allowing them to offer their complete healing vibrations. Second, the Red Shiso matrix in which the Flower Essences are stabilized amplifies the healing energies of the Flower Essences. Third, the Red Shiso offers its own healing vibration.

We organically grow all the Red Shiso used in our Flower Essences here at Green Hope Farm. Each year the mandala for our field of Red Shiso is different. Each energy matrix brings sparkling life force energy to the farm. Post- harvest, Red Shiso's bright and shining light fills the rafters of our Red Shiso building with a beautiful energy. When the Red Shiso is dried, we make our Red Shiso decoction with our artesian well water mixed with a small percentage of white vinegar. Each leaf used in the decoction is carefully hand selected. Only the deepest purple leaves are used in our stabilizer.

It was not until we mixed the first batch of the decoction that we began to grasp the full glory of this stabilizer. Not only was the decoction a lovely pink color, but also its taste was pleasant enough that even our taste-testing teenagers found it palatable. More importantly, the life force of the decoction was so vibrant, clear, and strong that we knew we finally had a stabilizer with as high a vibration as the Flower Essences themselves. It was a match made in heaven.

As you will see from our order blank you can now order our Red Shiso stabilizer in 2 oz. bottles. This makes it possible for you to make dosage bottles with Red Shiso as your stabilizer.

"Every day I'm amazed at the difference in the Flowers from brandy to Red Shiso.  It feels like taking pure light to me and has turned "taking my Essences . . . I guess I should. . . " into "Out of my way! Is it time for my Essences yet?" A.D., Phoenicia, NY

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