Herbal Medicine Topical Preparations with Vito Cozza

Tech Talk with OptimalRx

In this episode of Tech Talk with OptimalRx, Kristin Gilmour talks with Herbario Clinic founder and owner, Vito Cozza. As a Herbalist, Vito's experience spans over 44 years of clinical practice and herbal craftsmanship. Vito has also developed a comprehensive range of botanical preparations for inner health, as well as organic skincare, and face and body treatments, with his Herbario brand of skincare sold in Mecca stores throughout Australia. Renowned for his topical herbal formulations, Vito kindly shares his knowledge in his area of expertise with Kristin.
Listen to Vito discuss how many well-known herbs can be mixed effectively to treat internal and external conditions using suppositories, pessaries, gels, creams, ointments and even lozenges. Learn how to create a saline nasal spray, when to create and use an ointment instead of a cream and the types of base ingredients to use when making suppositories or pessaries.
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Chapters

1. Herbal Medicine Topical Preparations with Vito Cozza (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:30)

3. Common mistakes when creating your own herbal products (00:10:40)

4. Patience and taking time when blending (00:15:00)

5. Hydroethanolic vs. Glycetract topical preparations (00:17:38)

6. Benefits of using Glycetracts in lozenge preparations (00:24:12)

7. Considering herbs that may cause staining topically (00:24:54)

8. Benefits of different types of topical treatments (gel vs. cream vs. ointment) (00:30:00)

9. Storage and shelf life of herbal preparations (00:37:31)

10. Types of storage jars for herbal preparations (00:39:15)

11. How to choose the base ingredients for pessaries and suppositories (00:41:21)

12. How to make a saline nasal spray (00:46:05)

13. Vito shares his most frequently used phytomedicines (00:49:21)