Three Tiers of Access

GENERAL, PROTECTED AND RESTRICTED PRODUCTS

General Products

These items are available to everyone through VitalGoods.

Protected Products

The manufacturers and/or distributors of certain substances and formulations prohibit direct sales to the general public on the internet. Purchase of these items is only available to customers engaged in a therapeutic relationship with a medical professional. Within your customer account you can designate your clinician(s), with their licensure and location, to gain access to these products.

Restricted Products

Certain items available through VitalGoods can only be dispensed upon prescription by a physician, as a refill of a previously filled prescription, or in person through our retail location.These items include but are not limited to herbal or nutrient substances or formulations with specific therapeutic applications or certain ingredients requiring professional supervision and homeopathic medicines over 30c potency and/or designated as prescription-only substances by the US Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (such as nosodes). Note: Arnica 200c, Aconite 200c and other first-aid homeopathics are available for purchase without these requirements. In order to process orders for these products, we require that you be a registered customer and have a valid prescription, which can be delivered by fax, mail or in person.

Products available through VitalGoods and/or Health Resources Unlimited, Inc.

Bee Healthy

VitalGoods.com features honey and bee medicines from artisan beekeepers. Explore the nourishing essence of bee medicines! Not only oh-so-sweet and yummy, honey has been used medicinally since ancient times. It is time tested as a natural antimicrobial, antibacterial, and can help heal wounds. Nutritionally, it has a number of micronutrients and is a good source of antioxidants. Whether added to an elixir or cup or tea, used on a wound or eaten by a spoonful, honey is truly a gift of nature.

Living Lotus

The Blue Lotus of Egypt (Nymphaea caerulea, technically in the Water Lily family) and the Nelumbo lotus of south Asia show up in ancient art representing the creative moment of life emerging from the depths of infinite timespace. They are wondrous plants expressing the ever-flowering emergence of a refreshed Self through life’s cycles. Ancient experiences clarified by emerging science show how our chemistry and activity influence our brain and mind, memory and perception. Sip on blue lily or a lotus potion as you contemplate the joy of embodiment.

Mushrooms and Other Friendly Fungal Favorites

Mushrooms have been part of the human experience since pre-history and are in the midst of a huge growth in awareness and popularity as medicines and health-promoting foods. Learning about mushrooms and their uses is challenging in this rapidly expanding field. Setting aside the anecdotes and celebrities we investigate fungal sources, methods of preparation and forms of delivery. Whether as a tasty chocolate bar or an ally in restoring health, each type of mushroom offers benefits to discover and enjoy.

Botanicals

VitalGoods.com offers a wide range of herbs and herbal formulations in a variety of formats from around the world, with an emphasis on classical Western botanicals and Chinese herbs. We emphasize high quality, organically-grown plant medicines with a sensitivity to sustainability and a preference for small-scale suppliers over large corporate vendors.

Chinese Herbal Granules

Customized botanical preparations containing multiple ingredients are only available through VitalGoods.com as refills of prescriptions originally dispensed in-person at the retail storefront of Health Resources Unlimited, Inc. Certain formulas are only available with a prescription from a licensed clinician.

Protected Access Botanicals

These herbs, single substances or in combinations, require individualized prescribing along with ongoing management. As such, they are only available if you are the patient of a medical professional and have designated that clinician in your VitalGoods.com profile.

Herbal Formulations – Retail Prepackaged

These herbs, single substances or in combinations, are available to anyone and do not require a prescription.

Herbal Formulations – General or Restricted

Botanical preparations containing multiple ingredients are only available through VitalGoods.com as refills from prescriptions originally dispensed from in-person at the retail storefront of Health Resources Unlimited, Inc. Certain formulas are only available with a prescription from a licensed clinician.

Homeopathic – Retail Prepackaged

These homeopathic remedies, oral or topical preparations in retail packaging as single substances or in combinations, are available to anyone and do not require a prescription. By their nature as nanopharmacology microdoses, homeopathic medicines carry minimal risk of adverse effects or interacting adversely with conventional drugs.

Homeopathic – Retail Prepared

These homeopathic remedies, prepared on premises at Health Resources Unlimited, inc. are available to anyone although higher potencies may require a prescription from a clinician. By their nature as nanopharmacology microdoses, homeopathic medicines carry minimal risk of adverse effects or interacting adversely with conventional drugs.

Homeopathic – Restricted Prepared

Certain homeopathic remedies can only initially be dispensed with a prescription from a licensed clinician and/or are only available through VitalGoods.com as a refill of prescription originally dispensed in-person at the retail storefront of Health Resources Unlimited, Inc. These homeopathic remedies, single substances or combinations prepared through trituation, are available to anyone and do not require a prescription.

Flower Essences and Other Essences

Edward Bach, MD, first developed flower essences in England during the mid-20th century using flowers, pure water and sunlight. Since then, several other sets of flower remedies have been created in different locales and have expanded beyond using only flowers as their source materials. Practitioners and self-prescribers have used them successfully as subtle and powerful allies in healing deep emotional patterns and obsolete habits. Essences are available to anyone and do not require a prescription.

Spagyrics and Alchemical Preparations

Alchemy is the foundation of chemistry and pharmacy. The methods and principles of medicine-making transmit understandings of natural processes of healing and transformation. From ancient China, India and Egypt through the Renaissance to modern times come spagyric tinctures, oils and other preparations. These preparations are available to anyone and do not require a prescription.

Drop Dose Botanicals

These herbs are dispensed only for use in drop doses as they have known potential for adverse effects if not used under the active supervision of an appropriately trained and experienced medical professional and as such will only be dispensed with a written prescription from a licensed clinician.