yin care & its 'expiration' in print
/Hey Wait! Yin-care® Has an “expiration” date of 10.16.23!
At this time, there is an issue with the batch/expiration date on the boxes of bottled Yin Care. The currently available product in the United States is indicating an expired date of 10/16/23.
There is only one US supplier/importer of the product and I receive all my Yin Care directly from them. There is a post on their website explaining their decision to continue to offer Yin Care because of their knowledge and experience with it.
My own personal experience, having used Yin Care for decades, as well as my experience as a practitioner with patients, has me completely concurring with their assessment and decision. Ultimately, however, each potential user, patient or customer, has to make the decision to purchase and use one of the currently available product on their own best consideration.
Please read the information below from their website:
Indeed, Yin-care®’s current batch of Herbal Wash shows an “expiration” date of 10.16.23. As you can see, the word expiration is in quotes here. The reason is that we are required to put an “expiration” date on the product; however, it really is supposed to be considered a “Best By” date. We did try to get this printed on the boxes instead of “expiration” but the FDA equivalent in China would not allow for it.
Factory Level Testing for Efficacy
The liquid itself we do efficacy testing on at the factory level and it does show that the bottles are good well beyond a 10 year period. That would mean that these particular bottles are good at least through 2030. However, every practitioner likes to handle this differently. In our clinic, we take time to educate our patients about the situation and they are always ok with continuing to purchase and use our product regardless of the date printed. This may not be something with which you are comfortable.
Composition of Yin-care®’s Herbal Wash
Recall that Yin-care®’s Herbal Wash is both a water based extraction and an essential oil based extraction of the herbs. Due to the essential oils presence, it acts as a preservative. For example, if you have a bottle of Frankincense Essential Oil, do you consider it expired? It does not really expire because it is not pre-diluted and the same is for the Herbal Wash. Because it is highly concentrated even after 10 years, in the lab studies, it showed that it had NOT reached a form of expiration. Every 3 months lab technicians would check Yin-care®’s Herbal Wash efficacy on a petri dish of bacteria. As stated, it continued to show as effective.
Dr. Hudson has been using it since 1999 – has never had a problem with any product – We have one patient still using bottles form 2002 that work well. The expiration date is something we were forced to put on the bottles. If your patients still have a bottle in their cupboard that expired 10 years ago – it would still do the job.
