For years I resisted making a liquid calcium formula. Every calcium product I’d ever known was white and chalky: a pill, a powder, something solid you could see and trust. This one is a clear liquid extract, and I had a hard time believing something that looked like water could carry any real value.
But I genuinely needed a good source of calcium. Every calcium capsule I tried, no matter how well regarded, sent my kidneys into fits of pain after a single dose. That sensitivity has held true ever since, even after a great deal of healing in my kidneys over the years.
It took some serious coaxing from my mentor Jackie before I finally relented, collected the herbs and set the formula. When it was ready I took it alongside my daily Superfood, as always. That first evening I was pleasantly floored: my restless legs, which had plagued me for years, didn’t come to visit. Within about a month my fingernails had grown noticeably harder, no longer breaking or peeling the way they used to. And my kidneys had no complaint at all, because I wasn’t taking mineral calcium in the first place.
Why Plant Calcium Works
Calcium does far more than build bone. The body needs it for the nerve sheaths, the walls of the veins and arteries, and the teeth. But most calcium on the shelf is an inorganic mineral, the kind that can be swallowed but not truly assimilated. What the body can’t use, it has to deal with, and the kidneys are often left holding the leftovers.
Dr. Christopher taught that the minerals the body can actually use are the ones that have already gone through plant life: herbs, fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds. A plant takes the minerals out of the soil and turns them into a form our bodies recognize as food.
What a Good Calcium Formula Contains
A good plant-calcium formula might contain these four herbs:
- Horsetail Grass, 6 parts. The lead herb. It is rich in silica, which the body converts to calcium, and it carries manganese, zinc, iron, magnesium and phosphorus as well.
- Comfrey Root, 4 parts. Adds its own calcium, phosphorus, potassium and iron, along with allantoin, long credited with speeding tissue repair.
- Oat Straw, 3 parts. A nourishing herb for the nerves that adds more calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.
- Lobelia, 1 part. A small amount that helps carry the rest of the formula where it is needed.
“Parts” can be any measure you like, as long as you use the same one for every herb. By weight, that’s 6 ounces of Horsetail, 4 of Comfrey, 3 of Oat Straw and 1 of Lobelia.
Putting It Together
Put the dry herbs in a glass jar and pour in 80-proof vodka. Once the herbs have settled, you want about 60% herb sediment on the bottom and 40% liquid on top. Shake the jar every day. The traditional timing follows the moon, from the new moon to the full moon, about two weeks. I prefer to let my extracts sit a full three months, which makes them good and strong. Then strain and bottle the liquid.
How Much and How Often
This is a food formula, so it can be used freely. I suggest 1 teaspoon three times a day.
Take it alongside a good whole-food nutrition blend. I discovered over the months that this formula needs that extra nutrition to do its job well.
This is shared for educational purposes, from my own study and experience. It is not medical advice.
