History About African Tranditional Medicine
Translife Health was started, training Hypnotherapy in 2002 and registered as a training institute with the IMDHA (International Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association: USA) in 2003, but soon grew into a professional college specializing in training Ethnomedicine and Ethnopsychology. Dr Trudie qualified as a herbalist in 2001 and continued learning and writing training modules, resulting in a professional herbal training school, naturally leading to the development highly effective medicinal herbal products.
The training centre has gained international respect for the quality of training and professionalism, which led to the award of ‘Educator of the Year’ by the IMDHA in 2006. This award is a great honour, as the IMDHA had over 57 registered schools and 7000 members worldwide at the time. Mervyn was invited to train our Life Coaching module in Detroit, USA, during the 2006 IMDHA Conference. Unfortunately, Mervyn passed away in 2016, and the school will remain successful due to his positive and professional influence over the years.
Dr Marius van der Vyver joined Translife Herbs Pty Ltd in 2018, enhancing the training courses and herbal products to unknown heights of professionalism with his vast knowledge and experience in African Herbs & Ethnobotany as a specialized self-developed, success-proven Iridology Analysis Course. Marius has been treating patients with herbal medicines for the last twenty-five years, and we have the privilege to pass all this knowledge of the application of herbal medicine to our students.
With our extensive knowledge of herbal medicine and plants, we formulated a range of herbal products and started manufacturing in 2013, which has grown to a large business over the last ten years. We directly provide quality, effective herbal products to eighty practitioners and indirectly to many practitioners registered with our largest client.
We supply practitioners with capsules, tinctures, syrups and creams manufactured by Translife Herbs Pty Ltd and managed by both Drs. Marius and Trudie vd Vyver.
Most of the herbs we teach students in the Ethnobotany/Herbal courses grow in our herbal garden at the school, where we harvest some herbs to use in products and for students to learn to identify the plants. They harvest herbs during the herbal training practical, where they learn to make tinctures, capsules, syrups and creams.
We only use the best quality herbal plants in the products, which are professionally formulated and planned. The cream formulations are expensive to manufacture, but like all our medicines, we are proud to see the great healing properties and positive outcomes!
During practical field trips, students learn how to identify and harvest medicinal plants in the veld while other plants are harvested on our farm in KZN.
Translife Herbs Pty Ltd supplies herbal products to qualified practitioners who have completed their studies at our school, not only product knowledge but also how to use medicinal herbs to heal the body. All the herbal course modules include the formulation of herbal products; the students learn the theory but can also see the practical application at our herbal manufacturing factory.
A new chapter, with the same trusted products.
For many years, TransLife Herbs has been part of our family’s journey, and many of our customers have supported us faithfully over a long time. Because of that, I want to explain this change clearly and personally so that there is no confusion.
Herbs for Africa is not a separate, unknown company. It is my son Peter’s own brand, built from years of hands-on involvement in the manufacturing of these products. Over time, he has taken over the independent manufacturing and supply of certain ranges, while still working closely with us as a family.
We are still one family, and we still work together.
The products themselves have not changed in any major way. The formulas remain the same trusted formulas our customers have used for years, with only a few improvements here and there where needed. Our goal has always been to keep the quality, consistency, and care that people have come to expect.
The main difference is simply where some of these products are now ordered.
Tinctures, syrups, teas, and dental products are now available through Herbs for Africa. This allows Peter to manufacture and supply these ranges directly under his own brand, while still serving many of the same customers who have supported us over the years.
For existing customers, we have tried to make the change as simple as possible. You can use the same username on Herbs for Africa as you used on TransLife Herbs. At the moment, you may need to reset your password before logging in for the first time.
Most importantly, I want to reassure you that you can order with confidence.
You are not being sent to a completely different business with different values or unknown products. You are still buying from people you know, from the same family, with the same commitment to quality and the same products you have trusted for years.
Thank you for your continued support, trust, and loyalty as we take this next step together.
Warm regards,
Trudie
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