Cost of granulated herbs

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Greetings Brain,

I have been using individual granulated herbs to mix formulas for over 20

years. Practicing first in California and now in Arkansas.

My orders from the companies I use rarely go over an average of $10 per

hundred gram bottle, unless I have ordered Ginseng or San Qi and the like. I

always check the average price per bottle on my orders, shipping figured in. I

also pay taxes on retail herb sales.

I find that charging $20 per 100 gram bottle is reasonable. This has

worked all these years so far. That would be $.20 per gram.

The only formula I charge more for is Vitality Comb which contains 25 grams

of ginseng. Otherwise, this saves the time of figuring nickels and dimes and

gives about 100% profit on the herbs overall and gives clients a reasonable cost

for 10 days to two weeks worth of herbs.

 

Regards,

Patrick

 

 

Patrick D. Holiman

http://web.mac.com/pholitao

http://www.acu-polarity.com

 

 

> I am stocking a granulated pharmacy so that I can make

> custom

> prescriptions in-house. (I formerly used Mayway's

> prescription

> service).

>

> I'd like an idea about what many of you charge your

> patients for

> custom granulated / concentrated powder formulas.

>

> I realize different brands have slightly different costs,

> but they

> are close enough that it should not matter too much for

> purposes of

> this discussion.

>

> There are different costs associated with many of the

> different

> single herbs, and ready made formulas tend to cost more

> than the

> single herbs. I will be making 3 types of formulas: 1)

> all single

> herbs 2) base formula(s) with single herb additions, and 3)

> multiple

> base formulas

>

> I don't want to keep track of the individual costs of

> each ingredient

> and then charge a consistent percentage markup on each

> ingredient.

>

> I would rather just charge by the gram. For instance 100 g

> to the

> patient would cost $x.xx regardless of the ingredients.

>

> I know some of you want to keep costs as low as possible

> for your

> patients, and some of you are probably money making

> machines. I want

> to keep costs reasonable, but I also want to make a decent

> profit.

>

> Also, besides the costs of the raw materials, there is my

> time

> involved with the actual mixing, bottling, sealing,

> labeling, and the

> cost of the bottles, lids, and labels.

>

> Any input would help. Thanks.

>

> Brian C. Allen, MSTOM

> Oriental Medicine and Health Services

> http://omhs.biz