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Herb To Body · Founder

Wissam (Wess) Messad

Founder & CEO, Herb To Body

Natural products have been my work for a decade: a health food store, juice bars, a supplement line, and now Herb To Body. I still choose the farmers and importers we buy from myself, and these guides are my way of answering the questions customers have been asking me the whole time. Where it comes from, how to tell quality, and what the evidence really says.

HACCP training (2025 by HACCP International Alliance)
HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, the food safety system that maps where contamination can enter a process and sets controls at those points. Wess completed HACCP training. Herb To Body’s receiving, handling and packing procedures are built on this framework.
21 CFR Part 111 GMP training (2023 by NSF)
21 CFR Part 111 is the FDA regulation that sets Good Manufacturing Practice for dietary supplements, covering identity testing, batch records, written procedures and labeling controls. Wess completed this training through NSF and uses it as a reference for the company’s supplier vetting and packing standards.
Where the guides started
A health food store in 2017, then juice bars and a supplement line, then Herb To Body in 2020. Every guide on this site starts from a question a customer asked Wess somewhere along that road.


About Wess

I opened my first health food store in 2017. Customers would come in with a question, and I would go looking for the answer: which plant this really was, where it was grown, how it had been used, and whether the supplier could prove any of it. More often than not, nobody could. That frustration is where Herb To Body comes from.

Over the years I have worked closely with farmers, importers, and US processors to find the ones who can answer those questions, and I still choose who we buy from myself. Every herb we pack is selected for what it is and where it comes from, and our team checks what arrives before it ever goes into a pouch. Along the way I have also owned juice bars and a supplement line, which taught me what customers actually want from a natural product: the real thing, honestly described.

That is the standard behind these guides. I write and review them the same way I answered questions across the counter: plainly, from the source, and without the hype. Nothing goes into a pouch, or into an article, that I would not stand behind in my own kitchen. Thank you for reading, and for trusting us with what you put in your body.

– Wess

Content on this page and in linked articles is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Wess is not a physician, pharmacist, or licensed healthcare provider; consult your own provider before using any herb or supplement.

How I review content

I review guides on this site the same way I review a label before it goes on a pouch. Botanical name correct. Part of the plant stated. Traditional use described as traditional use, not as proof. Research cited where it exists, and the gaps named where it does not. If an article overstates what an herb can do, it does not get published.

What’s in my own kitchen

Herb To Body Organic Black Seed Oil

Favorite product

Black Seed Oil

The one I reach for most. Cold-pressed, nothing added, and I use it straight from the spoon. I like it because it is a single ingredient I can trace back to the seed.

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Herb To Body Hibiscus Flowers Dried Whole

Favorite herb

Hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

Tart, deep red, and the first thing I brew when I want something cold in the afternoon. Dried calyx, steeped, over ice. It is the herb I recommend to anyone who thinks herbal tea has to taste like grass.

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Personal preference, not a recommendation for any condition.

Areas I cover

Sourcing & quality

Origin, identity testing, and what a real Certificate of Analysis shows.

Product education

How to choose, use, and store whole and powdered herbs.

Traditional use & evidence

What has been used for centuries, and what studies actually support.

DIY & recipes

Teas, infusions, and simple at-home preparations.