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    Vicki Fortner

    Remembering Victoria Fortner: Herbalist, Healer, Friend

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    Panax ginseng, the King of Tonics

    What’s a Tonic?

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    Eucommia

    A Recipe for Chinese Three Treasure Tonic Tea

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    Herbs and Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Herbal Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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    Kratom

    Kratom: Uses, Dosage, Administration, and Contraindications

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    Mitragyna Speciosa

    Kratom: The Herbal Pain-Relieving Answer to the Opioid Epidemic?

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    Sugars and Spoons

    Not All Sugar Is Bad: Glucose for Your Brain, Nerves, Heart and Muscles

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    Tinnitus Treatments by East West Teacher Holly Hutton

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    Treating Arthritis, Lower Back and Joint Pains

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    Book Review: “Eat Wheat” by Dr. John Douillard

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    Spiritual Dancer

    The Three Levels of Healing

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    Stomach Fire

    Herbs for H. pylori and gastric inflammation

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    Two Acupoints for the Price of One: GB 20 and Krikatika Marma for Allergies, Headache and More

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    Michael in the Mountains

    An Unforgettable Educational and Cultural Experience: East West Students in China

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    Herbalist Ron Potts teaching Herbalism at the Seminar

    Tonic Herb Master Ron Teeguarden Visits East West Seminar

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    Michael on Piano Wearing Tuxedo

    Where Music and Herbalism Meet: Notes on “Arcana”

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    Curing Pills: Don’t Leave Home without Them

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    Triphala Fruits

    Triphala and Elderberry for IBS

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    Bindi Tapping

    Calm Your Mind, Silence Your Thoughts with Bindi Tapping

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    Colds, Flu and Fevers: Just Sweat It Out

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    Michael's Free Herbal Clinic

    East West Free Clinic Update: Bleeding and cupping treatment for severe back pain

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    Dry Leaves

    Untangling Yin Deficiency with Heat

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    Man Spitting Fire

    The Concept of “Heat” in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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    WIne Kitchen

    Hawthorn Fruit Wine: An Herb for Healing and Opening the Heart

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    Singing Bowls

    Faith, Herbs or Placebo?

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    Goldenseal Plant

    Studies substantiating the energetic properties of herbs based on flavors and organ meridians

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    Nony

    A Better Way to Reap the Phenomenal Benefits of Noni

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    East West Free Clinic

    Introducing: the East West Free Herbal Clinic

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    GNC

    New York Attorney’s Botched Attempt to Regulate the Herbal Industry

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    The Low-FODMAP Elimination Diet

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    Perceived Gluten Sensitivity and Traditional Herbal Approaches

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    Bread Loaf

    Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity — Fact or Fiction?

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    Cayenne Peppers

    Cayenne: Another Rude, Crude, Unsung Hero

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    Ebola and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Nothing New Under the Sun?

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    Woman Eating Sherbet

    Herbal “Flavor” vs. “Taste”: What’s the Difference?

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    Garlic on a Plate

    Garlic: Rude, Crude, Unsung Hero

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    Unified Register of Herbal Practitioners

    Current Herbal Regulation in the UK

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    Triphala Tea

    Triphala: Effective Treatment for Gingivitis

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    Prunus Serotina Bark

    Wild Cherry, One of the Great North American Herbs

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    Spices in Bowls

    Salmonella in Spices and the Herbal Treatment of Food Poisoning

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    Astragalus Leaves

    Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang to treat a wide range of diseases based in Spleen Qi and Yin Deficiency

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    Han Dynasty Art

    Treating Chronic, Complicated Conditions with Li Dong Yuan’s Pi Wei Lun

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    Book Review: Modern Herbal Medicine by Steven Horne and Thomas Easley

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    Relaxing on Hammock

    Simple Steps to Health and Happiness

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    Anne and Amanita goofing

    A tiny new addition to our East West family

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    Dopamine Molecule

    Corydalis yanhusuo for inflammatory and neuropathic pain

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    Premio 10: The Most Useful Healing Tool I Discovered in 2013

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    Gifts for Herbalists (and Others) on Your List

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    TCM Diagnosis

    Clinician’s Corner: Pulse Diagnosis

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    Weight Loss Plateaus and Exercise

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    Garcinia Mangostana

    Some Useful Ideas and Tips for Weight Loss

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    Maral Root Leuzia Cathamoides Capitula

    Maral Root: A Lesser Known Adaptogen from Russia

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    Book Review: Botany in a Day gets a new color edition

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    The Tierra Garden

    Global Warming and My Garden

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    Moxa Cones

    Moxa for Menstrual Irregularities, Infertility and Insomnia

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    Moxa for Back Pain, Colds and Flu

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    Moxibustion and Stomach 36

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    Butterbur

    Butterbur for Allergies

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    Jacob Ragweed

    Like Treats Like: Ragweed to Treat Allergies

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    Tongue Pill

    The “Bitter Brew” Vindicated by Science

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    Influenza Revisited

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    Triphala Tea

    Triphala for Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Study

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    How to Lose Weight: One Herbalist’s Journey

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    Exploring the Rewilded Cave of Ancient Hawaii

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    Dui Yao Therapy: When Two Herbs are Better than One

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    Herbal Medicines: The Most Effective Ways and the Best Times to Take Them

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    Michael Smiling in the Field

    Wildcrafting in the Sierra Wilderness

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    Chinese Herbal Medicine

    Adulteration of Chinese Herbs: A Different Perspective

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    Farming Durva

    Bermuda Grass (Durva): The Second Holiest Herb; The Number One Weed!

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    Brew Your Medicine Book

    Book Review: “Brew Your Medicine” by Kristi Shapla

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    Dandelion Flower

    Dandelion, Burdock, and Cancer

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    Triphala and Honey for seasonal allergy

    Preventing and Treating Seasonal Allergies with Neti, Triphala and Honey

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    GNC

    Why Herbs Aren’t Regulated the Same Way Drugs Are

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    White Rice

    White Rice vs. Brown Rice: Which Is Best?

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    Belief, Placebo, and True Healing

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    Star Christmas Ornament

    Protect yourself from the holiday blues with an herbal talisman

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    Aviva Romm and Friend

    Aviva Romm and the AHG

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    Breitenbush Reunion

    Breitenbush 2011: A 30-Year-Reunion for North American Pioneer Herbalists

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    Bottles of Plant Roots

    Panax Ginseng: The World’s Greatest Tonic Herb

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    It Doesn’t Have to Taste Bad!: Administering Herbal Medicines to Children by Michael Tierra

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    Walnuts: For Back Pain, Stress, High Cholesterol, Weight Loss, Longevity and Fish!

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    Contemplative Buddha

    All complementary medicine is placebo? Gimme a break!

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    Woman Blowing Her Nose

    Springtime Colds, Flu and/or Allergies

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    Herbs and Supplements for Radiation Exposure

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    Blood Pressure

    Traditional Herbal and Western Conventional Medical Treatment Options for Hypertension

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    Natto

    What Exactly Are Ferment Metabolites?

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    Ayurveda in Nepal Book

    Book Review: Ayurveda in Nepal by Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya

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    Skullcap

    EU Set to Ban Hundreds of Herbal Remedies in 2011

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    Oxygen Meter

    Does the U.S. really have the greatest healthcare system in the world?

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    Arjuna

    The Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: Part 3

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    Red Sage Root

    The Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: Part 2

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    Hawberries

    The Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease with Herbs: Part 1

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    DMSO: What’s Good for Your Horse Just May Be Good for You

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    Eggs and Bacon

    Eat a Full Fat Breakfast and Lose Weight?

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    Herbalist Richo Cech

    Richo Cech, Plant Whisperer and Author of “The Medicinal Herb Grower”

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    Japanese honeysuckle by William Rafti

    Honeysuckle: Taking the Bitter with the Sweet

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    Honey in Jar

    Triphala, Honey, and Castor Oil for Healthy Eyes

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    Forget H1N1; The real world health threat is Big Pharma

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    Diet Food Choices

    When Does “Health-Conscious” Become “Health-Obsessed”?

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    Pomegranate

    Pomegranate compounds inhibit breast cancer

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