Barefoot Doctor Healing Techniques
Lesley Tierra, L.Ac., Dip. Ac. From The Herbs of Life, Published by Crossing Press, 1992 The Barefoot Doctor healing techniques have mainly been identified as Chinese techniques used by the native he …
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This is the School’s Public Article Library on Herbal Education, the History of Herbalism, Phytotherapy and Specific Herbs.
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Phytotherapy
Phytotherapy is the scientific study of how to use plants to heal disease. This is our Public Phytotherapy Library. …
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Herb School Public Article Library on Interesting Herbal Medicine News …
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Specific Herbs
Public Article Library on specific herbs including research, scientific studies and case studies. …
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Prescription Alternatives –hundreds of safe, natural, prescription-free remedies to restore your health & energy by Earl Mindell, R.Ph.D. & Virginia Hopkins, M.A.
by Earl Mindell, R.Ph.D. & Virginia Hopkins, M.A. This is a gem of a book that compares traditional medical prescription drugs for herbal, nutritional and dietary alternatives. Considering that prescr …
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Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer by Donald R. Yance, Jr. C.N., M.H., A.H.G. with Arlene Valentine
A comprehensive program for prevention and treatment by Donald R. Yance, Jr. C.N., M.H., A.H.G. with Arlene Valentine, publ by Keats, 1999. This is an eagerly awaited book by one of North America’s mo …
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Herbal Medicine: From The Heart of the Earth, Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
by Sharol Tilgner, N.D., Published by Wise Acres Publishing, P.O. Box 1168, Creswell, OR 97426 or www.herbaltransitions.com This is the best recently published book on Naturopathic Herbal Medicine tha …
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Chinese Herbal Secrets by Stefan Chmelik, publ. by Avery
Chinese Herbal Secrets by Stefan Chmelik, publ. by Avery $17.95. Now this book is a gem! Full color illustrations on every page to exemplify the text. You don’t have to do much reading and it is absol …
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Wind in the Blood: Mayan Healing and Chinese Medicine
by Garcia et al. published by North Atlantic Books, $20.00. More evidence for my hypothetical thesis of Planetary Herbalism, that the ancient healing wisdom of the planet emanated from one source and …
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Pulses and Impulses by Graham Townsend and Ysha De Donna
Pulses and Impulses by Graham Townsend and Ysha De Donna oriented around Chinese pulse indications but translatable by most advanced Western practitioners to some extent though decidedly more for the …
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The Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis
by Kirschbaum, published by Eastland Press The Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis by Kirschbaum, published by Eastland Press is the tongue diagnosis book that I have been waiting for. It makes every ot …
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Herbal Medicine by Rudolf Weiss M.D. and Volker Fintelmann, M.D. second edition, revised and expanded 1999
In view of some of my colleagues’ opinion of this book I must change my original assessment based on a too cursory view of it that this edition is essentially a very superficial text based on the Germ …
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The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook by Alan Tillotson
The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook by Alan Tillotson, published by Twin Streams Health. An important new herb book written by a graduate of the East West Herb Course. It beautifully integrates all aspect …
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Treating Cancer with Herbs by Michael Tierra
In this book, Dr. Tierra provides a complete, systematic approach to treating cancer from a holistic perspective, while detailing the entire range of herbs and herbal medicines available to the practi …
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Healing with the Herbs of Life by Lesley Tierra
by Michael & Lesley Tierra Healing with the Herbs of Life by Lesley Tierra Lesley’s new book, Healing with the Herbs of Life, is hot off the printing press and now on our shelves. Taking her 2 yea …
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Cancer – Its causes, symptoms and treatment (book)
Dr. Eli Jones was one of the most important Eclectic medical doctors and teachers. This is his Cancer, Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Book …
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Rare Books
Several rare books scanned by Michael Tierra or linked to various sites on the internet from people such as Henriette Kress, Michael Moore and Paul Bergner, are included here. These represent a virtua …
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Book Review: The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution by Dr. Aviva Romm
Do you experience weight gain, fatigue, brain fog, hormonal imbalances, sleep problems, gut imbalances, high cholesterol and/or blood pressure, digestive problems, chronic headaches, regular illness, …
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Welcome to the Research Center
Welcome to the East West School of Herbology’s Knowledge Center. We are the nation’s premier training center for professional herbalists. As well our goal is to educate the world on the healing and he …
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Book Review: “Eat Wheat” by Dr. John Douillard
Gluten or dairy intolerant? You may not need to give up wheat and dairy, says Dr. John Douillard, DC, in his book Eat Wheat (Morgan James Publishing, 2017). Backed by years of clinical experience he …
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Triphala: Effective Treatment for Gingivitis
Anyone who knows me knows that I believe the traditional Ayurvedic formula called Triphala is the greatest single herbal formula the world has ever known. That’s quite a statement, coming from an herb …
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Book Review: Dandelion Hunter by Rebecca Lerner
With an overly stuffed plateful of responsibilities sandwiched between a week-long seminar of East West students and a month-long trip for which to prepare, I had no business reading a book. But when …
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Topical Uses for Cannabis sativa L.
Cannabis is considered under Federal law as a class I Controlled Substance, although in many states it is legal under medical marijuana laws. This monograph will concentrate on cannabis’s topical ef …
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Book Review: Modern Herbal Medicine by Steven Horne and Thomas Easley
Steven Horne is one of the leaders the herbal renaissance which began with only a few of us during the mid 20th century. He has had a distinguished career and powerful impact on the course of herbal m …
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Herb Forum
Thank you for visiting East West School of Herbology, home of world-renowned herbalists Michael and Lesley Tierra. No doubt you are here because you did a search on a particular topic that we used to …
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Book Review: Botany in a Day gets a new color edition
Many years ago, Montana resident Thomas J. Elpel dropped off a manuscript entitled Botany in a Day at my office. Over the years many people have submitted manuscript copies of their book to me in the …
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Book Review: “Brew Your Medicine” by Kristi Shapla
Making alcohol from plants is the origin of pharmacy. As such, it became closely associated with ancient doctor-shamans who made herbal medicines preserved in their own self-generated alcohol. In fact …
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Breitenbush 2011: A 30-Year-Reunion for North American Pioneer Herbalists
Breitenbush 2011 portrait: Leaning on the rail: (unknown). Left to right, top row: Ken Collins, Autumn Summers Spelman, Kevin Spelman, Daniel Pinney. Next row: Cassandra (organizer), (unknown). Third …
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What Exactly Are Ferment Metabolites?
If one were to look up the term bacteriocins or fermented media in PUBMED, one would find over 5000 citations indicating the wide range of actions by these compounds that are, essentially, a by-produc …
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Book Review: Ayurveda in Nepal by Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya
Book Review: Ayurveda in Nepal, Volume One: Ayurvedic Principles, Diagnosis and Treatment by Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya Edited by Vaidya Madhu Bajra Bajracharya, Alan Tillotson and Todd Caldecott D …
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Tonic Herb Theory for the Western Herbalist
by Candis Cantin Kiriajes, AHG In Eastern systems of healing, rejuvenation and regeneration have a prominent place in the herbal philosophy and pharmacopoeia. In Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine regen …
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A History of Herbalism for Herbalists, Part 1: How the Arabs Saved Greek Sciences
by Candis Cantin, Herbalist, AHG Over the past decade or so I have taken time to read the history of herbal medicine from various authors, focusing mostly on Egyptian, Greek, Arab, East Indian and Wes …
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Dietary and Herbal Tips for Pregnancy
by Michael Tierra, L.Ac, OMD Historically, women often have had to find their own ways to attend to the concerns and issues of the expectant mother. For over a thousand years, men dominated the profes …
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Book Review: “The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants” by Anna Pavord
The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants by Anna Pavord (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 2005) is hardly a new book, but it’s new to me and worth mention. This book reads like an exc …
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Treatment of a Difficult Case of Psoriasis
TREATMENT OF A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT CASE OF PSORIASIS Michael Tierra EWCH, OMD, AHG… … A man, age 65, arrived at my East West Clinic with the worst case of psoriasis I’ve ever seen in the …
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A Short Comparison of the Spleen in TCM and Western Medicine
I recently heard a teleconference on mitochondrial DNA, which got me to thinking about a study I had read years ago and the subsequent article I wrote comparing the spleen in Traditional Chinese Medic …
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The Role of Islamic Scholarship in Preserving and Developing Western Medicine During the Medieval Period: The Roots of Planetary Herbology
by Michael Tierra, O.M.D., AHG, RH A typical Western medical text’s description of the Medieval portion of the history of Western medicine might be summarized thus: The classical Greek medical tradit …
DetailsHerbal Proving: Lemon Balm, Melissa Officinalis
by Mara Ribbin Lemon Balm is in the Labiatae, or mint, family, and has the classic square stem of that family, two leaves opposite one another on stem, oval leaves with slightly scalloped edges and cr …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter XX
Chapter 20: Bronchocele; Exophthalmic Goitre This is a chronic enlargement of the thyroid gland. Other tumors of the neck may be mistaken for goitre, but the latter may be diagnosed by directing the …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter XIX
Chapter 19: Facts Worth Remembering in the Treatment of Cancer Do not use medicated absorbent cotton on a sore that you are trying to heal. It irritates the sore and interferes with the healing proce …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter XVIII
Chapter 18: Remedies that are Useful in the Treatment of Cancer Acetic Acid. This remedy is used in cancer of the stomach; it is the one remedy known that will dissolve the cancer cells in this disea …
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Chapter 17: Internal Cancer CANCER OF THE TONGUE It is important that the physician should be able to diagnose cancer of the tongue from syphilis. You will find that cancer of the tongue is usually f …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter XVI
Chapter 16: Radium as a Cure for Cancer Many physicians have asked my opinion concerning the curative effects of radium on cancer. This remedy was at one time lauded as a specific for cancer. Some do …
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Chapter 15: Sarcoma There are three forms of sarcoma; the round cells, the spindle cells and the third form originating in bone — the myeloid. In my own experience I have generally found cases of sa …
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Chapter 14: Cancer of the Head, Face, Nose and Other Forms of External Cancer This disease sometimes appears upon the top of the head. I had a child about three years old brought to me from New York …
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Chapter 13: Epithelioma This form of cancer is generally found on the face, nose and lip. CANCER OF THE LIP This is one of the most common forms of cancer. There is one variety, not mentioned in the …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter XII
Chapter 12: Cancer of the Breast In the mortality statistics of some states we find more deaths from cancer of the stomach than from any other form of cancer. In my own practice I have seen more case …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter XI
Chapter 11: Local Treatment of Cancer We have given you the principal remedies for the internal treatment of cancer which is the most important of all, and now we will consider the local remedies. Mo …
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Chapter 10: Remedies That do have a Curative Effect Upon Cancer Before considering the different forms of cancer and their treatment, I want the reader to study very carefully the indications for eac …
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Chapter 9: Have Patients Under Your Personal Care Where many doctors make a big mistake is in trying to treat these cancer patients at a long range. It is absolutely necessary that you should have so …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter VIII
Chapter 8: A Medicated Bath One of the most important things in the treatment of cancer is to have a good medicated bath for the patients. I have tested different kinds of baths for my patients and m …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter VII
Chapter 7: Diet of Cancer Patients The question is often asked by a cancer patient, “Doctor, what shall I eat?” Some of our doctors, who are never tired of theorizing about the cause of cancer, have …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter VI
Chapter 6: Taking a Case In “taking a case” of cancer to treat we want to look the patient over carefully; we want to know something of his habits of life. If he is an intemperate man, uses intoxicat …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter V
Chapter 5: The Diagnosis of Cancer From my experience and observation I am of the opinion that the average physician cannot diagnose a case of cancer when it is brought to his notice. In the majority …
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Chapter 4: The Medical Treatment of Cancer The Eclectic School of Medicine were the pioneers in America in the successful treatment of cancer. The early fathers of that school taught their students t …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter III
Chapter 3: The X-Ray Treatment During the past six years over two hundred cases of cancer have come under my notice where the X-Ray has been tried and it has left the patient in a worse condition tha …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter II
Chapter 2: Surgery not a Cure for Cancer There are about 50,000 people who die of cancer in the United States annually. From my own experience in the treatment of cancer in all its forms, for forty y …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Chapter I
Chapter 1: The Cause of Cancer The medical profession have been theorizing as to the cause of cancer for many years. About once in six months we read under startling headlines in the public press, th …
DetailsCancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Preface
Dedication and Preface Dedication To my many students and medical friends in all the different Schools of Medicine in the United States, I dedicate this book. I have shared in your trials and triumph …
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Cancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Contents
Rare Books Cancer – Its causes, symptoms and treatment by Eli G. Jones (19th Century) Table of Contents New Forward by Michael Tierra Dedication and Preface Introductory The Cause of Cancer Surgery …
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Guggul: An Herbal Preparation with Many Health-giving Uses
by Dr. Michael Tierra, O.M.D….October 2008 Guggul or guggulu (commiphora mukul, also commiphora wightii), more popularly known as Bdellium, is derived from the gummy resinous exudate of a plant …
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Cancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Forward
New Forward by Michael Tierra Dr. Eli Jones was one of the most important Eclectic medical doctors and teachers. He was a contemporary of Scudder, and emulated Scudder’s concept of Specific Medicatio …
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Cancer – Its Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Introduction
Introductory I have been urged by my medical friends to write a book on cancer. It seemed to them that a physician, who has had such a vast experience in the medical treatment of this fearful malady, …
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Herbal Proving: Snapdragon Skullcap Scutellaria antirrhinoides
Herbal Proving: Scutellaria antirrhinoides, ‘snapdragon skullcap,’ Lamiaceae (Mint family)by Holly Nielsen…June 2008……The species can be found throughout Northern California (N of Bay …
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Herbal Proving: English Ivy, Hedera helix
Proving English Ivy: …Hedera helix (Araliaceae’”Ginseng family) by Holly Nielsen …June 2008……Having recently spent several winter months in the dark and dripping Pacific Northwest …
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Hypothyroidism – Candida – Obesity: The Same Condition?
…Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D. Hypothyroidism or underactive thyroid is a disease resulting from deficiency of thyroid hormone secretion. It manifests as lowered basal metabolism generally and …
DetailsBotanicals for Thyroid Function and Dysfunction
… Ryan Drum PHD, A.H.G. (by permission) Thyroid dysfunction is epidemic in North America. One in ten adult American women have been diagnosed with thyroid disorders and some endocrinolog …
DetailsDIABETES MELLITUS The TCM approach to treatment
…Notes by Dr. Michael Tierra O.M.D., L.A.C., A.H.G…. Diabetes is a condition where the body cannot use and store blood sugar (glucose) correctly. This is because the body either stops …
DetailsThe Seven Principles of Huna
EKE’ The world is what you think it is. this life of ours is a dream. our dream. a dream we share with other people. with the earth. a dream we also share with ourselves, alone. …
DetailsPlanetary Formulas and Herbs for the Nervous System
Dr. Michael Tierra L.Ac., O.M.D. Planetary Anti-Stress FormulasStress Free Zizyphus spinosa seed, Magnesium (citrate, oxide), Valerian root, Valerian root extract, Skullcap, Hawthorn Berry, American G …
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Treatment Protocol for Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.)
By Herbalist Alan Tillotson……Protocol for using Planetary Formula’s CNS Myelin Sheath Repair…(for 130-160 pound person)…1. Myelin Sheath Support 2 pills three times per day….2 …
DetailsCounteracting the Adverse Side Effects of Glucocorticoid Hormones with Chinese Herbs and Formulas
Michael Tierra AHG, L.AC., O.M.D. One of the most frequently prescribed classes of drugs are glucocorticoid hormones. This includes various forms of cortisone including prednisone which are used for a …
DetailsChinese Massage Therapy Techniques: An Overview
Nick Hudis Combining massage with herbal medicine has great benefits. Massage can enhance and speed up the action of herbal remedies, our hands can detect a wealth of diagnostic information and touch …
DetailsBiomagnetic and Herbal Therapy
Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D. Magnetic energy is a structuring force of the universe. As such, it is a reflection of the order that causes the infinite stars and planets throughout the galaxies to …
DetailsTreating Hepatitis C with Herbs
(Notes sent to Michael from herbalist, Alan Tillotson, AHG) IntroductionI have had 100% success in relieving elevated liver enzymes associated with hepatitis C and even advanced cirrhosis by using Pla …
DetailsTCM Treatment of Jaundice
by Alan Tillotson, MA, AHG and Naixin Hu Tillotson, OMD, LAC, AHG……In TCM, jaundice is usually divided into two general types: Yang Huang type, …which is acute, and Yin Huang type, whic …
DetailsHow To Do A Liver Flush
Michael Tierra L.Ac., O.M.D., A.H.G. The liver is one of the most important detoxifying organs of the body. With hepatitis C on the rise and patients who have been exposed to a wide variety of environ …
DetailsAyurvedic Treatment of Insomnia
Michael Tierra L.Ac., O.M.D. Ayurveda offers some unusual and profound treatments for insomnia. Essentially the strategy is to calm Vata (nerve humour) and cool Pitta (fire humour). Herbs that are coo …
DetailsChinese Herbs for Peyronie’s Disease
By Michael Tierra OMD, AHG founder Peyronie’s disease is characterized by mild to severe curvature of the penis. It is estimate that approximately 1 to 2 men out of 100 are afflicted with this disease …
DetailsAyurveda and Family Planning
Michael Tierra L.Ac., O.M.D.Traditionally, in India a barren relationship was considered a curse but too many children was also not recommended. The Rigveda states “A man with many children succumbs t …
DetailsTreating the Common Cold with Herbs
Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D. Contents Treating the Common Cold What do I do for a cold? A Holistic Approach A Home Herbal Herbal Immune Stimulant Boosting the Immune system Diaphoretics Ch …
DetailsThoughts on the Use of Escharotic Pastes for the Treatment of Cancer
August 30, 2005 Michael Tierra While I tend to agree that local surgery and cauterization of basal cell carcinomas (BCC) is often preferable to the use of escharotic salves, this is especially true be …
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Experimental Study of Cytobiology on Antitumor of Moxibustion and Immunomodulators by Zhao Cuiying, Chen Yunfei, Zhao Jiazeng, Chen Hanping, Zhang Yingying, and Hong Xian (Shanghai Research institute …
DetailsDr. Miriam Lee’s Soup Recipes for Cancer, Anemia and Hypertension
Dr. Miriam Lee is one of the greatest and most reknowned acupuncturists working and teaching in Northern California. She is rightly revered as the mother of acupuncture in California because of her he …
DetailsAlternative Therapies for Breast Cancer
By Camellia C. Pratt, DTCM The first world conference on Breast Cancer was held July 1997, in Kingston, Ontario. The chief organizer Janet Collins, a nurse and midwife had many friends and a sister fa …
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Based on the work of the distinguished Nepalese Ayurvedic Doctor Mana Dr. Mana is the name given by Westerners to Vaida Mana Bajra Bajracharya, a… living treasure in the world of herbal medicine. …
DetailsA Botanical Approach to the Treatment of Cancer
Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D. With one in five Americans estimated to get cancer in their lifetime, the multi-billion dollar war on cancer seems to be a faltering campaign. This means that the tre …
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