Trip to China
The school’s teachers and students traveled to China where we learned Traditional Chinese Medicine and professional herbalist methods first-hand. …
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Meet Our East West Clinical Herbalists
Meet our East West Clinical Herbalist graduates. Many are professional herbalists. Our Clinical Herbalist graduates are recommended by Michael and Lesley Tierra.
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Adrienne Totino, EWCH
Adrienne Totino is a clinical herbalist, yoga and meditation teacher. She operates Wellness With Adrienne in Pittsburgh, PA. Adrienne offers consultations to those looking for holistic ways to prevent and treat health issues. She gives advice in three parts: herbal medicine, dietary, and lifestyle recommendations. All recommendations are custom, based on the individual needs of the client.
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Alan Keith Tillotson, Registered Herbalst, EWCH
Alan Keith Tillotson, Registered Herbalist, (AHG), Ph.D Chrysalis Natural Medicine Clinic (302) 994-0565 1008 Milltown Road, Wilmington, DE, 19808, United States https://www.chrysalisnaturalmedicine.com/ “I began my study of herbal medicine when I got sick in Afghanistan in 1976, and ended up at the clinic of famed Ayurvedic doctor Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya, who saved my life.…
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Seminar Teachers
The Herbal Seminar teachers are all Clinical Herbalist professionals. Many graduated from the East West School. …
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Cheryl Ensing, January 2018
I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and I currently live in Burlington, WA with my husband. If someone would have told me, when I was young, that someday I would become an acupuncturist a …
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John Smith, EWCH
John Smith, B.A. (Hons) M; URHP C.H. BodyTonix 35 Dunkerry Road, Windmill Hill, Bristol, Avon, 0117 96316, UK “My background is in a blend of Ayurvedic, Chinese and Western Herbalism – (Tierra trained) my current studies include Unani Tibb (with particular emphasis on the Attars of Avicenna) and Alchemical Spagyrics (currently studying with…
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Benjamin Zappin, L.AC.
Benjamin is one of the Bay Area’s most respected and knowledgeable herbalists and a licensed acupuncturist. With over 20 years of experience, Benjamin has studied at Five Branches Institute in Santa C …
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Science Courses
The school’s science courses include Anatomy and Physiology, and Pathology and Disease …
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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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Other Items of Interest
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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Ron Teeguarden
Ron Teeguarden is the cofounder, with his wife Yanlin, and leader of Dragon Herbs. He is widely recognized as one of the foremost herbalists in America. Ron has been a professional practitioner and te …
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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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Aviva Romm, M.D.
Aviva Romm, MD, is referred to as “the face of natural medicine in the 21st century by Prevention Magazine” and named one of the 100 Women to Watch in Wellness by Mind Body Green. She has bridged the …
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William Morris, PhD, DAOM, MSEd, LAc
Resident Scholar, Department of Acupuncture, Clinic Supervisor PhD, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2009 DAOM, Traditional Oriental Medicine, Emperor’s College, 2006 MSEd, Medical Education, …
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Obtaining an Herbalist Certification or Herbalist Degree
When selecting an herbal training, if you base your decision on an advertised accreditation certification, promise of a degree, credential of master herbalist’s degree, or other such authorizations, k …
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Efrem Korngold
Efrem Korngold, LAC, OMD. has pioneered the practice of Chinese medicine in America for nearly 40 years as an educator, writer, and practitioner. He co-authored the best-selling Between Heaven and Ear …
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Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, D.N.-C., R.H.
Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, D.N.-C., R.H., has over 35 years of experience in alternative medicine, and is one of the foremost herbal experts in North America. He is a past president of the American Her …
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David L. Hoffmann B.Sc. (Hons), M.N.I.M.H.
Whilst working in conservation and lecturing in ecology and the eco-crisis for the University of Wales, the author became convinced that to heal the world, to embrace planetary wholeness and responsib …
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Roy Upton, RH, Dip Ayu,
Roy Upton, RH, Dip Ayu, is the Executive Director and Editor of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of quality control standards for botanical pro …
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Chandra Hartman, December 2017
I currently live in Panama City Beach, Florida and co-own Wild Root, a community-centered hybrid espresso bar and apothecary with my husband. My passion for herbalism grew out of a lifelong love of pl …
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Herbology Training Courses
Herbology Training School Courses: Take these classes to become a Professional Herbalist. …
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Nathan Shannon, EWCH
480-707-2060 My introduction into natural healing came from being exposed to herbal folk remedies, homeopathy and Chiropractic care by my mother and grandparents while growing up in rural central Wisconsin. My inherent love for nature and seeing the world around me in a way that I would later learn is called animism, piqued my interest…
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Nicholas Schnell, EWCH
Nicholas Schnell, RD, LMNT, RH (AHG) Four Winds Natural Healing Center, LLC (402) 933-6444 316 North 115th Street, Omaha, NE, 68154, United States “At the ripe age of twelve, after having a calling to be an herbalist, my grandmother took me under her wing and showed me all her home remedies. Each day my passion…
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Barbara Scavotto, EWCH
autumntideherbals@gmail.com 860-837-1588 www.autumntideherbalwellness.com I own and run AutumnTide Herbal Wellness where I am a clinical herbalist specializing in Traditional Chinese and Western herbal medicine. I see clients with the goal of improving their health and wellness using strategies and herbs from Traditional Chinese medicine, and herbs from the Western Herbal tradition. I am trained to…
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What’s a Tonic?
“Tonic” in TCM specifically refers to herbs that: increase Qi, usually through enhanced absorption and mitochondrial replication nourish Blood, usually by regulating red and white blood cell re …
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Bigger, Better, More: The Brand New East West Herb Course Is Here!
With the expert aid of a wonderful support team, we have been updating, revising and reformatting our East West Herb Course for nine years now – NINE YEARS!!! The first half was completed in 2011 but …
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Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D.
Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D., founder of the American Herbalists Guild, is author of numerous books on health and herbal healing including The Way of Herbs, The Natural Remedy Bible, The Way of Ch …
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Tracy Richardson, EWCH
Tracy Richardson, CMQ, MIM 415-233-3691 2630 Monticello Ave., Oakland, CA, 94619, US Tracy Richardson is a licensed acupuncturist, who uses the full scope of Chinese and Japanese Medicine techniques and modalities.
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Lesley Tierra, L.AC., AHG
Lesley Tierra, L.AC., Dip. Ac. NCCAOM, Dip. CH NCCAOM, RH, is a California State and nationally certified acupuncturist and herbalist. In her practice she combines acupuncture, herb and food therapie …
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Brett Wyatt, November 2017
I have always been interested in living and eating healthy. I’m sure it began with my grandfather. He taught me to fish, to plant a garden, and to can fruits and vegetables. He was from an era long pa …
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Jill Ruttenberg, EWCH
Jill Ruttenberg is a Hatha yoga instructor, massage therapist and registered clinical herbalist with 30 years of experience in Chinese and western herbal medicine.
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Fall Power: Loquat Leaves
Not only do I love making medicines from my own garden but I also appreciate clients being able to obtain homegrown medicines, too. I’ll never forget one case where a woman was having nausea along wit …
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A Recipe for Chinese Three Treasure Tonic Tea
While acknowledging all the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles of healing, a branch of TCM called Taoist Traditional Chinese Medicine (TTCM) does not emphasize the use of herbs to clear dis …
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Roger Martin, October 2017
First of all, being an Earth Rat (Jan. 1949) and with Indian Summer approaching, I want to thank GOD for the harvest that I’m about to receive. Whether it be herbs, vegetables or just witnessing the F …
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James Reinhart, EWCH
James Reinhart, RPH, RH, AHG 503-298-9873 #10 6th Street, Suite 201, Astoria, OR, 97103, US “2002 Graduate from the East-West Course and Professional Member of the AHG. I am an Oregon State University graduate with 30 years of hospital pharmacy experience. Completed the master herbalist course with Bob Flaws among other courses and studied with…
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Aviva Romm, EWCH
Aviva Romm, Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) Registered Herbalist, AHG President American Herbalists Guild NHEF 203 272 6753 141 Nob Hill Rd., Chesire, CT, 06410, United States https://avivaromm.com/ Herbal Medicine for Women and the Women\’s Herbal Educator certification programs are hands-on courses for individuals and health care providers interested in learning how to effectively and safely use…
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Herbal Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
I really like when I can use a standard protocol for a disease and receive consistently good results. This is especially true when it is a condition such as rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune cond …
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Why the “Energy” of Herbs is Critical to Their Success in Treatment
Have you ever talked with someone who thought that herbs didn’t work because they did little for them despite all their commercial hype? Or have you ever taken (or given) an herb and you (or the perso …
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Jen Ciccolella, September 2017
I have always been interested in food as medicine and started to explore herbs as a way of healing when my oldest dog was diagnosed with invertebral disc disease as well as a heart murmur at age 5. To …
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Student of the Month
We honor our herb school students each month. Learn about our professional herbalist and family herbalist students.
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Vicki Pitman, EWCH
Vicki Pitman, M.Phil., Complementary Health Studies (Exeter, UK), Master Herbalist, Iridology (School of Natural Medicine), East West Clinical Herbalist (EWCH) 18 Greenland Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts, BA15 !BL, UK My work is grounded in traditional healing wisdom and sound science. I have been practising holistic, complementary
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Susan Kramer, AGH, NASH, EWCH
Susan W. Kramer is a Therapeutic Herbalist in private practice in Atlanta, GA. She relies upon Traditional Chinese medicine as her primary analytic tool and uses both western and Chinese herbs in her …
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Candis Cantin Kiriajes
Candis Cantin Kiriajes is an herbalist living in California’s High Sierras. She is a senior graduate of the East West Herb Course and presently is a member of our distinguished faculty. She holds degr …
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Kratom: Uses, Dosage, Administration, and Contraindications
Kratom leaves See Part 1 of my series on kratom here. I work at a local free clinic alongside other students and colleagues dispensing healing advice, free herbs and acupuncture. One of our regula …
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Tobi Jane Panter, EWCH
Hummingbird Holistic Healing Tobi Jane Panter, AHG, R.Ac (604) 732-9179 , Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Kratom: The Herbal Pain-Relieving Answer to the Opioid Epidemic?
Mitragyna speciosa by Uomo vitruviano As of the beginning of August 2017, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published notice of the state of the opioid epidemic in America. They estimated that …
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Holly Hutton, EWCH, RH, MS, MFA
Essay Reviewer With her skillful guidance and direction, Holly is our main reviewer for the lesson essays. She also teaches at the East West Seminars, specializing in Medicine Making and Formulation. …
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Gene Newsome, EWCH
Gene Newsome, Registered Pharmacist, RH, AHG Snow Mountain Herbal Consultants (503) 298-9873 #10 6th Street, Suite 201, Astoria, OR, 97103, US http://www.snowmountainbotanicals.com/ 2002 Graduate from the East-West Course and Professional Member of the AHG. I am an Oregon State University graduate with 30 years of hospital pharmacy experience. Completed the master herbalist course with Bob…
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Darren Huckle, L. Ac.
Darren Huckle, L. Ac., is passionate about the study, practice, and teaching of holistic health. He has spent 18 years cultivating a deep knowledge of holistic life skills including western and Chines …
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Joe Granger, August 2017
My name is Joe Granger and I am a third-year student at East West. I am thankful to be acknowledged as student of the month amongst our network of talented healers. I found East West at a very inter …
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Bodil P Meleney, EWCH
Midnight Sun Herbal Health 301-270-1582 7129 Sycamore Ave., Takoma Park, MD, 20912, United States https://www.facebook.com/MidnightSunHerbs https://www.facebook.com/bodil.p.meleney I am Bodil P Meleney, a clinical herbalist and Polarity Therapist.
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Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc, EWCH
Dr. Christopher Hobbs, a 4th generation botanist and herbalist, has studied and worked with the medicinal uses of herbs for over 30 years…. …
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Jennifer Grady, L. Ac., EWCH
Jennifer Grady, L. Ac., is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist. She emphasizes dietary and lifestyle consultations and delights in working with plants and people to create individual herbal medicin …
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How to Drain Your Essence
In summer we often graze through the garden, feast on fruit, or skip meals altogether because we’re too involved with various activities to stop. Who doesn’t want to race outdoors first thing to enjoy …
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Rosemary Gladstar
Rosemary Gladstar has taught extensively for decades and was the herbalist to first start herbal conferences in the U.S.
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Joshua Farahnik, RH (AHG)
Joshua is a Clinical Herbalist, Master Energy Therapist, meditation coach, yogi, ordained minister, writer and musician. He has studied numerous healing modalities and traditions from various teachers …
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History of the East West Herb Course
“PLANETARY HERBOLOGY” THE FIRST GLOBAL APPROACH TO HERBALISM IS BORN
When Michael Tierra finished writing The Way of Herbs in 1980, he knew the book presented an exceptional opportunity …
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Prashanti de Jager, PhD(cand), MS, EMT
Prashanti lived ten years in India where he treated hundreds of people, founded Organic India (an Ayurvedic herb company that processes local herbs by hand), the Dunagiri Foundation Trust and the Bhag …
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Aly Lear, July 2017
This July I am thrilled to be celebrating my third year as a part of the East West School Community where I plan to be a life-long-learner of Planetary Herbology. It makes me so happy to say I finally …
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Nicole MacDonald, EWCH
Nicole MacDonald, Licensed Counselor in CA and NH, Registered member of the AHG Journey to Wellness Integrative Medical Center 839 Central Ave #5, Dover, NH, 03820, US “I am both a integrative psychotherapist and a clinically trained herbalist. I specialize in helping people who have mental and emotional concerns like anxiety, as well as stress…
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Susan Kramer, EWCH
Susan W. Kramer, Ph.D., RH-AHG), Esq. (404) 248-1784 1340 Woodland Hills Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30324, US Susan W. Kramer is a Therapeutic Herbalist in private practice in Atlanta, GA. She relies upon Traditional Chinese medicine as her primary analytic tool and uses both western and Chinese herbs in her personally crafted tincture formulas. She…
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Laurence Layne, EWCH
Laurence Layne, LMT, CH Healing Waters Clinic 904-826-1965 26 Clark St., St, Augistine, FL, 32084, United States Laurence Layne has a rich and varied history in wholistic healing and alternative medicine. As a young teenager he read The Sleeping Prophet, a biography of Edgar Cayce, the first book of its kind to introduce wholistic healing…
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Wendy Knoebel, EWCH
Wendy Knoebel, TCM Clinical Herbalist, RH (AHG) Blue Wingg Herbs 358 Baily Road Northfield, VT, 05663, US (802) 485-9234 “Years ago I watched both parents suffer through debilitating illnesses with few options available in Alternative Medicine. In an effort to help them, I started researching the field of Alternative Medicine and eventually found Rosemary Gladstar.…
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Shoshanna Katzman, EWCH
Shoshanna Katzman, M.S., L.Ac. Red Bank Acupuncture & Wellness Center (732) 758-1800 788 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls, NJ, 07724, US Shoshanna Katzman is Director of the Red Bank Acupuncture & Wellness Center in New Jersey, author and media personality. She received acupuncture and herbal training from Michael Tierra from 1981 to 1984. Her healing center…
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Sheila M. Devitt
Essay Reviewer Sheila is a reviewer for many of the lesson essays. She is thorough and thoughtful in her comprehensive reviews due to her many years of experience in the herbal community. Sheila M. De …
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Anne de Courtenay
Anne de Courtenay is a writer, artist and herbalist living in Chicago. After completing her degree in journalism at Northwestern University, she received nearly a decade of training in clinical herbal …
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Holly Hutton, EWCH
Holly Hutton, MS, MFA, EWCH Herbal Goddess Medicinals, LLC (541) 408-4558 63287 Morningstar Ct., Bend, OR, 97701, US Facebook
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Our Administrator
Jill has been our friendly and efficient school administrator for 30 years. Call her whenever you need help with any school-related problem. …
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Without a doubt, herbalism became my life’s path. I am driven to understand the power of plants and their healing energy. My name is Bethany Chappell, herbalist and owner of Herbal Health Omaha. I am …
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Lorraine Hughes, EWCH
(845) 416-4598 6 Marlyn Drive, Wappinger Falls, NY, 12590, US “I am a practicing Therapeutic Herbalist in Wappingers Falls, NY.”
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Managing Aggressive Flu with Homeopathic and Herbal Remedies
The following is a guest blog post by East West graduate and faculty and professional herbalist Nancy Angelini. Viral influenza is generally categorized as H1N1 (swine flu) or H5N1 (avian/bird flu). T …
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Karley Martin, May 2017
I am originally from a small town in Calaveras county California, which is in the foothills and upward into the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains. I knew since I was a child that I wanted to live on …
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Manish Chandra
Growing up in Nepal, Manish was exposed to Ayurveda from an early age, creating a foundation for his deep connection to this ancient healing wisdom. He has been studying Ayurvedic medicine for the last 10 years, graduating from Mount Madonna Institute, College of Ayurveda in 2010 as a certified Ayurvedic Practitioner. He completed his thesis…
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