Enclosed please find my completed final exam for the East West Herb Course. I studied for the exam by rereading each lesson and related supplementary material. I retook each lesson exam, then compared it to the graded lesson exams returned from you. I did not use the open book method. I was thrilled to find…

I am thoroughly enjoying Acupuncture school, and am doing very well, both scholastically and physically. I have found that the East West Course really paved the way for me in terms of familiarity with terminology and concepts.

A recent graduate, who lived in Mexico at the time of enrollment sends us the following letters: This course has been just the right thing for me to be doing with this part of my life. It was a bit challenging to make medicines in Mexico where availability of good quality herbs was very limited,…

The following letter was included with a student’s submission of Lessons 31 to 35 of the East West Course in December 2000: I didn’t realize how long it had been since last submitting a lesson. In December of 1997, I submitted Lesson 30. Wow, thanks for your patience! So much has been learned in that…

I completed my 36 lesson course the same year I graduated from the International College of TCM, Vancouver, BC. Herbs are a big body of knowledge, and really appreciated all the work Michael has put forth with his book Plantary Herbology, and the classifications. I started with the East west course and found it such…

Graduate of the East West Herb Course 1981 and also apprenticed with Michael (3 years in clinic) including one day weekly for two years with Lesley. The East-West Program broadened my perception of herbal healing and how I view clients, health and disease processes. It took me out of the realm of practicing West Herbal…

I am a practicing herbalist and Polarity Therapist with an office and a pharmacy and regular clients. The main reason clients some to see me, is as an herbalist. The herb course has been the main training. Though I am continuing the studying on a nearly daily basis, the Chinese Diagnostic Model remains the model…

The Herb Course provided an excellent foundation for beginning to apply my growing knowledge of the language and medicines of Chinese medicine. Even more important, the support and encouragement the Michael and Lesley continue to provide their former students, particularly in relationship to being active in the AHG is excellent, and provides yet further opportunities…

Michael Tierra was my mentor for approximately 1.5 years outside of my course studies, through 400 patient hours of clinical practice. This was an extremely rewarding piece of my education, and one I highly recommend for students who are serious about becoming good practitioners of herbal medicine. I feel the mentoring boosted my knowledge and…

I am presently in private clinical practice (office in my home). My main therapy modality is botanical medicines, and the East West Course has been foundational in developing my ability to use Chinese (and some Ayurvedic) herbs in my practice. Also, the assessment techniques (Oriental Diagnosis) have also broadened my scope of perception and observation…

I am a professional clinical herbalist, who has recently founded my own herbal clinic and herb pharmacy. It is called Four Winds Natural Healing Center and Herbal Dispensary. I do traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, European, Eclectic, Native American, and Western herbalism. I also incorporate some Kanpo and rainforest based practices. I have a full on site…

I have a private practice in Austin, Texas focusing mainly on the practice of Oriental Medicine. I have a Master’s Degree in Oriental Medicine and hold Diplomate status in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology with the NCCAOM. I feel that the Professional Herbalist course was an incredible learning experience. I recommend it highly. The course material…

Jill, I am enclosing lessons 31-35. In finishing up these last lessons, I found it was really a very iterative process. I was working on the essays (not the test parts) interchangeably as I was integrating all that I have been learning. I really enjoyed these last lessons the most of all in the course.…

Dear Michael and Lesley, I don’t expect you to remember me these days, but I began my studies with you in 1984 and loved your course. I got as far as the completion of the certificate level. Then, deciding I wanted to make it my career, I had to take on a new course in…

I’ve briefly mentioned this to Michael, but it bears repeating:  what you and Michael have accomplished with the school and your books in the world of herbal medicine is seminal.  Overtime I’ve come to realize that the comprehensive, in depth traditional healing concepts and techniques provided by the East West School is somewhat rare in…