1.Why should I choose you over a standard M.D.?

Modern medicine has only been around for about 200 yrs., Traditional Med. or Natural Med.has been around for thousands of years. Practioners of modern med. view the body as essentially a series of independent parts.They treat those parts only after they become diseased.Disease is dealt with by killing the causing agent or by removing part of the body through surgery. Cold medicines for example,reduce the fever, discomforts,and runny nose.They do not address the underlying causes as to why the person got the cold in the first place. A growing body of evidence shows that antibiotics and other pharmaceutical drugs weaken the body's immune system and make us more susceptible to illness over the long run.Traditionalist or Naturopaths believe that all parts of the body, including the mind, emotions, and spirit work together as a unit, as a whole. If one part is out of order or harmony, it effects all the other parts. Natural med. work in harmony with your own immune system,boosting it, and strengthing it.

3. Aren't herbs dangerous because they are not well researched?

This is entirely false.Many plants have an extensive body of laboratory research relating to their medicinal properties and more is being done all the time.But beyond this, they have their history of use.This is far more relevant to the real world, since we don't live in a controlled,double-blind scenario. With their history of use and the analytical reasoning of using them, a body of knowledge is built up around each plant.Today , many of our herbs have a documented, detailed record of real-world clinical use which goes back for millennia.

4. Can Herbs be as effective as Pharmaceutical meds., when most are not standardized?

Herbs work in a whole different way than pharmaceutical drugs do, with a whole different goal. It's like comparing apples to oranges. While conventional meds. attack the disease, herbs work with the body's natural healing process. Herbs are generally used to move the body toward health, not force change.Standardization is the catch-word used by the pharmaceutical cos. to convince you that they have captured the highest essence or active ingredient possible of the plant. But again, Herbs or plants don't act the same way as a man-made or artifical drug do.The standardized herb may be consistent,but they sacrifice the benefits found naturally in the whole, unprocessed herb. All parts of the plant combine to give it its complex effect.There is nothing you can put in your body, which will not have, in some way, an effect on the rest of your body,and the way it functions. Similarly, in an herb, every component has its purpose.Many people, from all walks of life, find relief and health thru the use of herbs, in some cases, even after being told that they would never be healthy again, or would die soon. Herbs have a track record of being safe and effective that is unparalleled by modern medicine.

5. What does Traditionally Trained mean?

Traditional training simply means being apprenticed or journeymanned. It is one of society's Oldest Forms of Education.In many cultures herbal training occurs Almost Exclusively through Apprenticeship. Traditional use occurs in the context of a Traditional Medical System. This healing system may have evolved over hundreds of years or even thousands of years and be part of a great culture. It may be part of a smaller or more primative culture,but the Important Point is that traditional use is the refined knowledge of many generations, carefully evaluated and re-evaluated by many practioners of the craft. That information should be rated highly because it has evolved over many years in large numbers of people.