The erosion of predictability: Climate change and the botanical supply chain
From changes to the times when plants are flowering, fruiting, and harvested, to disruptions to nature’s synchronization between plants and their insect pollinators, climate change is exerting significant pressure on the botanical supply chain, and companies have to respond.
American Extra Pharmacopoeia
In China, the traditional Pharmacopoeia of plant, mineral and animal drugs is vast, containing over a thousand remedies; the same is true of India’s Ayurvedic system of medicine. Other ancient and equally successful indigenous systems such as the Ani Yvwiya (Cherokee) Nvwoti, Japan’s Kanpo, the Tibetan gSo-wa Rig-pa and the Unani Tibb system also utilize a large number of botanical drugs…
An Introduction to Herbal Medicine
Certain herbs have become popular over the last twenty years, but herbal medicine is still poorly understood by the public, medical practitioners and the media. After a brief honeymoon where herbs have been portrayed as “wonder drugs”, we are now seeing article after article on the dangers of herbs…
Eclectic & Specific Botanical Protocols for Asthma
Asthma is a common respiratory disease that affects 12 to 16 million Americans. This condition is characterized by dyspnea, inflammation of the airways, bronchospasm with airway obstruction, increased mucus secretion, edema of bronchial walls, and bronchial hyperreactivity…
Eclectic & Specific Botanical Protocols for Mental Health
In our culture talking about mental illness is a rather recent phenomenon, but the experience of mental illness is as old as human existence. Over the ages various emotional/psychological problems have been given many diverse names…
Harmony Remedies: An Overview of Adaptogens
The idea of using tonic remedies to restore balance and health in a person is an ancient idea. The word and concept of an “adaptogen” is a relatively new way of describing a type of remedy commonly found in traditional Chinese (Qi tonic), African (Manyasi), Tibetan, Ayurvedic (Rasayana), and Cherokee medicine…
