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Chinese Herb Safety and Quality – Spring Wind Herbs

Mar 132013

I purchase all of my Chinese raw, dried herbs, which I use in customized formulas and tinctures both, from Spring Wind Herbs. This company is considered the premier supplier of quality Chinese herbs and is owned by Andrew Ellis. All herbs are tested for pesticide residues, and increasingly more and more are even available as USDA Certified Organic. I usually try to purchase the organic version also, unless the cost difference is extremely high (but typically isn’t the case at all).
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Chinese Herb Safety and Quality – Evergreen Herbs

Mar 132013

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is the world standard of herbal medicine and these guidelines are used, amongt testing for heavy metals, pesticides and bacteria, by Evergreen Herbs, a family-run business with 3 generations of Chinese herbal scholars bringing quality medicine to practitioners and patients alike. Keep in mind also that most herbs are coming from Taiwan, so why the quality is so high. Evergreen Herbs and Herb Safety

The formulas are fantastic and bring my patients much healing! The pharmacology tomes written by John Chen and Tina Chen are a boom to phytomedicine worldwide and research is the basis of this materia medica. Order book: Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology from Evergreen Herbs or Amazon.

Chinese Herb Safety – May 2012

Herb Safety, News and Research

May 092012

This is an article about the safety of Chinese herbs and the misinformation that the medical profession continues to tell patients why not to use an herbal medicine that has a safety record far surpassing pharmaceutical drugs!
‘Concerning “Chinese Herbal Nephropathy”

Safely Combining Prescription Drugs with Herbal Remedies

Herb Safety

Oct 282011

This is an article I wrote which was published in the local Lotus Guide, Directory for Healthy Living in Fall 2005: Safely Combining Prescription Drugs with Herbal Remedies

Dr. John Chen, Evergreen Herbs

Chinese Medicine, Scholars, TCM Scholars

Oct 112011

John Chen, Ph.D., Pharm.D., O.M.D., L.Ac., is the founder of Evergreen Herbs, a supplier of Chinese herbal medicine formulas, and Lotus Institute of Integrative Medicine, an educational company focusing on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Dr. John Chen is a third-generation Chinese herbalist and is THE TCM scholar on the pharmacological actions of Chinese herbs. He is also the expert in the field regarding drug and herb interactions. He has written several books.
Evergreen Herbs
Lotus Institute of Integrative Medicine

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