Michael Moore, one of the greatest North American herbalists just passed awa

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Michael for your tribute to Michael Moore.

 

I was a Western herbalist and midwife before I came to study Chinese medicine.

For me,

understanding the TCM diagnostics was the next step in truly understanding how

to use

herbs as medicines. I was involved with Equinox Botanicals in its inception, and

long held

Michael Moore in great esteem. I was blown away at an herb conference in Boulder

at how

deep his understanding of physiology was and how herbs could be used from his

deep

understanding of how the body works. That, and how much like a trucker he was. I

loved

that one could believe so much and be so immersed in herbs and like big macs.

 

I have used his website and herb monographs many times. His contribution is

unfathomable. For those unfamiliar, check

http://www.swsbm.com/homepage/GenusIndex.html

 

What I gained from a hunter-gatherer introduction to herbology has served me as

a TCM

practitioner. I can't tell you how many times I consider using an herb not only

because of

its energetics or use in a formula, but because of where and how it grows and

what it

looks and smells, and I might as well say it, feels like. You can't get that

information from

a book. Least I can't.

 

We come from an unending line of healers, but there are stand out pivotal

contibutors in

our modern pharmacology. Michael Moore was one of those pivots.

 

Valerie Hobbs L.Ac.

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " Michael Tierra " <mtierra wrote:

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> I know that eventually, those of you who have not yet integrated non-Asian

> herbs into your practice must eventually. Chinese herbalism is not an open

> and shut phenomena. I know there is such much to learn and master that it

> will take not one but several lifetimes to get a grip on it, even if we

> speak and read Chinese. Nevertheless, Chinese herbalism is not merely a

> collection of herbs in a materia medica or of wonderful ancient formulas,

> it's an exquisite medical system that aspires to encompass all foods,

> plants, human experience and yes, even drugs into that system.

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> To that end, there is a treasure of botanicals on the North american

> continent. In fact it was the search for herbs that was one of the

> motivating forces for Europeans to sail into the unknown in search of.

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> So just as we have a legacy of great Chinese herbalists to look up to, there

> is a legacy of great Western herbalists that we should become aware of.

> Michael Moore was one of those. He passed away recently on February 20th and

> I wrote a tribute in his honor that I would like to share with you all. You

> can read it at:

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> http://www.planetherbs.com/index.php?option=com_myblog

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> Michael Tierra

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