About Me
I’ve always been interested in living naturally and avoiding as many chemicals as possible but the process was a slow one. I became aware of problems with our environment, food, etc like most people do, by watching documentaries such as Food, Inc., No Impact Man, Forks Over Knifes, and Genetic Roulette. I also read books such as Prescription for Herbal Healing, Prescription for Nutritional Healing and The China Study.
How I started
After being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 27, I went looking for answers beyond what conventional treatment alone could offer — not to replace medical care, but to understand my own body and health more deeply. That search led me into years of self-directed research: nutrition science, herbal medicine, and eventually broader wellness traditions like Traditional Chinese Medicine and qi gong, which reshaped how I think about health as something interconnected rather than symptom-by-symptom.Medicinalherbals.net grew out of that research. Every article here is built on published clinical studies — primarily from PubMed and NCBI — because I believe genuine herbal knowledge should be both rooted in tradition and held to the same evidentiary standard as any other health claim. Where the science is still preliminary or traditional-use-only, I say so directly, rather than overstating what’s actually known.
You can read more about how we evaluate evidence, select sources, distinguish traditional use from clinical evidence, and update our articles in our Editorial Policy & Research Standards.
And so, I welcome you to MedicinalHerbals.net – a website to inform, educate and empower you to take control of your health and well being through natural means.