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David Crow Biography
David Crow has had a life-long interest in natural medicine, indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge, and botanical alchemy. His interests have taken him to Asia numerous times in search of teachings from traditional healing systems. Floracopeia grew out of these journeys and studies.
David Crow graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1984, and began his clinical practice of acupuncture and herbology. In 1987, his interest in Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine took him to Nepal, where he began a series of internships with traditional doctors in Kathmandu. The story of these journeys and the teachings he received became In Search of the Medicine Buddha, published by Tarcher-Putnam in 2000.
During his studies in the Himalayas, Mr. Crow became aware of the widespread ecological destruction taking place in that part of the world, and the loss of medicinal plants on which the ancient medical systems depended. At the same time, he began to understand how medicinal plants were the key to solving numerous interrelated global problems: lack of healthcare, poverty, environmental destruction, and loss of ethnobotanical knowledge. Floracopeia was established to help preserve and promote the use of botanical medicines as solutions to these growing problems.
Through writing, teaching, and activism, David Crow is promoting the creation of a grassroots healthcare system based on community gardens. He is a co-founder of The Learning Garden at Venice High School in Los Angeles. This garden has quickly become one of the country's largest and most successful school gardens.
Web Sites: http://www.floracopeia.com/ | http://www.thelearninggarden.org/
Audio Recordings of David Crow. Further details are available by clicking the order code link to the left of the title.
03ME08 Pharmacy of Flowers: Rare and Exotic Oils and Attars David Crow, LAc 03ME19 Medicines for the Earth: the Ecophysiology of Plants David Crow, LAc 03ME34 The People's Pharmacy: Creating Grassroots Health Care Systems David Crow, LAc 05SW04 The Pharmacy of Flowers David Crow, LAc 05SW10 The Learning Garden: Herb Cultivation in the Schools David Crow, LAc
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