When I was stricken by and almost perished from an acute bout of asthma in the north of Spain, barely making my way to a pharmacy for a salbutamol inhaler, I later began asking around for a good herbalist. The one that I first contacted gave me five packets of herbs from which I was instructed to brew a tea daily. It turned out to be highly effective. That was the beginning of my quest to learn all that I could about herbs and their uses for the treatment and prevention of disease. Article after article, book after book, research paper after research paper, month after month, then year after year. It seemed like for almost every definitive positive quantification of an herb for a certain condition, there would appear another offering contradictory evidence. Tired of being confounded I enrolled in a school of naturopathy for expertise and clarification, at last. Unfortunately the contradictions existed in school curriculum as well. Year one courses for example would include a textbook extolling the virtues of gotu kola while a year two or three textbook would warn that gotu kola was toxic and should be avoided. The everlasting contradictions prompted me to begin keeping meticulous records of herbal efficacy with regards to hundreds of conditions, inflammatory cascades, cancer targets, and more, … a dedication that has consumed the last two decades of my life. It is a never ending quest but I seem suited to it and learn something new every day. Hopefully you will benefit from the statistical analysis of hundreds of thousands of excellent research articles that I have had the pleasure of reading, and including in the database.

(Hundreds of thousands of other research articles did not meet my criteria for inclusion).

No one else has codified the data as I have and made searching for specific information about herbs, supplements and health so effortless and precise.

Ken Gremillion, ND