WESTERN HERBS:

• American Herbalist Guild 
  
• Herb Research Foundation
  
• Michael & Leslie Tierra's Planetherbs website
• Henriette's herbal homepage
  
• Botanical.com herbal info, Maud Greive's 'A Modern Herbal' (incredible resource!)
• Southwest school of botanical medicine website.  Michael Moore 

 
ASIAN MEDICINE:

• Acupuncture.com- gateway to chinese medicine, health & wellness
• Gancao.net acupuncture blogs, forums, articles
• rootdown.us
  
• TCMstudent - the world of acupuncture and oriental medicine
• acufinder acupuncture referral service
• Institute for Traditional Medicine A wealth of articles on all things chinese medicine
  

 
LICENSING BODIES:

•  NCCAOM - The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
•  State of California Acupuncture Board
  
• ABORM - the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine

 
ORGANIZATIONS:

• California State Oriental Medicine Association (CSOMA)
  
• American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM)
  
  

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Referrals

CHIROPRACTIC: Noah J. Splies, D.C. 805-641-1111 www.drsplies.org

MASSAGE THERAPY: Susanna Marie Rigney  805- 509-7665

COLONICS:  Ashley Becker, N.D. 805-477-0577 www.ecolonics.com

INTERNAL MEDICINE: Gary Deutsch, M.D. 805- 525-7131

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE: Richard Hiltner, M.D., L.Ac., D. Hom. 805- 646-1495

WOMEN'S HEALTH: Karni Seymour-Brown, LM, licensed midwife 805-648-2350 www.venturamidwife.com

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGISTS: Fertility & Surgical Associates in Thousand Oaks: Gary Hubert, MD, Ashim Kumar, MD, Richard Buyalos, MD 805-778-1122 www.fertilityassociates.com