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Amanda Crawford Biography
AMANDA McQUADE CRAWFORD
Amanda McQuade Crawford is an herbalist encouraged by recent success foraging for signs of life in Los Angeles, California. After many years of gardening and private practice in Beverly Hills and Ojai, California, Amanda traveled to New Zealand on sabbatical before returning to her native southern California. She earned her degree in Phytotherapy (Herbal Medicine) from Britain’s College of Phytotherapy (Phyto, Greek for “plant”), and a BA in Medieval History from Vassar College. Amanda has studied healing with nature around the world, learning from plants, ayahuasqueros, and curanderas, as well as physicians at home and abroad. She teaches in hospitals, medical schools, and in open meadows. The author of two popular books on women’s health, The Herbal Menopause Book and Herbal Remedies for Women, she contributed to two recent books on natural medicine, The New Menopause Book, edited by Taliaferri et al, and the text, Traditional Medicines for Modern Times: Antidiabetic Plants, edited by Amala Soumyanath, CRC Press. Her most recent adventure has been as the host of "What A Relief," a TV series dedicated to holistic health for Veria.com, available on DISH.
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