Tieraona Low Dog
b. 1963 · United States · Integrative Medicine, Nutrition
Herbalist-physician who shaped US botanical-medicine standards and education.
Core concepts
- Evidence-graded botanical medicine
- Herb–drug interaction assessment as routine clinical practice
- Women's health, micronutrient repletion and supplement quality standards
Key writings and teachings
- Life Is Your Best Medicine (2012)
- Fortify Your Life (2016)
- US Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplements Admission Evaluation work and NIH advisory service
Influence on modern practice
Low Dog helped write the standards by which dietary supplements are evaluated in the United States and shaped botanical-medicine curricula for physicians through the Arizona fellowship. Her interaction charts are used in pharmacy and integrative-oncology practice.
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Contribution traced forward
Standards for botanical medicine in clinical practice and education.
What modern research says
- EstablishedCheck the literature — PubMed ↗
Herb–drug interaction pharmacology is well characterised for major botanicals such as St John's wort.
- EstablishedCheck the literature — PubMed ↗
Product quality and labelling failures repeatedly documented in supplement testing.
Clinical protocols
- Botanical safety and interaction screening in integrative medicine curricula
- US Pharmacopeia dietary-supplement quality standards work
Real-world uses
- Pharmacy interaction-checking software including botanicals
- Supplement third-party certification programmes consumers rely on
Talks and interviews
Continuity of ideas
Who shaped Tieraona Low Dog, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Andrew Weil
1942 · Integrative Medicine, Education
Low Dog taught in Weil's Arizona integrative-medicine fellowship.
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