Research and Lending A Helping Hand
One of Evergreen’s mission besides producing top quality herbal extracts and educating the west on drug-free alternatives to health is our desire to make a difference in people’s lives. We can't imagine a better way than helping people back to health so they can completely enjoy what life has to offer. This idea has led us to donate our herbs to those in need, and to donate the herbs to research and development.
Through the LA Free Clinic, where TCM care is offered to those who otherwise would not have access to it, we donated herbs for care to low-income families.
We donated herbs to ATBW, a non-profit organization that set up camp in Rapalle, India where acupuncturists volunteered their services and prescribed our herbs to over 100 patients a day for 4 months.
More herbs were donated to the Global Alternative health Project as well as Mindful Medicine worldwide, to help those in need in developing countries such as Bali, Burma, and Nepal. Herbs were also donated to the Acupuncture Relief Project, a free community acupuncture clinic that travels to countries that have been impacted by poverty, conflict, or disaster.
In addition, cash donations were given to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Arizona Chapter, as well as the Ohio Acupuncture Association to help fund their efforts in the governmental approval of herbal usage for Ohio State Practitioners.
On the research frontier, we provided herbs for the following organizations:
- A chronic pain study by the Los Angeles Free Clinic and Emperor’s College
- Immune research project through Bastyr University
- Cancer research at UCLA
- Endometriosis study at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
- Menopause study by Women’s University of Bern, Switzerland
- Research on the use of herbs for detoxification with South Baylo University
- Anti-cancer properties of herbs with University of Pittsburgh
These are just some of the many events that edge our profession slowly towards becoming mainstream medicine. When our family committed to becoming practitioners of this medicine, our talents, training, and tenacity led us to start the herb company. Promoting communication and education through research, teaching, and supporting the efforts of others came naturally; and giving what we can, where we can, makes sense in our lives and efforts. We have made a life-long commitment to help the profession grow. We hope our passion for the medicine serves not just as fuel for our involvements, but also as a catalyst for other companies to follow.