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HerbalGram 120 • Oct HerbalGram — Dec 2018 Ayahuasca Field Report • ABC’s 30th Anniversary & Timeline • Sustainable Herbs Program Indian Kino Tree Reforestation • Industry B Corps • Coca-Cola Acquires Moxie • Herb Profile: Senna Senna Profile • ABC’s 30th Anniversary & Timeline • Sustainable Herbs Program • Indian Kino Tree Reforestation • Industry B Corps • Coca-Cola Acquires Moxie • Industry Acquires Reforestation • Coca-Cola B Corps Tree • Indian Kino • Sustainable Herbs Program Timeline 30th Anniversary & • ABC’s Senna Profile The Journal of the American Botanical Council Number 120 Oct – Dec 2018 Senna Herb Profile www.herbalgram.org US/CAN $6.95 30th Anniversary Issue American Botanical Council Mark Blumenthal Founder, Executive Director HerbalGram Editor-in-Chief dear reader Hannah Bauman On November 1, 1988, I went to the Secretary of State’s office HerbalGram Associate Editor in Austin, Texas, to file the nonprofit incorporation papers for the Toby Bernal American Botanical Council. The initial Board of Trustees comprised Head Gardener eminent economic botanist James A. Duke, PhD, internationally Janie Carter esteemed pharmacognosist Professor Norman R. Farnsworth, PhD, Membership Coordinator and me. (Professor Varro “Tip” E. Tyler, PhD, became the fourth Caroline Caswell Trustee after he retired from Purdue University the following year.) Education Assistant The primary motivation for founding ABC was to create a nonprofit Jackson Curtin vehicle to enhance the publication of HerbalGram, which, at the time, Communications & Marketing Coordinator was a small quarterly newsletter that I had published for five years with Rob McCaleb under the auspices of the American Herbal Products Association and the Herb Gayle Engels Simplicity Special Projects Director Research Foundation that Rob founded. The vision was to turn this newsletter into a four-color, – Stefan Gafner, PhD peer-reviewed journal/magazine hybrid that represented the best and most compelling aspects of Chief Science Officer herbs, herbal medicine, and related topics. In those days, mailed newsletters were a common form of communication — this was before the age of email, the internet, and instant access to research Lori Glenn HerbClip Managing Editor made of plants papers, news, and other information. Since those early days, ABC has grown tremendously. In July of this year, we observed the Matthew Magruder Get the benefits of herbs without extra ingredients Art Director 35th anniversary of HerbalGram. We have initiated many educational publications, projects, and or processing. Since 1979, we’ve made liquid herbal programs to help fulfill our unique nonprofit educational mission. These are too numerous to fully Denise Meikel Development Director list here, but some are worthy of mention: HerbClip summaries and critical reviews of published extracts simply, without any extra processing or studies (more than 7,000 have been published to date); ABC’s “Pharmacy from the Rainforest” Anna Moreno Executive Assistant ingredients. Usually, this takes just four steps, Ethnobotany Ecotours in Peru, Belize, Costa Rica, Kenya, and South Africa; publication of the English translation of the German Commission E Monographs; development of the historic Case Jenny Perez Education Coordinator so they include only the plant’s phytochemicals Mill Homestead for our headquarters; acquisition and expansion of the HerbMedPro database; founding the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program; and our latest stra- Tamarind Reaves Administrative Assistant and the liquid used to extract them. tegic venture: the Sustainable Herbs Program. For a more detailed list of ABC’s milestones over the HerbalGram Copy Editor past 30 years, see the fold-out timeline beginning on page 16 of this issue. Perry Sauls My primary feeling about these first 30 years is one of profound gratitude and heartfelt apprecia- Customer Service Ethically-sourced ingredients and a process tion. Gratitude to Jim, Norm, and Tip for helping establish and guide ABC and for lending their Coordinator names, time, and energy to ABC. Gratitude to the donors, sponsor members, and all ABC members Tyler Smith you trust, this is how we create wellness who have supported our educational mission. Gratitude to our dedicated employees, past and pres- HerbalGram Managing Editor ent, who have helped make ABC successful in so many ways — some of whom have been here for Cecelia Thompson #MadeOfPlants. 30 years! Gratitude to the ABC Trustees, friends, and colleagues who have volunteered their time Finance Coordinator to guide and govern ABC. And, finally, gratitude to the ABC Advisory Board members who have Margaret Wright provided countless hours of service to ABC and its publications. Accounting Coordinator As ABC moves into its next decade of service to the international medicinal plant community, we Connor Yearsley Find your herbs at herb-pharm.com are reminded of our equally important local commitments, particularly with respect to our stew- HerbalGram Assistant Editor ardship of our 2.5-acre headquarters at the Case Mill Homestead. The 165-year-old main build- ing needs repairs, and there is much that we wish to do to enhance our beautiful property. In the coming months, ABC members and others will be invited to participate in a new capital campaign as we seek the funding to properly maintain this special piece of East Austin. I also extend my gratitude to regular contributor Karen Raterman for her article in this issue on Ruby walks amid towering Mullein stalks B Corporations, ABC friend and contributor Chris Kilham for his extensive report on sustainability during the harvest on our Certified issues related to ayahuasca in Peru, and HerbalGram Assistant Editor Connor Yearsley for his arti- Organic farms in southern Oregon. cle on a recent initiative for the reforestation of the Indian kino tree. Each of these articles reflects ABC’s continued interest in and concern for medicinal and aromatic plant sustainability, conser- vation, the environment, and the people involved in supply and production throughout the value chain. In this issue, we also have included a Research Review of an important paper published in the journal Nature that documents the effects of climate change on plants growing on European moun- tain summits. Many alpine plants are vulnerable to the documented warming of the biosphere, and, eventually, so are we! Mission: Provide education using science-based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine—serving the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry, www.herbalgram.org • 2018 • I SSUE 120 • 1 and media. 01028ADS_HerbalGramAd_Final.indd 1 2/27/18 8:58 AM Freddie Ann Hoffman, MD Will C. McClatchey, PhD John Rashford, PhD Michael Tims, PhD ABCEach issue of HerbalGramAdvisory is peer reviewed Board by members of the ABC Advisory Board and other qualified experts before publication. CEO and Managing Member, HeteroGeneity, LLC Thousand Arbor Refuge Professor of Anthropology Academic Director of Herbal Programs Washington, DC Eugene, OR College of Charleston, Charleston, SC Maryland University of Integrative Health Laurel, MD Donald I. Abrams, MD Chantal Bergeron, PhD Nadja B. Cech, PhD Paula M. Gardiner, MD, MPH David Hoffmann, BSc, FNIMH Joe-Ann McCoy, PhD John M. Riddle, PhD Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Manager of Research and Development Personal Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professor of Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine Medical Herbalist, Author, and Research Associate Director, Medicinal Germplasm Repository Professor, Department of History Alain Touwaide, PhD California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA and Home Care Products, Seventh Generation Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA Traditional Medicinals, Sebastopol, CA Bent Creek Institute / NCSU North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Scientific Director, Institute for the Preservation of Burlington, VT Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Asheville, NC Medical Traditions, Washington, DC Hamid-Reza Adhami, PhD, PharmD Zoë Gardner, PhD Tori Hudson, ND Eloy Rodriguez, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacognosy Lori L. Bestervelt, PhD Il-Moo Chang, PhD Consultant, Greenfield, MA Clinical Professor, National University of Natural Dennis J. McKenna, PhD James A. Perkins Endowed Professor, Arthur O. Tucker, PhD Tehran University of Medical Sciences Executive VP and Chief Technical Officer Director, Korea-China Collaboration Center for Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD Medicine, Portland, OR Assistant Professor, Center for Spirituality & Research Scientist, Ethnobotanical Medicine and Research Professor of Agriculture and Natural Tehran, Iran NSF International Traditional Oriental Medicine Research; Professor Healing, University of Minnesota Zoopharmacognosy, Cornell University Resources, Delaware State University Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, New Maurice M. Iwu, PhD Ann Arbor, MI Emeritus, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Minneapolis, MN Ithaca, NY Dover, DE Bharat (Bart) B. Aggarwal, PhD York Medical College; Co-Chair of the Caucus on President, Bioresources Development and Founding Director, Inflammation Research Joseph M. Betz, PhD Robert G. Chapman, PhD Complementary & Integrative Medicine of the Conservation Programme John McPartland, DO Aviva Romm, MD Nancy Turner, PhD Institute, San Diego, CA Acting Director, Office of Dietary Supplements Principal Research Officer, Aquatic & Crop Resource