About the Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute, faculty and staff

RMHI, a private educational and research organization, has offered professional education in Chinese herbal sciences since 1987 (since 1992 in Hot Springs, Montana).

• Contact information
• Faculty and staff
• Our purpose and interests
• Administration
• Our website code of ethics
• Student comments
• Photo tour

Contact information

For inquiries about our courses, general information, software upgrades, technical support:

 

  Contact us by email (webform):

    http://www.rmhiherbal.org/contact/

 

  Register your software:

    http://www.rmhiherbal.org/contact/swreg.html

 

  Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute

  PO Box 579

  Hot Springs, Montana [59845] USA

 

  Phone: 406.741.3811

Faculty and staff

For individual contact info. and biographies:

• Roger Wicke, Ph.D., Instructor and Director
   
• C.S. Cheung, M.D., Instructor
   
• Curtis Kruse, M.S., Research Associate
   

Our purpose and interests

The Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute comprises a small group of independent teachers, herbalists, and researchers committed to constructive action in solving personal, community, and international health care problems. Since 1987 we have taught courses to health professionals and serious students of human health, published Chinese herbology textbooks and software, offered clinical herbal services to the public, and conducted research projects.

We support access to uncensored health information and information about herbs, guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and actively promote local and international movements toward health freedom:

• The freedom of non-licensed practitioners to educate the public and assist individuals in improving health through the use of herbs, diet, and an awareness of environmental health issues.
• The freedom of physicians to assist their patients in regaining health with safe alternative methods, without fear of harrassment by medical societies and state licensing boards.

Our classes are scholarly but free-spirited; RMHI supports its course participants in exploring the frontiers of TCM herbal science and attracts creative and unique individuals. Hot Springs, Montana provides a peaceful environment, expansive scenery, and hot mineral pools that provide a relaxing atmosphere for intellectual discussions about herbal health care, science, and the concerns of the day. Hot Springs is a quiet mountain town with pleasingly rough edges and enough sky to unfetter one's mind.

Many of our classes are taught in instructors' homes and other simple but comfortable surroundings. We've found that bell towers, stately Greek columns, and armies of administrators are unnecessary for learning to occur.

Administration

The Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute is held and governed by the Board of Trustees of the Rocky Mountain Herbalists Trust to ensure its continued operation for future generations of herbalists. Roger W. Wicke, Ph.D., is the current director and founder of the Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute.

RMHI website code of ethics

Information sources: RMHI's website provides educational information on the use of herbs to improve health, much of which is based on published sources from Chinese herbalists describing historical uses for many centuries. Some, but not all, of these uses have been corroborated by modern scientific research. We make no claims for the treatment or cure of any disease condition. Website users should seek professional advice if necessary before applying this information to specific situations.

References: General references to published sources for our information are included at the end of each article; references for specific facts or ideas are footnoted at the end of each article.

Authors: The authors of RMHI's website articles are C.S. Cheung, M.D. (retired), and Roger Wicke, Ph.D. See "Faculty and staff" section above, for brief biographies.

Publication/modification dates: The original publication/copyright date of each article appears under the article's table of contents; modification dates for significant updates appear at the top of each page.

Privacy: We respect the privacy of all users of this website, and do not rent, sell, or trade private information to any third parties.

Funding: RMHI's website is self-supporting through the educational services we provide; we accept no advertising.

Student comments

Read what our students and software users have said about our software-based distance learning courses.

Photo tour

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