Andrew Flower has been practising acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) since 1992. In 2009 Andrew completed his PhD at The University of Southampton exploring the role of CHM in the treatment of endometriosis. He has published a number of peer-reviewed papers relating to Chinese medicine research, including two Cochrane systematic reviews. In 2011 he was awarded a 5 year NIHR post doctoral Fellowship to investigate Chinese herbs for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTIs) that resulted in the RUTI trial. In 2017 he helped set up the recently accredited White Crane Academy of CHM. He is a founder member of the Jade Screen Project.

Listen to Andrew Flower’s Herbcast episode “The journey to becoming a herbalist“.