Founder and Director
John R. Christopher, M.H., N.D.
Founder
In his youth, Dr. Christopher began his own study on natural healing when he saw its positive results in healing his mother of dropsy. His enthusiasm increased when he cured himself of cancer using natural methods. Dr. Christopher, after his experience as a supervisor of a medical dispensary during World War II, decided to become an herbal practitioner. In 1946, he graduated with a Master of Herbology under Dr. H. Knowles at the Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Founder
In his youth, Dr. Christopher began his own study on natural healing when he saw its positive results in healing his mother of dropsy. His enthusiasm increased when he cured himself of cancer using natural methods. Dr. Christopher, after his experience as a supervisor of a medical dispensary during World War II, decided to become an herbal practitioner. In 1946, he graduated with a Master of Herbology under Dr. H. Knowles at the Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Two years later he received his Naturopathic Doctor degree from the Institute of Drugless Therapy in Tama, Iowa. He received an Herbal Pharmacist degree under the renowned Dr. Edward Shook.
David W. Christopher, M.H.
Director
Director
Today, thousands safely apply the Christopher methodology thanks to his directorship. David is an international lecturer and was instrumental in establishing England's College of Herbs and Natural Healing. He is the author of An Herbal Legacy of Courage and various articles on herbs and nutrition have been published in many magazines. David and his wife Fawn host a weekly radio program, "A Healthier You."
Prior to his death in 1983, Dr. Christopher received the Agnes Arber Distinguished Service Award for his long-suffering devotion to the cause of herbal practice and his contribution to public health.
Hailed as America's foremost herbalist, Dr. Christopher developed a program to pass on his methodology and founded the School of Natural Healing in 1953. His published works include Herbal Home Health Care, Every Woman's Herbal, and his most renowned work, School of Natural Healing.
Having been raised in the simple ways of natural health, David's interests grew beyond his university study and in 1974 he focused on the discipline of Herbology. In 1979 he became a Master Herbalist and the director of The School of Natural Healing.
An Herbalist in Every Home
A Master Herbalist in Every Community
A Master Herbalist in Every Community
Founded in 1953 by
Dr. John R. Christopher
Dr. John R. Christopher
The School of
Natural Healing
Natural Healing
