The Little Herb That Could, 106 acres in rural Missouri, is a traditional herbal medicine farm and practice, home to research and Food as Medicine education.

Cheryl Weatherby, owner, practices the Shen-Hammer lineage of Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis - a system working with more than 90 diagnostic qualities across 6 principal and 22 complementary pulse positions. She studied under senior instructor Ross Rosen as part of a 2000 hour internship at The Center for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (2006 - 2010), as his associate practitioner from 2012 - 2020, and continues to train with Shen-Hammer certified instructors across the country. In addition, Cheryl learned Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis from Dr. Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Institute and throughout the California College of Ayurveda’s pancha karma certification program (2003). The psycho-emotional and physical health information revealed by these systems allow for discernment of a disease process at a very early stage.

Passionate about nutrition and health supportive cooking, Cheryl completed the Natural Gourmet Institute’s chef training program in New York City with culinary internship at Mercer Kitchen and studied Chinese medicine dietary therapies throughout her graduate program at Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine. She is clinically trained in Kanpo Sino-Japanese herbology (Nigel Dawes) and traditional Chinese herbal medicine.

Cheryl learned integral anatomy dissection from Somanautics and taught gross anatomy for Laboratories of Anatomical Enlightenment. She studied classical midwifery with the Russian Birth Project in St. Petersburg, assisting in 27 births, performing prenatal and postpartum exams in both hospital and home settings, and practicing manual protocols for turning breach position. She is licensed in acupuncture (MO), dipl. NCCAOM, and certified in biodynamic craniosacral therapy, manual lymphatic drainage, hypnotherapy, chi nei tsang visceral manipulation, Nuad-Bo Rarn Thai yoga, Ayurveda, and energy medicine. In addition to private practice, she has worked in doctors’ offices, community clinics and for the VA Health Administration.

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