David Crow is an acupuncturist and herbalist with over thirty years of clinical experience. He is the author of In Search of the Medicine Buddha, a book about his studies of Tibetan and Ayurvedic medicine in the Himalayas, Sacred Smoke, about his studies of Palo Santo in Ecuador, and Plants That Heal, a collection of essays on botanical medicine. He is the founder of Floracopeia, a company that supports ecologically sustainable agriculture through the production of essential oils, and co-founder of The Learning Garden, one of the country's oldest and most successful school gardens.