Bill Brevoort, Chinese herb pioneer, dies at 75

Iconic Chinese medicinal herb pioneer Bill Brevoort, 75, passed away at his home in Kona, Hawaii, on July 28. He had been recently diagnosed with metastatic melanoma.

Frank Lampe, VP of communications and industry relations at United Natural Products Alliance, provided the following commentary:

"Hold out your tongue." I’ll never forget those words as I was directed by colleagues to visit the East Earth Herb booth at Natural Products Expo West in 1989. The man with the constantly active, piercing blues eyes and flowing, graying beard behind the counter could easily have played a starring role in the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter adventures. It was Bill Brevoort, getting ready to dispense a thick herbal concoction from a number of large plastic bottles that he said would balance my energies. That encounter started a new chapter in my own life: the

Source: UNPA