Robert Linde, AP, RH

Robert Linde, AP, RH Quick Facts

Main Areas: Herbs, acupuncture, tai chi, chinese medicine, lectures, teaching
Career Focus: Patients and speaker
Affiliation: FSOMA, AHG, ABC

Bob Linde, Acupuncture Physician and Registered Herbalist (AHG), is the president and founder of Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies. In his first year of TCM school, he saw a need for holistic approach to healthcare that incorporated not only acute care but also education and lifestyle changes for those patients interested in lifelong wellness. He has studied with a local herbalists in the Bahamas, visited with shamans in the Pervian Amazon, attends National conferences for both acupuncturists and professional herbalists, received special training in auricular therapy and dietary therapy as well as completing four years of training in Traditional Chinese Medicine by mostly Ph.D.s from China.

Bob's interest in complementary medicine began at the age of 10 at a summer camp in Maine where he had the opportunity to study edible plants in the wild. From that experience, he started reading edible plant books by Euell Gibbons and was also greatly influence by his mother's authoring of various health-related books including The Whole Health Catalog, Dr. Atkins' Superenergy Diet, How to Beat a Bad Back and many others.

Throughout his youth, Bob studied various therapeutic properties of vitamins, minerals and western herbs. In high school and college he was nicknamed "Dr. Bob" by his classmates because he successfully addressed a wide variety of health concerns for himself, family, and friends using his herbal and nutritional knowledge.

Bob spent five years in the U.S. Army where he became a combat life saver and earned a combat infantry badge in Iraq. He also was an instructor for the Red Cross in CPR, first aid and advanced life saving, as well as other classes. He has lectured at USF, Eckerd College, Department of Health and taught for East West College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Bob's strong desire to raise the standards of herbal training has led to his creation of the Professional Herbalists training Program starting at the clinic in the fall of 2004, where he teaches and supervises students participating in the herbal intern clinic. He also provides CEU training for various healthcare professions. Please see our class schedule for more information on CEU courses.

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