About the Author

Jo Dunbar was born and brought up in Cape Town, South Africa. Ever since childhood, she has had a fascination with herbal medicines, but thought that herbalism was a medieval concept, until per chance whilst backpacking around England, she discovered the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, who directed her towards the only college of herbal medicine available at the time. After many years of hard study, she now has a thriving herbal medicine practice in Surrey. Jo is also involved in supervising dissertation research for BSc degree students at The College of Phytotherapy. She completed her own studies at that institution in 1999, and immediately went on to study a Master of Science degree at the University of Westminster where she focused on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.