Michael T. Murray, N.D., is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on natural medicine. Dr. Murray is a graduate, former faculty member of, and serves on the Board of Regents of Bastyr University, where he received his doctorate in naturopathic medicine in 1985. He is coauthor of A Textbook of Natural Medicine and the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. He has also written more than 30 other books, including What the Drug Companies Won’t Tell You and Your Doctor Doesn’t Know; and The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods. Dr. Murray and Joseph Pizzorno, ND, recently released the third edition of the best-selling The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine (Atria, 2012).

As a consultant to the natural product industry, Dr. Murray has been instrumental in bringing many effective natural products to North America, including:

* Glucosamine sulfate
* St. John’s wort extract
* Ginkgo biloba extract
* PGX
* Enteric coated peppermint oil
* Saw palmetto berry extract
* PharmaGABA