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Back Cover Story: “Amazon” John Easterling: Helping Patients Overcome

Cancer Related Challenges with Home-Grown Cannabis

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I ever had in my life,” Easterling says. the Amazon Center for Environmental addition to alleviating the pain, it also cannabinoids in cannabis. While most
“After two weeks of drinking their herbal Education and Research (ACEER) organ- helped her with sleep stress. microbial products are developed in a
tea, I felt as though I’ve gone to a new ization to help the indigenous people of “She’s doing great these days,” he says. laboratory, Bio Harmonic is born in
level of life experience. It was quite an the Amazon gain ownership and title to "It’s quite astonishing how well she is nature. Originating with exclusively lac-
astonishing feeling. It also gave me an their land. doing. We recently returned from a trip tating bovine manure as source material,
appreciation of the rainforest that I had Newton-John is currently facing stage to Spain and Ireland. Her mobility has a natural fermentation and enzymatic
been going to for a number of years, cut- 4 breast cancer. In 2017, doctors told her increased substantially. Her energy levels process follows with special inoculates
ting plants down looking for treasure. I that the cancer spread to her bones. She are high and her mood is spectacular. used along the way. This creates a lively
recognized that there is the treasure— was first diagnosed with breast cancer in The same day she started the specific environment of hundreds of living
growing right out of the ground.” 1992. At the time, Newton-John under- multiple cultivar formula, she saw big microbes that settle into a stable consor-
Since that time, Easterling has been went a partial mastectomy and breast decreases in pain. She’s completely off all tium over time. A special botanical blend
dedicated to the exploration and preser- reconstruction, followed by chemothera- opioids and not on any pain medication of Amazon herbs is introduced and final-
vation of the rainforest. He later founded py. now. She uses a few drops of the formula ly finished with the Harmonic imprint of
Amazon Herb Company to develop and His wife’s health condition only fur- several times a day. All the cancer mark- Gemstone Elixir. This entire process
market healing remedies from Rainforest thered Easterling’s interest and passion ers are moving in the right direction. We takes about 8 to 12 months.
Botanicals and do it in a environmentally for plant medicine. He saw its potential feel very grateful, blessed, and ecstatic “I have come to appreciate what
conscious way. of adding it to his wife’s therapeutic arse- with the way things are now.” cannabis is and what it can do to help
Easterling calls the plants he found in nal. So he reviewed as much information Today, Easterling oversees Happy Tree people with pain and the leading degen-
the rainforest some of the most powerful on cannabis and cancer as he could, and Microbes where he continues creating erative diseases we are facing today,” says
analgesic, antioxidant, anti-inflammato- developed a research grow at their ranch products to enhance the therapeutic Easterling. “I’m still fully onboard with
ry and detoxifying properties available. in California with 26 cultivars and bred value of cannabis that benefits patients researching and formulating cannabis.
In 2012, it merged with the global well- 11 new genetics. He spun off the tri- worldwide. Every day is more exciting than the day
ness company TriVita, based in Arizona. chomes and performed an organic sugar “Outside of Cancer and serious degen- before with what we are working on,
In 2008, Easterling married cane alcohol extraction combining vari- erative issues, I believe that cannabis is especially combining multiple cultivars
singer/actress Olivia Newton-John. ous cultivars. He used a Shimadzu making equally powerful contributions and cannabinoids. I love plant medicine,
Together, they helped spread the word Cannabis Analyzer for potency to screen to our general health and wellness,” he it’s just what I do.”
about preserving the rainforest as well as and quantify 11 cannabinoids. Newton- says.
the health values found in its botanicals John began to manage her pain with a The product his company makes is Bio For more information, visit
plants. They also serve on the board of few drops of her husband’s formula. In Harmonic Tonic to increase yield and www.happytreemicrobes.com.

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