The consequences of being treated by a master herbalist
In August 2014, a 13-year-old boy with Type 1 diabetes died after being treated by self-described “master herbalist” Tim Morrow who was tried for child abuse resulting in death and practicing medicine without a license.
He had told the boy’s mother to stop administering insulin and instead prescribed herbs which he sold. According to one report, Morrow told the parents that insulin was poison, and if they took …