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Caroline La, LAc

Caroline La, a graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (now PCHS), has more than a decade of experience treating patients. She has worked alongside naturopathic doctors, integrative functional medical doctors and reproductive endocrinologists, and specializes in treating infertility, women's health, digestive disorders, and difficult-to-treat chronic illnesses with herbal medicine and acupuncture. Caroline is also the owner of Longevity CBD, offering products that combine CBD with other minor cannabinoids such as CBG, CBN and CBC with researched backed botanicals. For more information, visit www.longevitycbd.co.

Previous Articles

CBD, CBG ... What About CBN?
October 2021 (Vol. 22, Issue 10)
How CBD Promotes Longevity
August 2021 (Vol. 22, Issue 08)
Is CBG the New CBD?
May 2021 (Vol. 22, Issue 05)
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Nicholas Sieben, LAc
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