About Barefoot Doctor Herbs
This website was put together by the folks at Healing Waters Clinic and Herb Shop. Michael Shryne constructed the bulk of the website and Laurence Layne wrote the articles.
Barefoot Doctor Herbs is a real “brick and mortar” store and herbal dispensary located in St. Augustine, Florida. We send Chinese and Western herbs all over the United States, and sometimes overseas. Some of the people who fulfill your orders are shown below.
Our Philosophy:
Wholistic philosophy looks to finding the causes of pain, disease and dysfunction rather than just treating the effects.
The foundation of the practitioners at Barefoot Doctor Herbs is known as the philosophy of wholistic healing. The wholistic philosophy looks to finding the causes of pain, disease and dysfunction rather than just treating the effects. The wholistic healer recognizes that ill health can arise from a variety of factors that include the mental, emotional and spiritual as well as the physical. One of the major premises of wholistic healing is that “healing comes from within.”
This means that human beings are endowed with a self-healing capacity that can be amplified with appropriate therapy and mind-body-spirit techniques. Some of these modalities are thousands of years old and originated in ancient India or China. Other techniques are based on modern science like the principal of homeostasis (balance) and the concept of psychoneuroimmunology (mind-body immune connection).
In the wholistic model of health the practitioner is a facilitator or guide rather than an interventionist and seeks to help the client to release the vital healing force from within. Wholistic healers feel the body is more than willing to heal if blockages to health are removed.
Our History:
Healing Waters Clinic was founded in 1994 by Laurence Layne, LMT, Herbalist, initially as a pain relief center, wholistic massage therapy clinic, and herbal pharmacy. The high quality and reputation of the center attracted other practitioners who asked to be part of the clinic. Because of this, Healing Waters became one of the first multi-disciplinary wholistic clinics in St. Johns County, Florida.
Some of the various treatments and licenses that have been a part of the clinic include massage therapy, bodywork, nursing, weight loss, medical doctor, acupuncture, nutritionist, speech therapist, energy healing, physical therapy, herbalism, midwife, and hypnosis.
In 2000, the Healing Waters Clinic moved from its original location to the new housing near the intersection of King St. and US 1 downtown.
The move to a new location brought expansion and new services into the Clinic. A full retail herb shop has been added, expanding on the earlier herbal pharmacy. This new addition brings a one-of-a-kind herb shop into North Florida that sells bulk Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western herbs to the public.
Over time this has grown to be one of the largest selections of herbs in Florida and the Southeast. Natural healing supplies, books, teas, essential oils, and herbal patent remedies are also available. As of January 2001, the name of the Clinic became Healing Waters Clinic & Herb Shop.
About Our New Home:
We are located at 26 Clark Street — 3 blocks South of King Street on US 1
Plenty of parking in front and back
An “old Florida” style house build around 1927
The back of the house faces Oyster Creek
Oyster Creek is a serene body of water that used to be open to the San Sebastian River before the construction of US 1. At one time shrimp boats took refuge in the “creek” during bad weather.
Now, our customers use the picnic table to enjoy a cup of tea and relax while watching the bird, boats, and enjoying the sun.