[1] While Moore believed herbs and plants provided a natural way of treating many afflictions, allopathic medications were to be used when required.

[4] Moore was an herbologist who was known for his books on medicinal plants that are found in the West, Southwest and Pacific Northwest bio regions.

[1][6] Moore sold the shop, in the mid-1980s to an employee, to allow him to focus on teaching herbalism to others, and moved to Bisbee, Arizona, and then to Silver City, New Mexico.

Later he moved back to Bisbee with his wife for found the School of Botanical Medicine there where he continued to teach until 2006.

Moore was a major contributor in the revival of many historical texts of botanical medicine which had been lost to the general public.