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The annual Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine is presented April 13 & 14 at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona. The conference emphasizes botanical therapies for chronic conditions and also features herb walks in the desert. We hope you will join us this year.
View brochure with schedule here.Photo taken at Mimi Kamp's field study location last year near the Superstition Mountains. Join us this year for another spectacular April the desert!
Location: The College is just 20 minutes from Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Lodging is available at nearby Dobson Ranch Inn
(group ID 805369 - $79 per night + tax). Hotel phone (800) 528-1356.
Photo of the grounds at the Dobson Ranch, Mesa, AZ
(Top) 7Song at Grand Canyon
(Below) Mimi Kamp and friend on field study
Friday Field Studies on April 12--Two events to choose from!
Provides the opportunity to explore the desert medicinal plant kingdom with expert herbalists in their natural habitat. Limit 20. $59 fee.
More details on field studies.
1. 9 AM to 3 PM Boyce Thompson Arboretum with 7Song.2. 9 AM to 3 PM Superstition Wilderness with Mimi Kamp
Field Studies are now closed.
Eric Yarnell, ND
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Preconference Intensive with Eric Yarnell, ND
Title: Natural Medicine for Kidney Conditions and Dialysis: Caring for Patients with Glomerulonephritis, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and other Chronic Kidney Diseases
Date Friday April 12, 2013
Time 1:00 - 4:30 PM (Registration at 12:30 PM)
Place Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
(Please note change of venue from last year.)
Cost $59
Open only to registered conference participants.
CE: Applications submitted for two pharmacy credits and one general credit for NDs in Oregon and Arizona. Approvals pending.More information on this intensive.
You can stil register for this event at the door: 12:20 PM April 12 at SCNM.
More information and details:
Conference registration: $329 covers all lectures, herb walks (except admission to the botanical garden) and the Saturday evening panel discussion. Meals, lodging and Friday events are extra. Call or email us if you have questions and we'll be happy to help you!
Registration information.Lodging: (ask for the Herb Conference group rate reservation # 805369 when you call.)
Dobson Ranch Inn, Mesa- phone (800) 528-1356 Rooms start at $79 per night for 1-2 people (+tax), which includes a full buffet breakfast. Group number 805369. Reserve rooms by March 30. Complimentary van service is available to the conference site from the hotel.
Continuing Education Credits
Applications approved for the following health professionals.
Type State Hours
applied forPharmacy Credit for NDs only, (not pharmacists)* Status
Intensive Credit?
Field Study Credit?
Nursing** Arizona** 19.5** possible
contact hours including FridayN/A Approved Intensive**
3 contact hoursField Studies: 5.5 contact hours**
Acupuncture NCCAOM- national PDA points 21.5 PDA including Friday N/A Approved Intensive:
3.5 PDA Points6 PDA Points
Naturopathic Physicians Arizona
13.5* general for main conference
9 hours pharmacy Approved Intensive:
3 hours gen'l of which 2 can be pharmacyField Studies:
6 hoursNaturopathic Physicians Oregon 13.5*
general9 hours pharmacy Approved Intensive:
3 hours general of which one hour can be pharmacyNo credit for field studies. *Pharmacy credit for NDs: 13.5 hours of general credit has been approved for Arizona and Oregon naturopathic physicians, of which 9 may be counted as pharmacy. Eric Yarnell's pre-conference intensive has been approved for 3 hours general of which 2 may be counted as pharmacy credits in Arizona and one pharmacy credit for Oregon NDs.
**Nursing: This activity has been approved by the Arizona Nurses' Association for approval to award contact hours. The Arizona Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
We regret that we are not able to offer ACPE credits for pharmacists this year, or credit to California naturopathic physicians.Lecture notes are digital again this year and are available for download free of charge to all registrants by March 23, 2013. Lecture notes will also be available in print at the conference for $20 (but not beforehand).
Lecture recordings: Available for purchase both during and after the conference.
Exhibit Hall: The exhibit hall is open during breaks and meals and provides an opportunity to meet conference teachers, educational organizations, herbal companies and book vendors. If you are interested in exhibiting, please email us.
Links to more information:
Speakers and Topics
Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine
April 13 & 14, 2013View brochure with schedule here.
PH = ND pharmacy credit application submitted for Arizona and Oregon.Paul Bergner
1. Systemic Inflammation: Sources and Natural Therapeutics
2. Botanicals for Subclinical Hypothyroid
Mary Bove
1. Natural Medicine for Childhood Asthma: Alternatives to Pharmaceuticals PH
2. Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis with Botanical Medicine PH
3. Botanical Alternative to Common OTC and Prescription Drugs (painkillers, anti-inflammatories, antihistamines, antacids, steroid inhalers and more.) PH
Martha Burgess
1. Mesquite Medicine—a tree of life in the desert (Garden talk and Demonstration)
Ryan Drum
1. Seaweeds and Radiation protection
2 & 3. Community Herbalist: Case Studies from an Island Herbalist, Parts 1 & 2
Phyllis Hogan
1. Herb Walk—Desert Botanical Garden
2. Sacred Plants and Secret Places of the Grand CanyonMimi Kamp
1. Friday Field Study—Superstition Wilderness
2. Herb Walk—Desert Botanical Garden
Jason Miller
1. Oxidation, Antioxidants and Botanical Influences on the Redox System PH
2. The Liver, the Eyes and Oxidative Damage: From TCM to Biomedicine PH
3. A New Look at the Pathophysiology of Neurological Decline: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease PH
Mona Morstein, ND
1. Naturopathic Therapies for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Rhonda PallasDowney
1. Garden Talk: Uses of Yerba Mansa as Flower Essence and Herbal Extract
Kenneth Proefrock
1. Strategic Considerations for the Naturopathic Treatment of Lung Cancer Patients
2. Botanical interventions in Chronic Viral Conditions
JoAnn Sanchez
1. Medicines from the Harvest-- Garden Demonstration
Jill Stansbury
1. New Plants from the Rain Forest
2. The Continuum of Herbal Medicines from Homeopathic to Pharmacologic Doses
3. Medicinal Uses of the Solanaceae Plant Family
David Winston
1. Herbal/Nutritional Approaches to Cancer Treatment: A Work in Progress PH
2. Herbal Approaches to Autoimmune Disease and Allergies
3. The Use of Herbs and Complementary Therapies for Treating Chronic Back and Neck Pain PH
Eric Yarnell
1. Preconference Intensive: Natural Medicine for Kidney Conditions and Patients on Dialysis--Chronic kidney conditions include immune-mediated glomerulonephritis (such as IgA nephropathy) and other nephropathies due to hypertension and diabetes mellitus PH
2. Hypertension: A Kidney-Centered Approach PH
3. Herbs and Immunosuppressive Drugs PH
7Song
1. Friday Field Study at Boyce Thompson Arboretum
2. First Aid Materia Medica
3. Plant Identification for Herbalists (in the SCNM Herb Garden)View brochure with schedule here.
We look forward to seeing you there! Questions? Email us or call us at (541) 482-3016.
Related event:
April 19 - 20, 2013 Menopause Management: Advancing Your Expertise and Hormone Boot Camp with Tori Hudson, ND and others in Portland Oregon on April 19-21, 2013. Info: www.instituteofwomenshealth.com (Early-bird registration for this event ends April 5.)
Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine
Registration Office
PO Box 3427
Ashland, OR 97520
(541) 482-3016
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