31 results for "2023 herbal conferences"
23ME31 - Bringing Down the Numbers – The Herbal/Nutritional Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertension
Speaker: David Winston, RH (AHG) Heart diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in the industrialized world and two major risk factors for myocardial infarctions and stroke are hypertension and unhealthy blood lipids. The rise in blood pressure and...
23SWN - 2023 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Conference Book Download (PDF)
2023 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Digital Conference BookOrder a download of a PDF file on this pagePDF file includes 280 pages of lecture notes and PowerPoint presentations by speakers at this event TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PaulBergner, Medical Herbalist ...
23MEN - 2023 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium: Conference Book Download (PDF)
2023 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium: Digital Conference BookOrder a download of a PDF file on this pagePDF file includes 431 pages of lecture notes and PowerPoint presentations by speakers at this event TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Lise Alschuler, ND,...
23MEF - 2023 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium: Full Set of Audio Recordings
Full Set of 2023 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium Audio Recordings 23 MP3 recordings includes titles listed below (each about 1.5 hours long). Full CE Details for 2023 Medicines from the Earth Full Set Audio Recordings - Naturopathic...
23SWF - 2023 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Full Set of Audio Recordings
Full Set of 2023 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine Audio Recordings 22 MP3 recordings includes titles listed below (each about 1.5 hours long). Full CE Details for 2023 Southwest Conference Full Audio Set - Naturopathic Doctors Approved by OBNM...
23SWF - 2023 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Full Set of Video Recordings
Full Set of 2023 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine Video Recordings 21 MP4 recordings includes titles listed below (each about 1.5 hours long). Full Set of Video Recordings Includes Digital Book of Notes: PDF file includes 280 pages of lecture notes and...
23SW17 - Herbal Dependence on the Gut Flora
Speaker: Eric Yarnell, ND, RH (AHG) Animals have evolved with gut floras, and over many millions of years, these intestinal microbes have come to be crucial in the metabolism and activity of a wide range of herbal constituents. Numerous well-documented examples of...
23ME05 - Creating an Herbal Day Spa at Home
Speaker: Teresa Boardwine, RH (AHG) Finding time for self-care has become an achievable goal of mine and millions of others. We seek to create an atmosphere of comfort and relaxation while tending ourselves in ways that are nurturing and nourishing to mind,...
23SW02 - Herbal Treasures from the National Formulary (NF) of 1906
Speaker: Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist The NF was the official listing of formulas for allopathic physicians and pharmacists at the turn of the 20th century. The NF of 1906 contains the most herbal formulas of all the various editions of the NF,...
23SW04 - Suppression vs. Healing: Appropriate Applications of Herbal and Nutritional Therapies for Common Skin Conditions
Speaker: Deborah Frances, ND Skin conditions are often a manifestation of the body's attempt to correct an internal imbalance. For this reason, it is vital not to treat the skin to suppress the body's attempt at healing. Some skin conditions and some...
2023 - Children's Health Audio Series
Discount package: One-click orders eight recordings (each 1.5 hours long) plus 94-page PDF of digital notes. Together these provide in-depth information for clinicians on practical clinical information regarding children's health for specific conditions including dental pediatrics, pediatric neurology and pediatric dermatology. We have chosen the...
2023 - Geriatric Health Audio Series
Discount package: One click orders eight recordings (each 1.5 hours long) plus 85-page PDF of digital notes. Enjoy this enlightening series that provides in-depth practical clinical information about botanical medicines for geriatric health that support cognition, aging, frailty, mental health and...
23SW22 - Detoxifying the Body: The Clinical Use of Alteratives, Depuratives and Antidyscratics
Speaker: David Winston, RH (AHG) The concept of an alterative was a very prominent part of western medicine up until the early 20th century. Even though alteratives were dropped from western medicine, their use still persists as an important part of herbal...
23MEF - 2023 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium: Full Set of Video Recordings
Full Set of 2023 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium Video Recordings 21 MP4 recordings includes titles listed below (each about 1.5 hours long). Full Set of Video Recordings Includes Digital Book of Notes: PDF file includes 431 pages of lecture notes...
23ME07 - Simplicity of Simples in Botanical Medicine
Speaker: Mary Bove, ND Take a look at the healing practice of simple herbal preparations for daily body and mind wellness. This practice reminds us of the natural and simple acts of health, the role herbal simples have in healing, wellness,...
23SW12 - "I'm Not Sick...It's Allergies!" Natural Treatments for Allergic Conditions
Speaker: Katie Stage, ND, RH (AHG), FABNG Allergies are common, affecting at least 7% of people in North America. Symptoms can be confusing in this post-pandemic time and can be frustrating at any time. This session discusses natural and herbal treatments for...
23SW18 - Update on Herbs for Men's Health
Speaker: Eric Yarnell, ND, RH (AHG) A clinical review of the most effective herbal strategies for preventing and treating common conditions in men's health, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, chronic pelvic pain/chronic prostatitis, low-grade/localized prostate cancer, varicocele, Peyronie's disease, and erectile dysfunction. Recommendations...
23SW13 - A New Perspective on Mood Disorders: The Role of Oxidative Stress in Common Anxiety and Depressive States
Speaker: Jillian Stansbury, ND This session reviews the growing research on the role that oxidative stress plays in mood disorders, including common anxiety and depressive state. Many herbs popular in the treatment of mental health issues may not only affect neurotransmitter profiles,...
23ME03 - 40 Years of HerbalGram: Working to Ensure Accurate Herb Information and Authentic and Sustainably-Sourced Herbs
Speaker: Mark Blumenthal We congratulate Mark Blumenthal on the 35th anniversary of the nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) and the 40th anniversary of its peer-review journal HerbalGram. Under his leadership, the organization has grown from an herbal education organization to one...
23SW06 - Long COVID: Symptoms, Etiology and Management Plans from the EU
Speaker: Jack Lambert, MD, PhD From his perspective as a researcher in chronic conditions such as HIV/AIDS and chronic Lyme disease, Jack Lambert, MD, PhD begins the presentation with his observations and research into the development of long COVID symptoms from the...
23SW15 - Managing the Impacts of Opioid Use Using Herbs & Nutrition
Speaker: Jen Stovall, BSN, RN Opioids are an important and necessary medicine for many of our clients. Unfortunately, long-term opioid use can impact both physical and mental health. In this presentation, we outline patterns of imbalance associated with opioid use and preventative...
23ME11 - Intensive: Management of Complex Chronic Disease: Combining Traditional Chinese Medicine Concepts with Modern Biomedical Analysis
Speaker: Jason Miller, DACM, LAc As a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and an advanced practitioner of botanical medicine based on biomedical testing and research, Jason Miller is uniquely qualified to bridge the gap between TCM and modern herbal therapies....
23ME12 - The TCM Essence / Modern Genetics Parallel: From Congenital to Post-Congenital / From Digital to Analog
Speaker: Jason Miller, DACM, LAc The "digital" makeup of our genes is affected by complex interactions with the environment in which they exist. This "analog" interface of our DNA with the environment is known as epigenetics. Through the interactions of our genome...
23ME10 - We Are Stardust: Trace Elements as Foundational Building Blocks of Health
Speaker: Kat Maier, RH (AHG) NASA has confirmed what indigenous creation stories have said for time immemorial. Called nucleosynthesis, the extreme heat and massive size of stars created trace elements that today make up the periodic table, the cells in our...
23SW19 - Panel Discussion: Botanical and other Therapies for Long COVID
Panelists: Dee Atkinson, FNIMH, Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist, Kenneth Proefrock, NMD and David Winston, RH (AHG) The panel begins with a presentation by Dee Atkinson, an herbalist and fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, and her experiences treating long...
23ME22 - Panel: Self Care: One of the Most Challenging and Rewarding Aspects of Patient (and our own) Health
Speaker: Mary Bove, ND, Kat Maier, RH (AHG) and Donald Yance, CN, RH (AHG) All practitioners and most of those seeking healing know the basics: eat right, exercise, get enough sleep, manage physical imbalances and reduce stress. But how many really...
23ME04 - Bitters as Therapeutic Tonics (Demonstration)
Speaker: Teresa Boardwine, RH (AHG) Learn to create bitter tonics for systemic health issues. Bitter herbs can be used to affect long-term issues such as hyperlipidemia, allergies, the gut/brain connection, trauma and anxiety. Taking examples of the bitter tonics of Italy...
23ME01 - Clinical Applications of Medicinal Mushrooms with Synergistic Botanicals
Speaker: Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO This session reviews some of the latest findings on medicinal mushrooms and the mechanisms by which mushrooms interact with our immunity and influence our inflammatory response. While the immune-modulating effects of mushrooms are of critical importance,...
23ME02 - Distress, Anxiety and Depression: A Botanically-Based Approach
Speaker: Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO Is "stress" a misnomer for anxiety and depression? The modern-day solution to chronic stress is often anxiolytic medications including benzodiazepines, 5HT agonists and beta-blockers, and antidepressant medications including SSRIs, SNRIs, tricyclic and atypical antidepressants. While these medications...
23SW01 - History and Clinical Uses of Eupatorium perfoliatum and Asclepias tuberosa
Speaker: Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist In the 1790s, some younger doctors of the Regular School of medicine (bloodletters) began advocating for the use of these two herbs in febrile illness and pneumonia as alternatives specifically for bloodletting. Not the Thomsonians, the regular...



















