10:00 AM - 3:00 PM:
Ethnobotanical and Native Plant Field Study with David Winston, RH (AHG)

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM:
Appalachian Folk Medicine and Magic Walk: Explore the Ethnobotany and Folklore of Edible and Medicinal Plants and Trees of Appalachia with Rebecca Beyer, Herbalist

1:00 PM - 5:15 PM:
Pre-Symposium Intensive: Green Extraction Techniques forBotanical Raw Materials: Trends, Lessons, and Optimization Strategies with Kenneth Proefrock, ND

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An herbalist and botanist living in the mountains of western North Carolina, Abby is dedicated to the practice and teaching of herbalism. She makes her own medicines and her passion is taking people out into the woods to find the botanical medicines growing all around us. More about Abby.

Lectures

• Herb Walk: Wildcrafting Appalachia Plant Walk
• Workshop: Learning Botany through the 5 Senses

Rosita Arvigo is a naprapathic physician, herbalist, international lecturer and author. She has studied with traditional healers in Central America for thirty years and now directs the Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation in Belize. Her most recent book: Spiritual Bathing: Healing Rituals and Traditions from Around the World. More about Rosita.

Lectures:

• Lecture 1: Keynote: The Healer's Dharma: How to be of Service and Survive

Rebecca Beyer is the woman behind the Blood and Spicebush School of Old Craft. She lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where she manages a homestead and teaches traditional witchcraft, foraging, and Appalachian folk medicine. She has a BS in Plant and Soil science from the University of Vermont and a Masters in Appalachian Studies and Sustainability, concentrating in Appalachian Ethnobotany at Appalachian State University. She is also a member of the Association of Foragers. She spends her days trying to learn what her ancestors did and finding ways to share traditional skills while tackling cultural appropriation and the complexities of living in the modern world. More about Rebecca.

Lectures:

• Storytelling Walk:Appalachian Folk Medicine and Magic Walk: Explore the Ethnobotany and Folklore of Edible and Medicinal Plants and Trees of Appalachia

Teresa Boardwine, RH (AHG) operates Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicinein the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where she offers classes, consultations and online access to her workshops. She has been teaching her hands-on medicine making classes for over 20 years.

Lectures:

• Workshop 1:Lotions and Potions
• Workshop 2:Sexual Health, Libido and ED

Bevin Clare, M.S., R.H., CNS, is a clinical herbalist and nutritionist with a deep love of plants. Bevin has studied herbal medicine around the world and blends her knowledge of traditional uses of plants with modern science and contemporary healthcare strategies. After many years of witnessing the powers of medicinal plants in infectious disease situations when modern biomedicine was unavailable, she gained Bevin Clare, M.S., R.H., CNS, is a clinical herbalist, nutritionist, and professor with a deep love of plants. She is the Program Director of the MS in Clinical Herbal Medicine at the Notre Dome of Maryland University. Bevin has studied herbal medicine around the world and blends her knowledge of traditional uses of plants with modern science and contemporary healthcare strategies. After many years of witnessing the powers of medicinal plants in infectious disease situations when modern biomedicine was unavailable, she gained a MSc in Infectious Disease from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Bevin has continued her academic work on both a traditional and conventional front as an herbalist and nutritionist. As popular national and international speaker and with academic appointments at several universities, Bevin still sees her roots in community herbal medicine movement in this country. More about Bevin.

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:The Clinical Process in Herbalism: Assessment, Plans, and Therapeutic Approach

Doug Elliott can show you how to make medicine out of common wild plants, and  how to properly harvest a persimmon and use its seed to forecast the winter. He can explain the virtues of poison ivy and what might happen to you if you eat it. He knows ancient plant lore, plant riddles, and even songs about weeds and berries.

For many years Doug earned his living as a traveling herbalist collecting and selling herbs, teas and old-time remedies. Along with healing plants, Doug searches out old-timers and elders from various cultures. From these bearers of tradition, he has assembled an extensive body of knowledge of the botanical aspects of plants, their history, legends, and lore; their uses in various cultures, medicinal properties, food value, as well as other practical ways we can use wild plants every day.

His lively, informative herb and wild plant walks and plant oriented storytelling sessions are a special feature at many herb conferences, botanical gardens, wildflower pilgrimages and other events.

Lectures:

• Herb Walk 1:Saturday Herb Walk with Todd Elliott, PhD
• Herb Walk 2: Sunday Herb Walk with Todd Elliott, PhD

Todd Elliottis a freelance biologist, naturalist, and lecturer. His research has focused on studying global biodiversity and interrelationships in nature. These studies have taken him to remote corners of the world and allowed him to learn from traditional people and to explore tropical rainforests, deserts, temperate forests, beaches, and high mountains on six continents. He has lived with and worked among indigenous people in the Congo Basin and the Northern Amazon. Much of the research from these expeditions has been or is being published including the description of organisms new to science. Todd is an award winning nature photographer  and his lectures are filled with photographs from his adventures. He is currently writing a field guide for Timber Press on mushrooms of the southeastern United States. More about Todd.

Lectures:

• Herb Walk 1:Saturday Herb Walk with Doug Elliott
• Herb Walk 2: Sunday Herb Walk with Doug Elliott

Bio coming soon! More about Lonny.

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:Integral Chinese Medicine: Art and Science of Human Integrity
• Lecture 2:Treating Trauma with Chinese Herbal Medicine

Bio coming soon!

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:TBA
• Lecture 2:TBA

Bio coming soon!

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:Dermatology
• Lecture 2:GIIssues

Kenneth Proefrock, NMD, graduated from Sonoran University of Health Sciences (formerly the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine) in 1996. Prior to naturopathic medical school, he received a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry and Zoology from Northern Arizona University. He now practices naturopathic medicine at his clinic, Total Wellness, in Sun City, Arizona, where he specializes in difficult to treat conditions in patients of all ages. 

He speaks at conferences across the country sharing his perspective on botanical medicine and the modern practice of naturopathic medicine. He is the Vice-President for the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners and the chairperson for the biochemistry portion of the Naturopathic Physician’s Licensing Exam. In his spare time, when such a thing really exists, he is in the desert with his kids, honing his skills in primitive archery, wildcrafting, animal husbandry and gardening.

Dr. Proefrock's presentations are often included in our Naturopathic CE offerings.

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:Pre-Symposium Intensive: Green Extraction Techniques for
  Botanical Raw Materials: Trends, Lessons, and Optimization Strategies
• Lecture 2: TBA

A naturalist and herbalist with a master’s degree in therapeutic herbalism, Vickie Shufer, MS, teaches classes on edible and medicinal plants, as well as outdoor education programs. She is the author of The Everything Guide to Foraging and was the editor/publisher of The Wild Foods Forum newsletter (1994 – 2014). She also owns and manages a native nursery,The Wild Woods Farm, where she propagates native plants. 

Lectures:

• Workshop 1:TBA
• Herb Walk 1: TBA

Ethnobiologist Marc Williams has taught hundreds of classes to thousands of people about plants, humans, other life forms and their interface. His training includes a B.A. in Environmental Studies/Sustainable Agriculture from Warren Wilson College with a minor in Business and a M.A. in Appalachian Studies/Sustainable Development from Appalachian State University with a minor in Planning/Geography. He has spent over 20 years working at various restaurants, farms, and travels throughout 30 countries in Central/North/South America, Europe and all 50 states in the USA. More information can be found at www.botanyeveryday.comand www.plantsandhealers.org

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:Ethnomycology
• Lecture 2: The Poisonous Plant Path

David Winston is an Herbalist and Ethnobotanistwith 54 years of training in Chinese, Western/Eclectic and Southeastern herbal traditions.  He has been in clinical practice for 47 years and is an herbal consultant to physicians, herbalists and researchers throughout the USA, Europe and Canada.  David is the founder/director of the Herbal Therapeutics Research Library and the dean of David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies, a two-year training program in clinical herbal medicine. He is an internationally known lecturer and frequently teaches at medical schools, professional symposia and herb conferences.  He is the president of Herbalist & Alchemist, Inc. a manufacturer that produces herbal products that blend the art and science of the world’s great herbal traditions.

In addition, David is a founding/professional member of the American Herbalist Guild, and he is on the American Botanical Counciland the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia Advisory Boards.  He was a contributing author to American Herbalism, published in 1992 by Crossings Press, and the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) , 2000-2018, the author of Saw Palmetto for Men & Women, Storey, 1999 and Herbal Therapeutics, Specific Indications For Herbs & Herbal Formulas, HTRL, 2014 (10th edition) and the co-author of Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina and Stress Relief, Healing Arts Press, 2007 & 2019 2nd Ed, and Winston and Kuhn’s Herbal Therapy and Supplements; A Scientific and Traditional Approach, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, 2008. David has also published hundreds of articles in medical and botanical medicinejournals and conference proceedings.  He is also a member of the AHPA Expert Advisory Council that created the second edition of the Botanical Safety Handbook, CRC Press, published in 2013 (3rd edition in press).  

In 2011 David was a recipient of the  AHPA Herbal Insights award. In 2013 he received the Natural Products Association Clinicians award and was awarded a fellowship by the Irish Register of Herbalists. In 2018 he was the Mitchell visiting scholar at Bastyr Universityand in 2019 he was awarded an honorary DSc degree from theNational University of Natural Medicine(NUNM) in Portland, OR.

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:Ethnobotanical Field Study

Donnie Yance, RH (AHG) is a clinical master herbalist and certified nutritionist who is internationally recognized for his comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the healing properties of plants and nutrition. Donnie conducts his clinical practice at the Mederi Center in Ashland, Oregon, utilizing his unique integrative model known as the Eclectic Triphasic Medical System, which he evolved over more than twenty years of successful patient care.

He is the founder and president of the Mederi Foundation, a not-for-profit organization for professional education and clinical research in integrative medicine. He is also the president and formulator of Natura Health Products, a line of advanced botanical and nutritional products for health care practitioners. Donnie is an avid researcher and lectures nationally on his pioneering work in the field of botanical and nutritional medicine. He is the author of "Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer" and "Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism".

Lectures:

• Lecture 1:TBA
• Lecture 2:TBA

Saturday, May 16
Panel: Building & Preserving Bone Health Across the Lifespan

Sunday, May 17
Panel: Geriatric Health: Pain, Mobility and Quality of Life