Medical Herbalism

Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine

A Ghanaian medical herbalist, Abdul Razak, who is associated with the Somana Kunfayakun Herbal Centre located at Ashaiman in Tema,has called on Ghanaians not to look down upon our local herbs as complimentary medicine to the health care system in the country. Led by medical herbalist, nutritional consultant and author Brigette Mars at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library, 3 Community Park Road. Register: 720-887-2350 or referencedesk@broomfield.org. Veterinarian Deborah Mackey of I'm quite clued up on British plants and flowers, and also really interested in herbalism and the healing properties of plants. So I jumped at the chance to go out for a ramble with medical herbalist Christina Stapeley to find out more. Using common plants Western herbal systems are often used by Naturopathic physicians, and members of the the American Herbalist guild, both of which provides some assurance of herbal medical study. Some medical doctors and dietitians/nutritionists have some training in herbs. She also studied physiology, detoxification and hidden sources of chemical poisoning with the late John Finnegan, clinical herbalist, nutritionist and author. A medical school graduate, Finnegan taught her his deeply effective healing strategy for immune I run this course with Tim Lane, a good friend and medical herbalist. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of plant remedies and illness and the active ingredients available in plants, together with the effects they have on the body. However, to deal with .

It doesn't hurt that it's such a great town," she says. The school, which was founded in 2003 by Paul Bergner, was then called the North American Institute of medical herbalism. Bergner retired last year, and considered closing the school. However On Thursday night, the Vancouver, Canada-based author and medical herbalist will lead a free lecture on fighting cancer through the use of plants, nutrition and natural remedies. Peter Brodhead, co-owner of Brighter Day Natural Foods and a practitioner at .