Demetria Clark has written one of the best books on using herbs with kids we’ve seen: Herbal Healing for Children: A Parent’s Guide to Treatments for Common Childhood Illnesses. Demetria is a North American herbalist specializing in herbals for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, nursing and children. She is the Founder and Director of Heart of Herbs Herbal school and the doula training program, Birth Arts International. In this interview, Demetria discusses her top 10 choices her an herbal apothecary for kids.
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Paul Bergner and Tania Neubauer, N.D. join me at the Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference for a special live edition of HerbMentor Radio.
Michael Pilarski is a farmer, educator and author who has devoted his life to studying and teaching how people can live sustainably on this Earth. He has extensive experience in organic farming, seed collecting, wildcrafting medicinal herbs, plant propagation, horticulture, teaching, and international networking.
jim mcdonald is an herbalist based in Michigan. He teaches many classes locally, and also teaches at major conferences such as the Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference and Rootstalk. In this podcast, Jim covers nutrition and body work as well as the major catagories of how to look at and treat back injuries, such as muscle pain, spasm, inflammatory pain, and nerve pain.
Isla Burgess, DipPE DipTchg DipHerbMed MNZAMH MNHAA, has been an educator for the past 40 years, currently the Director of the International College of Herbal Medicine, was the founding Director of the Waikato Center for Herbal Medicine in New Zealand and is a convener for the International Research Group for the Conservation of Medicinal Plants. She developed a practical, innovative course drawing on 25 years practice and investigation in the field of medicinal plants and their therapeutic uses. She has presented papers at conferences and seminars both nationally and internationally and is the author of Weeds Heal: A Working Herbal.
Phyllis Light is a fourth generation herbalist and healer. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild, director of herbal studies at Clayton College, and is working on a new book The Geography of Health: Southern Appalachian Folk Medicine.
Cascade Anderson Geller was a founding member of the Everett House Healing Center in 1979 in Portland, Oregon, and has served on the faculty of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr College, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and the California School of Herbal Studies. She has been trained by the late Ella Birzneck, Norma Myers and Juliette di Bairacli Levy. She teaches the Grounds-Well Herbs Healing Power of Plants course in Portland, Oregon where she lives with her family. This interview covers Cascade's origins as an herbalist and answers HerbMentor member questions.
Timothy Lee Scott is an acupuncturist and herbalist with a master's in Traditional Chinese Medicine. He studied extensively with Stephen Buhner, who wrote the forward to his book, Invasive Plant Medicine, which demonstrates the ecological benefits and healing abilities of invasive plants. Working with Buhner led him to work in the area of Lyme's disease treatments, and Tim later formed Green Dragon Botanicals to provide remedies to the greater Lyme's community.
Charles Garcia is a third generation curandero and practicing herbalist. He is founder and director of the California School of Traditional Hispanic Herbalism. Charles has worked in law enforcement, special education, lectured at many schools, and was a contributing author to the book, Wilderness Emergency Care.
K.P. Khalsa believes in food as medicine. He is one of the foremost herbal experts in the field today. He is a senior editor for The Harvard University Natural Standard and a professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Bastyr University’s College of Naturopathic Medicine. His most recent book is The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs. K.P. is Senior Research Scientist for the Yogi Tea company.
