2015 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine

Date: 4/10/2015 - 4/12/2015
Theme of this year's annual conference: Latest Research on Cytokine Connections and Pain Relief. Thirty presentations by eleven experienced herbal practitioners.
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A Journey of Healing: Using Flower Essences to Activate the Heart and Frontal Lobe of the Brain
Speaker: Rhonda PallasDowney. We step into the awareness of how a flower essence and its whole ..
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Analgesia: The Search for Effective Pain Relief
Speaker: David Winston. While herbs are not as powerful as opiates and other pharmaceutical med..
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Aromatherapy and Mental Health: Perspectives from Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine
Speaker: David Crow. Examines the relationships between fragrance, olfaction, the limbic system..
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Blood Dyscrasias From Multiple Myeloma to Leukemia Botanical Consideration
Speaker: Kenneth Proefrock. Understanding MM and leukemia pathology, diagnostic testing, and th..
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Botanical and Nutritional Protocols for Asthma
Speaker: David Winston. This potentially life threatening disease costs billions of dollars in ..
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Botanical Insights into Early Childhood Caries
Speaker: Mary Bove, ND. Early childhood caries is the most common chronic childhood diseases an..
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Botanical Therapies for Interstitial Cystitis
Speaker: Jill Stansbury. This challenging condition is poorly understood, and although the rese..
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Common Psych Meds: Seeking Alternatives
Speaker: Jill Stansbury. Describes the common office scenario of patients wishing to eliminate ..
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Corsican Helichrysum: The New Gold Rush
Speaker: David Crow. The essential oil of Helichrysum italicum (immortelle oil) has emerged as ..
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Essential Oils and Contagion: Facts and Fantasies
Speaker: David Crow. This presentation examines the challenges and complexities of using essential o..
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Healing Sleep
Speaker: Christopher Hobbs. Describes the emerging research on the function and importance of sleep ..
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Healing the Heart
Speaker: Jane Bothwell. From the delicate violet gracing the forest floor to the magnificent redwood..
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Herbal Medicine and Weight Management
Speaker: Amanda McQuade Crawford. It seems our patients and the public often ask us to address the l..
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Herbs for Trauma, Bereavement and Loss
Speaker: Amanda McQuade CrawfordA. How can we choose herbs, words and service to meet a wounded pers..
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High Mineral Herbs for the Connective Tissue: Review, Reminders and Recipes
Speaker: Jill Stansbury. Many plants contain valuable organic mineral complexes, although they are n..
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Hospice Care and Herbal Medicine
Speaker: Amanda McQuade Crawford. The end of life involves so many decisions for the patient and fam..
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Mens Health: Herbal and Nutritional Treatment for Common Genitourinary Problems
Speaker: David Winston. Mens health is often ignored and men often ignore their health. In this clas..
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Panel: Latest Research on Alternative Therapies for Mental Illness
Panelists: Amanda McQuade Crawford, Jill Stansbury and Kenneth Proefrock. “Given the indus..
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The Cytokine Connection to Insomnia
Speaker: Mary Bove. Cytokines are proteins acting as neuro-immune modulators. Specific cytokine..
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The Human Microbiome
Speaker: Christopher Hobbs. The human microbiome is incredibly complex. New research emphasizes..
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The Medicine Garden: A Powerful Tool for Healing
Speaker: JoAnn Sanchez. This is an opportunity to spend time with the creator of the SCNM herb ..
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The Percolation Method of Preparing Tinctures
Speaker: Jane Bothwell. Do you ever need a tincture for a client and it is not on your apotheca..
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The Simplicity of Herbal Simples
Speaker: Mary Bove. The simple act of making an herb tea is at the heart of the healing power o..
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Therapeutic Uses of the Cannabinoids and Other Cannabis Compounds Part 1
Speaker: Kenneth Proefrock. Kenneth Proefrock presents his clinical experience using Cann..
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Therapeutic Uses of the Cannabinoids and Other Cannabis Compounds Pt. 2
Speaker: Kenneth Proefrock. Continued from Part 1 Kenneth Proefrock continues presenting his cl..
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Tonics vs. Relaxants: The Forgotten Polarity of Physiomedical Herbalism
Speaker: Paul Bergner. The constitutional polarity of tonic/astringent vs relaxant is frequentl..
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Topical Herbs: Mechanisms and Applications
Speaker: Paul Bergner. A review of five plants with diverse topical application: Plantago, Cale..
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Traumatic Brain Injuries: Naturopathic Approaches to the Treatment of Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, TIA and Concussion
Speaker: Kenneth Proefrock. Describes the underlying physiology of traumatic brain injury and t..
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Using Yin Tonics in the Western Paradigm
Speaker: Paul Bergner. These "moistening adaptogens" are very well suited to addressing the con..
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Working with PTSD Patients
Speaker: Katie Stage. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects up to 8% of the population ..
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2015 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Conference Book Download (PDF)
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2015 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Full Set MP3 Recordings Download
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