Jennifer Ward, a former student of mine, has set up the New Practitioner Meetup – a group on Facebook for new practitioners. From the Facebook site: Calling all newly graduated Nats and Nuts. This meet up is for all new practitioners to collaborate on ideas, brainstorm treatment plans, talk about our challenges, discuss our successes […]
I recently received the alert emails from the NHAA reminding members that their CPE Diary for 2014 is due by the end of December. I know many respond with “yawn, not again?!”, but for me I see compulsory continuing professional education (CPE) as a sign of a real health profession, and I am happy to […]
Next Tuesday 21st October I’ll be conducting a teleseminar on diabetes, for New Zealand herbalists and naturopaths. Hosted by the New Zealand company Phytomed, the title is “Diabetes – Herbal Support for Better Outcomes”. A major focus of my presentation will be how stress physiology plays a significant role in blood sugar regulation, and how – with the […]
Registrations for the must-go conference of 2015 have now opened. The 9th International Conference on Herbal Medicine, hosted by the NHAA from 20-22 March 2015, will be the premier clinically-relevant herbal medicine conference of 2015. Each of the past 8 conferences have been top-notch, and full of expert speakers on a huge variety of herbal topics. What […]
Last night the NHAA Sydney Chapter hosted Lyndsay Shume, fourth generation herbalist and Life Member of the NHAA, as the guest speaker. It was great to hear Lyndsay speak about old-school herbal medicine in Australia, and discuss some of his time proven formulae. He also spoke about his past experiences with the NHAA, discussing historical […]
I just received an email from Unbound Medicine stating that the classic Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking is now available on the iPad and iPhone, as well as Android devices. Bates’ has been a classic physical examination and case taking text for a long time – it was my standard text […]
A little over a week ago I delivered a presentation on Adaptogens and Nervines at the NHAA Sydney Chapter Meeting. For those who couldn’t attend, here is a quick summary. Firstly though, a big thanks to the crew who organise the NHAA Sydney Chapter – Joanna Wilson and Jayne Larkins. As with all of the […]
In April I was down in Melbourne for the 8th International Conference on Herbal Medicine. Whilst I was there, VIC Herbs (the Victorian State Chapter of the NHAA) invited me to do a talk to their membership. The topic was “Adaptogens & Nervines – Perfect Pairs”. Well due to popular request I will be delivering […]
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