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WholMed offers meaningful, relevant, and unbiased continuing education workshops and resources. Aimed at herbal and naturopathic medicine practitioners of all levels, and final year students, WholMed aims to fill gaps, impart experience, and foster a collaborative approach to furthering our knowledge and skill. This is achieved through a mixture of news analysis, innovative resources, and online and face-to-face workshop.

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Is Standardisation Standardised?

By on January 5, 2014 in Free Resources, Herbal Medicine, Ian’s Publications, Pharmacognosy

Standardised herbal extracts seem to be popular – they are in many practitioner only herbal medicines as well as over-the-counter products. But based upon the questions I receive, few practitioners really understand what constitutes “standardisation” in Australia. As a result the Herbal Extract Company asked me to do a technical brochure which was released in […]

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Mariano Atupana works alongside medically-trained doctors

Integrative medicine in Ecuador

By on July 30, 2013 in Herbal Medicine

This is an interesting little BBC News article on the use of traditional Andean medicine alongside conventional modern medicine in a hospital in Ecuador. The article tells of the ritualistic and spiritual aspects of this form of traditional healing, alongside the herbal components of the therapy. It is pleasing to see the recognition of cultural […]

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Adaptogens & Nervines

Adaptogens & Nervines – a summary of my presentation

By on June 29, 2013 in Continuing Professional Education, Herbal Medicine, Ian’s Publications, Naturopathy

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 […]

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Adaptogens & Nervines

Adaptogens & Nervines – my presentation at June NHAA Sydney Chapter

By on May 29, 2013 in Continuing Professional Education, Herbal Medicine, Ian’s Publications, Naturopathy

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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ORx 2013 Sessions with Masters

Masters DVD – Cardiovascular Herbal Medicine by Ian Breakspear

By on May 26, 2013 in Continuing Professional Education, Educational News, Herbal Medicine, Ian’s Publications

A couple of months ago I was asked by OptimalRx to participate in an interview as part of their 2013 Sessions with the Masters DVD series. The result was an approximately 50 minute interview covering a range of cardiovascular conditions and providing great herbal clinical tips. Read more to see how to order and view […]

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BBC News – Good & Bad Revision Techniques

By on May 20, 2013 in Educational News

BBC News (Health) reported today on some recent research concerning the best and worst strategies for studying and revising material. In short they confirm that techniques such as highlighting or underlining have a low efficiency in terms of retention and utilisation. The article also provides a good comparison of the efficiency of a range of […]

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