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094: Synergy and Herbs

January 31st, 2012 at 1:31 pm (the human path, texas outdoor education, herbology, field medicine, health and nutrition)

North American Institute of Medical Herbalism Today, Sam Coffman welcomes Lisa Ganora to The Human Path podcast.  Lisa will be the new owner and director of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism (NAIMH) in Boulder CO, starting in July, 2012.  This school has one of the most well-rounded and intensive herbalism programs in the USA.  Lisa is also the author of a wonderful and much-needed textbook in the study of plant medicine: “Herbal Constituents -Foundations of Phytochemistry”.
Together, Sam and Lisa cover such topics as:

  • What is Lisa’s book about and why is it necessary to learn about medicinal plants at a bio-chemical level?
  • How does a bio-chemical approach to herbalism complement with a vitalistic approach to plant medicine?
  • How does intuition play a role in plant medicine?  How does reductionism play a role?
  • How has the study of plant medicine evolved over the past 50 years? Is there a positive synergy achieved in combining different paradigms of healing?
  • Can herbal treatments be as potent and effective as allopathic (western mainstream) treatments, even for serious conditions and injuries?
  • How did Lisa get into herbalism?
  • How do plants respond to human (social) culture?
Founded in 2003, the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism offers introductory, advanced, and clinical education in medical herbalism and nutrition in the Vitalist tradition. We offer classroom, clinical, field training, and distance learning formats. We are approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Private Occupational School Board. Our faculty members are certified herbalists with professional clinical experience and strong backgrounds in clinical nutrition. Each also has a professional background in education.
Lisa Ganora has been a traditional herbalist for more than 25 years and is also an expert on the properties of phytochemical constituents in medicinal foods and herbs. Lisa, who earned her biology degree with highest honors from the University of North Carolina, is currently the Adjunct Professor of Pharmacognosy at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and will become the Director of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism in June, 2012. She is the author of the popular website, HerbalConstituents.com, several distance-learning courses, numerous visual curriculum materials, and the textbook Herbal Constituents.  As a teacher, Lisa combines traditional wisdom and hands-on experience with easily accessible science for a uniquely holistic learning experience. Lisa Ganora

To find out more about Lisa’s book please visit http://www.herbalconstituents.com/home.html

To find out more about the instructional programs at NAIMH please visit http://naimh.com/

To sign up for The Human Path herbalism classes, start with the Level 1 Herbology course here
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