naturopathy, herbal medicine, education, research
The NHAA 2023 Naturopathic Symposium is fast approaching, and I am fortunate to be a facilitator for two workshops, and also a coauthor on two research posters from Torrens Uni students and alumni.
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Today naturopathic medicine was represented in a serious way in our nation’s capital. A breakfast event at Parliament House, Canberra, organised by the NHAA in conjunction with other collaborating partners, allowed us to officially launch the Health Technology Assessment for Naturopathy onto the world stage.
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In May 2018 we suddenly found out that herbs containing the natural constituent arbutin, including Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry) and Turnera diffusa (Damiana) had been restricted to prescription only Schedule 4 medicines by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). However the reasoning for such restriction was questionable, and so myself and Laura Dwyer – my research student – set out to determine if there was actually evidence that these herbs might be harmful. We just published the results of our review.
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Last weekend I was in Melbourne at the 11th Herbal & Naturopathic International Conference, hosted by the NHAA, where I was interviewed by Andrew Whitfield-Cook from FX Medicine, about my research on olive leaf extracts.
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April is the first NHAA Sydney Chapter Meeting for the year, and they have asked me to speak again. But this time it will be a bit different – a pictorial conversation of herbal history, entitled “Herbs, Glass Bottles & Poisons in Childers – A Snapshot of Late 19th and Early 20th Century Herbal Medicine”.
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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.
Continue reading “9th International Conference on Herbal Medicine”Last night the NHAA Sydney Chapter hosted Lyndsay Shume, fourth generation herbalist and Life Member of the NHAA, as the guest speaker.
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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.
Continue reading “Adaptogens & Nervines – a summary of my presentation”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 that same presentation to the Sydney Chapter in June.
Continue reading “Adaptogens & Nervines – my presentation at June NHAA Sydney Chapter”Whilst it was a long weekend for all, the 8th International Conference on Herbal Medicine finished with lots of future-focused presentations and discussions.
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