DR. CHRISTOPHER HOBBS is a fourth-generation, internationally renowned herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, author, clinician, botanist, mycologist, and research scientist with over 35 years of experience with herbal medicine.
Christopher has a doctorate from UC Berkeley in phylogenetics, evolutionary biology and phytochemistry. He is also a founding member of the American Herbalists Guild.
This site is dedicated to all who love and are inspired by the natural world, especially the green world and kingdom Fungi.
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Dr. Hobbs's News
Consultations with Dr. Hobbs
My clinical practice is reopening for Friday telehealth consultations, beginning August 21, 2026 — 15, 20, and 50-minute visits for new and returning patients.
Magic Mushrooms Course
Join Dr. Hobbs for a 7-Week Online Magic Mushroom Course (Evergreen stream)
Christopher Hobbs’s Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide
Dr. Hobbs’s latest book is available to order and being shipped now.
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Split Gill Mushroom (Schizophyllum commune): Food, Medicine and Immune Support
Split gill (Schizophyllum commune) is one of the most widespread mushrooms on Earth, and an important food and medicine. In this short field talk, Dr. Christopher Hobbs shows how to recognize it, why its "gills" split, and how people around the world eat it and use it for health.
Schisandra 30sec Reel Final
Schisandra berry, wu wei zi is 5 flavors berry because when you taste the berry you can percieve sweet, sour, salty, and then acrid and bitter.
Used as an adaptogen and yin tonic to counteract stress, as a tea, tincture, extract.
Dr. Christopher Hobbs
Herb Walk
Garlic
Allium sativum
Garlic acts as a warming herb for the digestion and respiratory tract, and is the “herbal antibiotic,” and much more.
Cactus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Cactus is the spectacular night-blooming cereus of Jamaica and Cuba.
Burdock
Arctium lappa
Burdock is a blood purifier commonly used for skin problems such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis.
Black Cohosh
Cimicifuga racemosa
Black cohosh preparations are useful for hot flashes and depression during menopause.
Ginseng
Panax ginseng
Use ginseng for chronic fatigue, convalescence, lethargy, depression, and chronic infections related to immune weakness, especially if you’re over forty-five.
