Special Events

Christopher Hobbs' Talks

Thursday intensive! Mushroom Medicine: latest news, product controversies and uses

A 4-hour hands-on workshop with the author of the groundbreaking book, Medicinal Mushrooms, the first publication on the healing uses of fungi in North America in 1995.
See the website (www.christopherhobbs.com) for handouts on the uses of medicinal mushrooms, and his youtube channel for some videos. If mushrooms are about we will have a medicinal mushroom walk in the woods.

• Friday class: Treating infections with natural medicine: an integrative and cross-cultural approach.
Herbal medicine for preventing, treating infections of various kinds, especially focusing on respiratory tract infections. Prevention by paying attention to the strength of the immune response to pathogens with traditional medicine backed by recent science.

• Saturday class: Diabetes, obesity and inflammation; understanding the diseases and how they interact.
Latest science on how to prevent them. Treating and supporting with diet, lifestyle, dietary supplements and herbs. Evidence-based and traditional medicine viewpoints and how they help support each other.

• Sunday class: What's Bugging You? The Human Microbiome and Probiotics.
Latest science and a practical overview of best way to choose, use products (prebiotics and probiotics), and what science is uncovering based on our microbiome and disease occurrence. Fascinating look and discussion of one of our most important "organ systems." Probiotics for benefiting immunity, energy, weight balance, cardiovascular health, blood lipid balance, dental health and much more!

www.nwherbsymposium.com/

Join Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D. for a fully accredited University Class at the University of Massachusetts on herbal medicine, fall of 2018. This is through the UMass Sustainable Food and Farming Program as a Biology course.

See syllabus, other information here:
https://sustfoodfarm.org/online-classes/herbs-spices/

HERBS, SPICES AND MEDICINAL PLANTS

STOCKSCH 280
GenEd (Biological Sciences) – 4 credits

To be offered Fall 2018

American Holistic Veterinary Assoc. Conference and Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association Conference
See the conference schedule:
https://www.ahvma.org/conference-schedule/

CLASSES:
• Medicinal Mushrooms for Pets
• Understanding and Treating Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
• Treating Infections in Animals