NW Herb Fest 2009

Thanks to

Mountain Rose Herbs

for their support!

The Fifth Annual Herb Symposium on Botanical Medicine

Saturday, July 25 & Sunday, July 26Wise Acres Farm

Pleasant Hill, Oregon14 miles from Eugene, Oregon

Sponsored by Mountain Rose Herbs , Sharol Tilgner ND, & Wise Acres LLC

Let Your Consciousness Expand & Your Mind Soar to New Heights of Learning!

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B/I= Beginning/Intermediate, I/A= Intermediate/Advanced

NW Herb Fest Proceedings

Saturday, July 25, 2009

6:30-9:00 AM Registration - There is also pre-registration on Friday Night. 7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast is Served

8:00-9:00 AM Introduction to the NW Herb Fest & Teachers

9:00-10:30 AM 3 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each

Topical Application of Herbal Remedies - (B/I) EaglesongTopical applications are a vastly under utilized chapter of herbal remedies. This fun, messy and very useful practicum explores poultices, fomentations, compresses and other topical remedies easily made for a multitude of uses on people, livestock and pets.

The Urgent Care Herbalist (I/A) MyattWhen the going gets tough, the tough can’t always run to the ER for care. With a small but powerful collection of herbal remedies, an herbalist can deal with medical “urgencies” from heart attack and hemorrhage to food poisoning, diarrhea, abdominal pain (even when the cause is unknown), anxiety attacks and more. Learn how to be a “when times get tough” urgent care herbalist.

Herb Walk (B/I) Brounstein 10:30-11:00 AM 30 minute Break & Herbal Market Opens

11:00-12:30 AM 3 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each

Homeopathy for Herbalists (B/I) NagelAn introduction to how herbalists can learn how to use homeopathy & how to prescribe herbs homeopathically. We will also demonstrate how to make your own homeopathic remedies from herbs.

Culinary Herbalism (I/A) Khalsa Every healing system in the world uses herbs cooked into food to replenish energy, support immune function, fight a cold and hike sexual performance. In this engaging presentation, we will prepare energy tonics, immune recipes and sinus remedies, as we examine many healing culinary herbs. While we taste, we will discuss healing foods for individuals, combining therapeutic food and herbs and how to make medicine delicious every day.

NW Herb Fest Proceedings Herb Walk: (B/I) Frances

12:30-1:30 PM Lunch & Herbal Market

1:30-3:00 PM 4 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each

Therapy for the Burned out Human (B/I) Cantin We humans were never designed for our sedentary, socially isolated, sleep-deprived, poorly nourished lifestyles. We often see “overfed but nutritionally depleted people” in the clinic. How does one rebuild the vital force, how long does it take, what are the signs and symptoms, what does the tongue and pulse possibly feel like? This class is very practical and will give the practitioner tools to work with.

Epigenetics & Herbal Medicine:Healing the past, present, and future (I/A) Drum The basic tenet of Epigenetics is: in response to immediate en-vironmental pressures, organisms can make adaptive structural and metabolic survival adjustments that are inheritable for their progeny, without detectable base-pair changes in chromosomal DNA. Carefully crafted herbal therapies may correct, enhance, or induce epigenetic inheritance in patients and their respective offspring. Epigenetic herbal healing might stop transmission of specific inherited disease susceptibilities.

Herb Walk (B/I) Bailey

Herb Walk: Medicine for the Future- (B/I) Eaglesong 3:00-3:30 PM 30 minute Break & Herbal Market

3:30-5:00 PM 3 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each

Healthy Pets (B/I) KhalsaLearn how to examine your pet and to use diet, herbs, and nutritional supplements that have traditionally kept animals purring with health and happiness. Class includes remedies that have been used effectively for hot spots, ear mites, parasites, fleas, kidney and bladder infections, cuts and wounds, hairballs, bad breath hyperactivity, and more. You’ll learn how natural remedies have been used to bring relief to stubborn and otherwise costly pet health problems.

The Urgent Care Herbalist, Part II (I/A) Myatt In this “hands on” workshop, participants will learn how to treat everything from pneumonia and upper respiratory infections to lymphadenitis, external infections, poisonous bites (including brown recluse spider bites), moderate to severe intestinal distress

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(infection, N/V, diarrhea, colic); kidney stones and gallbladderattacks and more. External treatments include preparation and use of mustard plasters, charcoal poultices, castor oil packs, and essential oil inhalants. Corresponding internal herbal treatments include cayenne/lobelia, kava kava, bromelain, goldenseal, peppermint and more. Herb Walk: (B/I) Cantin

5:10-6:30 PM Yoga Class - (E) Samantha Perroni Emphasizing a focus on alignment in both stillness & motion. You will energize your body and dance with your breath.

6:00-7:00 PM Dinner is Served

7:10-10:00 PM Music Playing and General Frivolity: Bring your instruments & voices for drumming, strumming & singing.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

6:30-7:30 AM Yoga Class with Samantha PerroniEmphasizing a focus on alignment in both stillness and motion. You will energize the body and dance with your breath.

7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast is Served

9:00-10:30 AM 4 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each

Garden Rant (B/I) EaglesongAn irreverent look at the down and dirty business of organic gardening or making sense of nonsense with soil amendments, compost tea, lazy beds, sheet composting, mulches, nutrient cycling…and more for everyday gardens and the lazy (time-challenged) gardener.

Wildcrafting Particular Medicinal Herbs - (I) DrumEffective herbal medicine begins with rigorous herb harvesting and processing. For nearly 40 years I have been continually appalled, disgusted, and ashamed by the poor, ugly quality of commercially available retail medicinal herbs. I cannot confidently send my patients to herb stores, food co-ops, health food stores, or so-called “natural foods” stores to purchase herbs intended for medicinal use. These usually compost quality herbs are the source of continual patient disappointment and accompanying treatment non-compliance. Herbs discussed include: Dandelion, Raspberry, Fennel Fruits, Hawthorn Berries, Willow Bark, Plantain Leaves, and Nettle Fruits.

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Materia Medica of 13 Herbs for Women (I/A) BothwellWe will discuss and sample 13 of the most potent herbs to help women stay healthy and to heal, including Vitex, Black Cohosh, Stinging Nettle, Avena and Viola. The specific herbs activities and applications for optimal health and healing will be discussed. We will explore the plants through taste, touch, smell, feel and intellectual curiosity. Our exploration will bring us to a deeper knowing of the plant’s herbal wisdom and their specific applications for supporting women’s health. Intermediate level.

Herb Walk (B/I) Brounstein

10:30-11:00 AM 30 minute Break & Herbal Market

11:00-12:30 AM 3 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each Easing Anxiety & PTSD (B/I) Cantin Many people experience various shocks and mishaps in life which can put them over the edge. From personal and clinical experience, Candis will integrate the Ayurvedic and Chinese ideas for helping to ease the impact of these events on the ner-vous system and on the mind. What does anxiety feel like, what can you do if you feel an attack coming on, can medications help a person to ease them out of the sitation over time? What herbs, foods and practices help a person? These are some of the questions that will be explored.

Botanical Prevention & Adjuvant Treatment of Malignancy (I/A) Myatt - Solid tissue malignancy can be a “worthy adversary” in anyone’s treatment notebook, and conventional medicine is often ineffective for the most advanced cases of cancer. Hundreds (if not thousands) of herbs have been suggested for use in cancer prevention and treatment, but which ones really work the best? Come get a “refresher course” on the underlying mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression, and find out which herbs are the most important and powerful allies in treatment of this challenging disease. This talk will include dietary intervention using common foods and herbs.

Herb Walk (B/I) Nagel

12:30-1:30 AMLunch & Herbal Market - Circle Lunch in the Herb Garden with others who want to discuss classes.

1:30-3:00 PM 3 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each

Women Spirit (B/I) BothwellWomen have used plants for healing since time began. Come learn to deepen this relationship and make wise choices in your

medicine and choosing medicine for others. Specific formulas as well as simples will be shared. Topics covered will be preventative health with nourishing herbs, as well as formulas for specific complaints including pms, yeast infections, bladder infections, cramps, and the like.

An Herbal Protocol for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal & Nerve Pain (I/A) FrancisThis class will discuss herbs, homeopathic medicines, and nutritional therapies to alleviate inflammation, muscle spasm and/or loss of function after trauma as well as degenerative joint disease, herniated disc, sciatica,radicular pain from other spinal nerve impingement, and fixations in skeletal alignment that lead to pain, spasm and/or loss of function.

Medicinal Herb Garden Walk (B/I) Bailey 3:00-3:30 PM 30 minute Break & Herbal Market

3:30-5:00 PM 3 concurrent Classes • 1.5 hours each

Menopause (B/I) - FrancesCultural misconceptions combine with endocrine stress and a toxic environment to create symptoms in menopause that are not necessarily seen in Indigenous cultures. The role of herbs in restoring and sustaining health during the menopausal transition is critical, particularly if the woman wants to avoid the use of exogenous hormone therapy. Discussion will include identification of organs and organ systems that are affected in menopause to determine which herbs are indicated to nourish and heal those systems.

Two Buds & a Leaf (I/A) DrumDetailed harvest, preparation, and therapeutic uses of poplar buds, grindelia buds, and fig leaves. Some herbs are best not used as teas. They contain non-water soluble resins and latex polymers. Best therapeutic results are obtained by rigorous harvest and processing techniques. Each of these herbs are abundant and currently underutilized by contemporary herbalists. Each has fascinating biological bases for their respective healing uses.

Backyard Medicines (B/I) Bothwell

5:00 PM Dinner Boxes Ready to Pick up

5:15 PM Closing Circle in Herb Garden - A last chance to mingle

6:00 PM Herbal Market Closed

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Sunday Night Intensive6:00 -9:00 PM Black Salve Intensive:

Dr. Dana Myatt will offer a 3 hour intensive class separate from the rest of the symposium. This intensive will take place on Sunday night. You may attend this classes without attending the symposium or you may add it on as an additional class. Send in the registration form in this brochure with the correct payment t o e n s u r e availability of space. $50.00 per person

Description of Black Salve: Conventional treatment of malignant melanoma consists of a wide-margin surgical excision. “Black salve,” consisting of a variety of botanical substances, has been used successfully in the treatment of melanoma and other external and internal cancers. Though herbal formulas for black salve vary, all effective forms of black salve have cytotoxic, escharotic properties.

This presentation will focus on:1.) Diagnosis and treatment of malignant melanoma and variants.2.) Mechanisms of black salve therapy.3.) Treatment of melanoma with black salve: indications, cautions, correct application, follow-up treatment, adjuvant therapy, medico-legal implications.4.) Sources of black salve and comparison of effectiveness, including variations of “recipes” to try at home.

Why Black Salve may be preferable to the knife in treatment of malignant melanoma:1.) Black salve selectively destroys malignant tissue while leaving normal tissue intact. There is less overall tissue destruction.2.) Black salve “identifies” and removes all cancerous tissue including the “roots” of melanoma, unlike surgical excision where cancerous tissue margins may be missed.

This presentation is intended for health care practitioners although non-practitioners are welcome. CAUTION: slides of a graphic nature will be shown.

Things to KnowOutdoor Herbal Market:Visit our Herbal Market Place where you can view & purchase a wide variety of herbal wares or get a massage. For those of you who want to see two classes at once, you can purchase CD’s/tapes from Tree Farm Communications. Contact us if you are interested in space in the Herbal Market!

Meals: Please see Park Street Cafe’s luscious organic menu on our website. They have options of chicken/fish, vegetarian and vegan. Questions? Call 541-736-0164 or

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Deborah Frances, R.N., N.D. is currently working as adjunct professor at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine and practicing just outside of Portland, Oregon in the hamlet of Beavercreek..She lectures at conferences across the country and has been published in several journals, including Simillimum, The Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, and Medical Herbalism. Her approach to healing is influenced by her background in psychiatric nursing, Jungian dreamwork, and the teachings of her Lakota ancestry. Classes: Menopause; An Herbal Protocol for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal & Nerve Pain; Medicinal Herb Walk

Dana Myatt, N.M.D. has been in naturopathic medical practice for 20 years. She was the first naturopathic physician on staff at the A.R.E. Medical clinic in Phoenix Arizona and later also served as staff physi-cian at the Scottsdale Holistic Medical Group before going into private practice. Dr. Myatt is Founder and CMO of Dr. Myatt’s Wellness Club, an herbal and nutritional supplement company founded in 1994. She currently practices telemedicine nationwide and consults with both physicians and patients around the world. www.drmyatt.com Classes: The Urgent Care Herbalist I; The Urgent Care Herbalist, Part II; and Botanical Prevention & Adjuvant Treatment of Malignancy (Intensive after the NW Herb Fest, called Black Salve)

Ryan Drum PhD, AHG has been a commercial medicinal herb and seaweed wildcrafter, teacher, and medical herbal-ist in private and clinical practice for over thirty years. He specializes in seaweed therapies, men’s health and thyroid problems. He has mostly lived in a small cabin he built on an isolated island homestead off the grid, w/o indoor plumb-ing. He studied 12yrs with renowned Canadian healer, Ella Birzneck, founder of Dominion Herbal College, where he taught 25 years at summer seminars. He supports true patient autonomy: the freedom to choose one’s caregivers independent of their professional qualifications. www.ryandrum.com Classes: Two Buds & a Leaf ; Epigenetics & Herbal Medicine: Healing the past, present, and future; Wildcrafting Particular Medicinal Herbs

Candis Cantin has over 30 years practical experience as a coun-selor and teacher of wholistic lifestyle principles. Her background includes extensive Western herbal studies, Ayurvedic and Chinese healing systems, psycho/spiritual counseling, and communication skills. Candis is the artist of the Herbal Tarot Deck and co-authored its companion book, the Spirit of Herbs, with Michael Tierra. She is also the author of the Pocket Guide to Ayurvedic Healing. Candis is owner and creator of EverGreen Herb Garden and School of Integrative Herbology in Placerville, California. www.evergreen-

herbgarden.org Classes: Therapy for the Burned out Human; Easing Anxiety and PTSD with Herbs and Foods; Medcinal Herb Walk

Julie Bailey has been the owner of Mountain Rose Herbs for the last 17 years. She is also an herbalist, plant lover and longtime gardener, who would rather be out of doors than sitting behind her desk. (Wise Acres would like to thank Julie and Mountain Rose Herbs for their generous support of the NW Herb Fest each year.) www.mountainroseherbs.com Classes: Two Herb Walks called, Medicinal Herb Garden Walk

Speakers

Glen Nagel N.D., R.H. (AHG) has been a practicing herbalist for the last 25 years. He has a lifelong interest in plants and nature and believes in teaching with humor and hands on experience. He has worked in the herbal industry as well as an herbal educator offer-ing classes and courses in herbal medicine. He is a former assistant professor of Botanical Medicine at Bastyr University. He is a licensed naturopathic physician & has practiced Naturopathic Medicine since 1993 in Montana, Colorado, Washington and Oregon. Cur-rently he is an educator & consultant to the herbal industry & lives in Portland, Oregon. www.herbalwiseguy.com Classes: Medicinal Herb Walk, Homeopathy for Herbalists.

EagleSong, C.C.H., is a community centered herbalist and a kitchen gardener in Monroe, Washington where she founded RavenCroft Garden. Celebrating 25 years offering educational programs, EagleSong holds the balance in a fast paced world with regular presentations and workshops on slow gardening, slow medicine and slow food connecting people, plants and the earth. She brings 30 years experience in organic and sustainable practices to the gardens she creates and tends. She is Director of

Natural Beauty at Willows Lodge, Woodinville, WA. Classes: Topical Application of Herbal Remedies, Garden Rant, Hedges & Edges, Herb Walk: Cultivating Medicine For the Future

Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, D.N.-C., R.H., has thirty five years of experience with complementary medicine. He focuses especially on Ayurvedic medicine and on the therapeutic value of yoga, meditation, and other studies of consciousness. Dr. Khalsa is the author of several books on natural healing topics. He is a contributing editor to several popular magazines, including The Herb Quarterly. His main focus is Ay-urvedic medicine. He also teaches about Chinese and North American herbalism. He has created over 400 of his own formulations for com-mercial applications, and works closely with companies who supply high quality herbal products to health professionals across the country. Classes: Healthy Pets, Culinary Herbalism - Your Medicine is in your Pantry

Howie Brounstein is the primary instructor of the Columbines School of Botanical Studies, and additionally teaches at the South-west School of Botanical Medicine. He is the owner of Columbines and Wizardry Herbs, and is active locally and internationally in protected plants and ecological assessments. Howie has a clinical practice in Eugene, Oregon. Classes: Two Herb Walks

Jane Bothwell directs The Dandelion Herbal Center, a rural herbal education center in the coastal hills of Northern California. She is a mother, educator, herbalist, hypnotherapist and flower essence practitioner. Her passion for plants runs strong and clear and she is dedicated to empowering people with the knowledge and wisdom necessary to use plants wisely as food, medicine, and spiritual support. She has been actively involved with United Plant Savers and is an avid supporter of conservation on all lev-els. Classes: Women Spirit, Materia Medica of 13 Herbs for Women, Backyard Medicines Walk

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Symposium Fees & Registration: The following rates are based on the postmark on your envelope. $145.00 early bird fee prior to May 1st. $175.00 from May 1st - June 14th and $185.00 from June 15th-July 15th. It is $195.00 after July 15th. See the one day fee cost on the registration form. The full weekend fee includes all presentations (with the exception of the Sunday night intensive), herb walks and evening activities. The symposium proceedings notebook is separate. See notebook details below!

Lodging: Camping on the farm is $15.00/person/night at the creek (Must camp two or more nights if at the creek.) or field (please specifiy). Many motels/hotels 20 minutes away. Motel 6 is 13 miles/15 minutes away (800)466-8356. Quality in my opinion is not as good as Phoenix Inn. Phoenix Inn (clean, comfy and nonsmoking) is 15 miles/20 minutes away - (800)344-0131. Go to our website for other listings. www.herbaltransitions.com

Symposium FacilitiesWise Acres is an educational facility specializing in herbal education. It is located in Pleasant Hill, Oregon on a 25 acre farm. The farm is a beautiful setting where you can relax & revitalize among over 200 different species of medicinal herbs. The farm is non-smoking. You can go for a walk if you wish to smoke. Please leave animals at home. We can not have outside animals on the farm.

Continuing Education: 15 hours are available through the Oregon Naturopathic Board. Details will be on our web site. A certificate of attendance will be available in all registration packets for proof of class attendance. It must be stamped after each class.

Symposium Notebook Proceedings: Notes from the presenters are professionally compiled into a book format. Notebooks are available for $10 per book if ordered 3 weeks prior to the event. To ensure availability of a book with registration, you must preregister 3 weeks prior to the event. There are extras ordered but we may run out. Additional books can be purchased for $15.00 per book if available after registration on Sunday.

Herbal Market: Herbal products, plants, dry herbs and other herbal wares will be available through-out the symposium in the Herbal Market area. If you are interested in a booth, please contact us for a detailed brochure.

Meals: Meals will be catered by Park Street Cafe. See meal details at www.herbaltransitions.com. We will be taking meal registrations for Park Street Cafe. No other food will be available on the farm. There is no health food restaurant/store in Pleasant Hill. The caterers will supply as much organic/local food as able. They have meat, vegetarian and vegan options. If you bring your own food, please realize there is no refrigeration available. Bring a cooler! Ice can be purchased in Pleasant Hill at “Rays.”

SPACE IS LIMITED!RegisteR foR symposium & Camping eaRly!! We reserve the right to refuse registration if the farm reaches its capacity or for any other necessary reason. The creek camping always reaches capacity!

ConfiRmationIT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Please read it carefully and bring it to the sym-posium. Detailed, easy to follow directions will be included to the farm.

Registration Form - Please cut this out or copy it and mail it to Wise Acres.Name____________________________________________

Address _________________________________________

City ____________________ State ____ Zip ____________

Phone (________)________-__________________________Email:____________________________________________

Tell us if you do not want to be on our email list for class noticesSymposium Both Days Any One Day - List Sat or Sun By May 1st $145.00 $95.00May 1st - June 14th $175.00 $125.00June 15th - July 15th $185.00 $130.00After July 15th $195.00 $135.00

Dr. Myatts Black Salve intensive on Sunday 6-9 PM $50.00 Camping: $15 per person per night - specify field, near bathrooms or creekMust camp a minimum 2 nights if camping at the creek.

Symposium Notebook: $10 if registered three weeks prior to event. $15 for a second copy or if purchased at the event. (We may run out of books.)

Food: See web site for meal details - For single meals, send choices with this registration, write the “payment for food” total below. For a discounted meal package, circle a choice below.Sat all meals $ 44.75 • Sun all meals $41.75 • Full weekend package $79.00You must circle only one choice: Vegan, Vegetarian, Fish/chickenPayment for NW Herb Fest $_________Payment for the intensive $_________Payment for Camping $_________Payment for Food $_________Payment for symposium notebook proceedings $__________Total Payment $__________Method of payment:Please send a Check or Money Order (in U.S. funds) made out to Wise Acres LLC. Mail the check or money order along with the registration form to Wise Acres LLC, 84537 Proden Lane, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, 97455.

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Prepaid fees are refundable minus a $55 processing feeup to two weeks prior to the conference.

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