Poisonous Plants and the Path of the Clinical Herbalist with Chanchal Cabrera - September 22 + 29, 6 - 9 PM PT
Many of the most effective remedies in our materia medica are potentially toxic in the wrong patient or in the wrong dose, and practitioners are understandably wary of using them.
Unfortunately, the less they are used the less they are understood, and the less we understand them the less they are used. These herbs will be in danger of disappearing from our armamentarium if we don't make efforts to educate ourselves and use them judiciously but effectively.
Because of the active pharmacology of these herbal agents, there is, in some cases, also a risk of herb/drug interactions, and in all cases the dosing is critical and the responsible practitioner must recognize side effects and know how to mitigate them.
In this detailed two-part series, Chancal Cabrera [MSc, FNIMH, RHT, (RH)AHG] will review the principles of toxicology and the relative risk from herbal medicine and consider pharmacology as it applies to botanicals; safety guidelines, and adverse events. With examples drawn from 30+ years of clinical practice and emphasizing practical applications and safety practices for these herbs, this informative program will make you a safer and more effective herbal prescriber.
By the completion of this class the student will be able to:
- Describe the relative risk:benefit ratio of botanicals
- Use of toxics in clinical practice
- Discuss dosing strategies for botanicals
- Recognize adverse effects or side effects and know how to assess and mitigate them
Part One Curriculum:
- Assessment of relative risk
- Definitions of toxicology
- Sufficient challenge and LD50
- Causes and types of adverse reactions
- Pharmacokinetics and the therapeutic window
- Acute/chronic responses
- Hepatic induction/inhibition
- Herb/drug interactions
- Anticoagulants
- Safety in pregnancy
Part Two Curriculum:
- Adverse event reporting
- Uses and safe dosing of a variety of herbs including:
- Atropa belladonna
- Convallaria majalis
- Cytisus scoparius
- Datura stramonium
- Ephedra sinica
- Gelsemium sempervirens
- Hyoscyamus niger
- Lobelia inflata
- Phytolacca americana
- Piper methysticum
- Symphytum officinalis
CHANCHAL CABRERA MSc, FNIMH, RHT, (RH)AHG
Chanchal lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia where she and her husband manage Innisfree Farm and Botanic Garden, a 7 acre internationally registered botanic garden specializing in food and medicine plants, and where they host apprenticeships in sustainable food production and herbal medicine. Chanchal runs a private herbal medicine clinic with a specialty in holistic oncology, and offers a monthly student training clinic that provides free health services to the community. The farm also hosts Gardens without Borders, a federally registered not-for-profit society established to run the botanic garden and provide horticulture therapy.
Biography
Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) since 1987. Awarded Fellowship 2009
MSc in herbal medicine at the University of Wales in 2003
Faculty chair in Botanical Medicine at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine in New Westminster 2004 - 2016
Senior faculty at Heartwood School of Herbal Medicine (UK) 2017 - present
Diplomas in Botanic Garden Management and Education from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2013 & 2014
Certified Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing) practitioner 2016
Certified Master Gardener 1999
Certified Horticulture Therapist 2005
BC representative to the Canadian Council of Herbalist Associations 2019 - present
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