Herbal Alliance

With great pleasure, the Herbal Alliance is sharing the next issue of THE HERBAL EYE JOURNAL on this auspicious occasion of the Winter Solstice. The Herbal Alliance’s aim to connect Practicing Herbalists throughout the UK & Ireland has branched out its roots. It has sown a sapling that has now grown into this collaborative Journal. We hope you enjoy this issue that focuses on how we can collaborate, as a community of Herbalists, to champion Nature, its many gifts and the beautiful intelligence that we are all a part of.

We seek Herbalist Authors to help us add content to the Herbal Alliance Journal. Content can range from articles on Herbal Medicine, Science, Recipes, Formulae, Reviews, Poetry and so on. This is an opportunity to share content you have already written or exclusive material with Professional Associations and their members and other Herbalists. Also, have a small paragraph about yourself, what you do and your website / social media channel(s). Interested? Upon submission, our editorial team will choose what pieces will feature in the next issue. Our next Journal is due for the SPRING EQUINOX; please submit your content to [email protected]

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Happy Winter Solstice
The Herbal Alliance Team

The Herbal Alliance has the great pleasure of inviting you to the next Practitioner Event planned for the 25th of January from 10 am to 1 pm, which will focus on Current Trends in Herbal Research & its Application in Enhancing the Practice.

It will be a beneficial event for all those looking to incorporate research as part of their work who need help figuring out how to begin. During this event, the speakers will discuss pathways open to the practitioners to either participate in research or apply research within their practice. We will look at models that can be integrated to help report some successful cases, which are helpful not only in research but also in assisting clients to relate and spread the word.

In order to book please visit https://currenttrendsinherbalresearch.eventbrite.com

TONIGHT at 5.30 pm.

Join Herbal Alliance for the public webinar: How public and herbalists can share and learn the best self-care knowledge in local communities by Alex Laird.
'How can we as herbalists best share our knowledge of self-care with local people? There are many ways to teach this. Living Medicine livingmedicine.org founder Alex Laird shares her experience of working with herbal colleagues and local communities. Do join us to share how you deliver community herbal education so we can exchange best practice and spread safe, natural medicine.'
About the Speaker - Alex Laird, BSc DipHerbMed FCPP, Medical Herbalist
Alex is a practising medical herbalist/phytotherapist and plant medicine educator. In 2000, she set up and still runs the UK's first herbal teaching clinic in dermatology at Whipps Cross Hospital. For 20 years, she ran the herbal clinic at Breast Cancer Haven in London.
Keen to promote excellence in herbal practice, Alex is a Council member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy. She founded the charity Living Medicine (www.livingmedicine.org) to share food/plant medicine knowledge with people from all cultures and feed this into mainstream healthcare. The long-term vision is to create a Living Medicine Centre & World Garden to link our global medicinal gardens and traditions.
Alex lectures, has published herbal medicine research and is the author of 'Root to Stem: a seasonal guide to natural remedies and recipes for everyday life' (Penguin 2019). Originally a TV producer, she practised as an aromatherapist, with clinics at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and two London HIV/drug centres, while training as a medical herbalist at Hein Zeylstra's College of Phytotherapy. Alex's driving passion is discovering how life functions at all levels - reconnecting to each other, our rhythms, food and nature, so following our design, is key to health and resilience.
To register please visit https://learnfromtheherbalist.eventbrite.com

Join Herbal Alliance for the public webinar: How public and herbalists can share and learn the best self-care knowledge in local communities by Alex Laird.
'How can we as herbalists best share our knowledge of self-care with local people? There are many ways to teach this. Living Medicine livingmedicine.org founder Alex Laird shares her experience of working with herbal colleagues and local communities. Do join us to share how you deliver community herbal education so we can exchange best practice and spread safe, natural medicine.'
About the Speaker - Alex Laird, BSc DipHerbMed FCPP, Medical Herbalist
Alex is a practising medical herbalist/phytotherapist and plant medicine educator. In 2000, she set up and still runs the UK's first herbal teaching clinic in dermatology at Whipps Cross Hospital. For 20 years, she ran the herbal clinic at Breast Cancer Haven in London.
Keen to promote excellence in herbal practice, Alex is a Council member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy. She founded the charity Living Medicine (www.livingmedicine.org) to share food/plant medicine knowledge with people from all cultures and feed this into mainstream healthcare. The long-term vision is to create a Living Medicine Centre & World Garden to link our global medicinal gardens and traditions.
Alex lectures, has published herbal medicine research and is the author of 'Root to Stem: a seasonal guide to natural remedies and recipes for everyday life' (Penguin 2019). Originally a TV producer, she practised as an aromatherapist, with clinics at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and two London HIV/drug centres, while training as a medical herbalist at Hein Zeylstra's College of Phytotherapy. Alex's driving passion is discovering how life functions at all levels - reconnecting to each other, our rhythms, food and nature, so following our design, is key to health and resilience.

To register please visit https://learnfromtheherbalist.eventbrite.com
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Would you like to receive a beautiful hard copy of the The Herbal Eye Journal – December Solstice 2023?

The upcoming edition of the Herbal Eye Journal will focus on Mental Health and the multidisciplinary approach to supporting the mind and healing the heart with Herbal medicine.

You can now pre-order your beautiful Hard copy of the December Solstice 2023 Herbal Eye Journal Issue. Please follow this link to sign up
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Suppose you would like to have a yearly Subscription to the Herbal Eye Journal in PRINT, which includes four issues per annum. Please follow this link to sign up https://www.herbaleye.herbalalliance.uk/product/the-herbal-eye-subscription/

Join Herbal Alliance for the public webinar: How public and herbalists can share and learn the best self-care knowledge in local communities by Alex Laird.

To register please visit: https://learnfromtheherbalist.eventbrite.com

‘How can we as herbalists best share our knowledge of self-care with local people? There are many ways to teach this. Living Medicine livingmedicine.org founder Alex Laird shares her experience of working with herbal colleagues and local communities. Do join us to share how you deliver community herbal education so we can exchange best practice and spread safe, natural medicine.’

About the Speaker – Alex Laird, BSc DipHerbMed FCPP, Medical Herbalist

Alex is a practising medical herbalist/phytotherapist and plant medicine educator. In 2000, she set up and still runs the UK’s first herbal teaching clinic in dermatology at Whipps Cross Hospital. For 20 years, she ran the herbal clinic at Breast Cancer Haven in London.

Keen to promote excellence in herbal practice, Alex is a Council member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy. She founded the charity Living Medicine (www.livingmedicine.org) to share food/plant medicine knowledge with people from all cultures and feed this into mainstream healthcare. The long-term vision is to create a Living Medicine Centre & World Garden to link our global medicinal gardens and traditions.

Alex lectures, has published herbal medicine research and is the author of ‘Root to Stem: a seasonal guide to natural remedies and recipes for everyday life’ (Penguin 2019). Originally a TV producer, she practised as an aromatherapist, with clinics at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and two London HIV/drug centres, while training as a medical herbalist at Hein Zeylstra’s College of Phytotherapy. Alex’s driving passion is discovering how life functions at all levels – reconnecting to each other, our rhythms, food and nature, so following our design, is key to health and resilience.

Another amazing day at our 159th Herbal Medicine Conference! 🎉

For those of you who joined us, we hope that you have enjoyed the various sessions by our incredible line up of . Remember, all sessions have been recorded and you'll have 3 months to watch (or rewatch!) them at your leisure 🌿

The final session of this year's event was presented by the wonderful Monica 'Mo' Wilde of - an organisation which has been operating for over 160 years - there aren't many that have been around even longer than us!! 📜

Mo explored collaborative medicine and the clinic model - , And which is a co-operative group of specialising in the long-term effects of , and .

A HUGE thank you to all of our incredible speakers as well as our exhibitors and attendees 🙏

We can't wait to do it all again next year! Watch this space for a save the date post very soon... 👀

You are warmly invited to the next Herbal Alliance Practitioner event focusing on how sustainability can be integrated into your clinical practice. This is an urgent call to further your understanding of the broad range of complex ecological and social issues we all face when dispensing herbal medicines.

In this practitioner's seminar, we will learn about

The fundamentals of sustainability in relation to herbal medicine
Herbalist’s role in the global value chain
Explore the web of complex relationships between herbalists, suppliers, growers, harvesters and the ecosystem.
Ways to practice more sustainably; the maze of certifications, growing your own
Explore how herbalists can work together

We will hear from practitioners who have worked in sustainability and learn about ways that can make herbal medicine unsustainable as well as sustainable.

There will be time to share your visions for the future. Expect to be inspired!

This day is an essential pre-requisite for anyone wanting to do the forthcoming 6-month course leading to a Certificate in Sustainable Herbalism.

To book your place please visit:

https://SustainabilitywithinHerbalMedicineSeminar.eventbrite.com

With great pleasure, the Herbal Alliance is sharing the next issue of THE HERBAL EYE JOURNAL on this auspicious occasion of the Autumn Equinox. The Herbal Alliance’s aim to connect Practicing Herbalists throughout the UK & Ireland has branched out its roots. It has sown a sapling that has now grown into this collaborative journal. We hope you enjoy this issue that focuses on how we can collaborate, as a community of Herbalists, to champion Nature, its many gifts and the beautiful intelligence that we are all a part of.

We seek Herbalist Authors to help us add content to the Herbal Alliance Journal. Content can range from articles on Herbal Medicine, Science, Recipes, Formulae, Reviews, Poetry and so on. This is an opportunity to share content you have already written or exclusive material with Professional Associations and their members and other Herbalists. Also, have a small paragraph about yourself, what you do and your website / social media channel(s). Interested? Upon submission, our editorial team will choose what pieces will feature in the next issue. Our next journal is due for the Winter Solstice; please submit your content to [email protected].

HERBAL EYE PURCHASE DIGITAL DOWNLOADIf you are not a member of the Herbal Alliance portal, you can get a digital copy for a contribution of £5 at the following link:
https://www.herbaleye.herbalalliance.uk/product/herbal-eye-volume-2-issue-1-september-2023/

If you would like to order a print copy of the Journal, then please visit:
https://www.herbaleye.herbalalliance.uk/

The Members of Herbal Alliance can enjoy a Free copy of the Journal every quater. You join Herbal Alliance for free please visit:
https://www.herbalalliance.uk/

Happy Autumn Equinox
The Herbal Alliance Team

'Holistic Cancer Care: SURVIVING AND THRIVING AFTER A DIAGNOSIS' by Chanchal Cabrera.

Cancer rates are rising everywhere. The average adult in North America or Europe today has a 30 to 50% chance of being diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. At the same time, more and more people are turning to natural medicine as part of their cancer treatment and management plan. Herbal medicine can be used to significant effect across this whole continuum to support normal metabolic functions. Herbs can promote foundational or constitutional wellness, building resilience and immune functions. Herbs can also help manage symptoms such as skin lesions or neuropathy, among other benefits, and exert direct cytotoxic anti-cancer activities. In this way, herbal medicine plays a key role in the practice of holistic oncology.

Some of these approaches require professional guidance from a qualified herbalist, but the patients themselves can do a lot at home. From choosing specific foods for their anti-cancer actions to making your tea blends for managing symptoms of chemo to increasing the benefits of radiotherapy with specific supplements, herbal medicine can be used by all cancer patients to promote wellness and empower the healing journey.

CHANCHAL CABRERA MSc, FNIMH, RHT, (RH) AHG.
Chanchal is a medical herbalist and has been in clinical practice for 35 years with a speciality in holistic oncology. She is the author of Fibromyalgia: A Journey towards Healing, and her latest book, Holistic Cancer Care: An Herbal Approach to Preventing Cancer, Helping Patients Thrive during Treatment, and Minimizing the Risk of Recurrence, was published in April 2023. She held the faculty chair in Botanical Medicine at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine in New Westminster 2004-2016, and she publishes widely in professional journals and lectures internationally on medical herbalism, nutrition and health.

Chanchal is also a certified Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing) practitioner, a certified Master Gardener and a certified Horticulture Therapist. 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. The farm also hosts Gardens without Borders, a federally registered not-for-profit society established to run the botanic garden and provide horticulture therapy.

Find out more about Chanchal:
www.chanchalcabrera.com
facebook.com/chanchal.cabrera
instagram.com/chanchal.cabrera/
https://www.youtube.com/.cabrera/videos

To book your place, please visit: https://holisticcancercare.eventbrite.com

Conference Highlights: Why Using Sustainable Herbs Matters

Highlights by Ann Armbrecht, SHP Director.

On April 7, 2023, with the Herbal Alliance, the Sustainable Herbs Program co-hosted a half-day conference, Why Using Sustainable Herbs Matters. Sebastian Pole, founder of Pukka Herbs and trustee of the Herbal Alliance, and I organized this event to bring together experts in sourcing and quality to discuss how ethical sourcing is important. Not only because it is the right thing to do for the people, plants and planet, but responsible sourcing is critical because it helps ensure that:

the herbs in the bottle are what the label claims they are;
those herbs are of the right quality with the right balance of constituents shown to have the effects that the product is said to have; and
that other ingredients, dyes, chemicals, etc. are not in the bottle.
As the speakers in made clear, the most effective and cost-effective path is to address these issues at the source, especially by investing in the relationships needed to ensure that people will take care at each step of a plant’s journey from seed to finished product.

Some of the highlights of the conference follow. This is by no means a thorough summary of key points discussed. As Anastasiya Timoshyna, Director of Strategy, Program, and Impact at TRAFFIC, said, “Not knowing is not an answer anymore.” If you missed the conference, I encourage you to watch the presentations here. Your purchase (for $10) supports our ongoing outreach from the conference.

Conference Highlights: Why Using Sustainable Herbs Matters - Sustainable Herbs Program Conference highlights from Why Using Sustainable Herbs Matters, co-organized by the Sustainable Herbs Program and Herbal Alliance