October 2015
Medicinal Food Forests – Weekend 2
Cultivating Medicinal Plants | Friday, October 23, 6-9 p.m. Building the Bones | Saturday, October 24, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. This weekend focuses on the basics of medicinal plant cultivation and developing the food forest’s “bones.” Overstory relationships create the structure of the landscape and dominate the soils. We will cover unique issues of soil fertility in a food forest, medicinal qualities of potential overstory plants, working with pollinators and other wildlife, aesthetics, and the potential for incorporating in…
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Medicinal Food Forests – Weekend 3
Growing Plants in Shade and Partial Shade | Friday, November 6, 6-9 p.m. Filling the Niches | Saturday, November 7, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. We dive into the understory of the food forest on the final weekend of this series. We review some of the diverse options for medicinal plants in the understory, highlighting their medicinal uses and pairing them in community with trees and shrubs to create a guild. The workshop wraps up with a discussion of maintenance…
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HOME: Making Medicated Honeys
Monday, February 1, 2016 | 6 – 8 p.m. on the NCNM Campus Join the Traditional Roots Institute and herbalist Alexis Durham for the first event in our ongoing Hands-On Medicine Evenings (HOME) series! Spend an evening exploring the sweeter side of herbal medicine and learn to make a medicinal miel (honey). Honey is a wonderful medium for extracting and delivering herbs, as it's not only delicious, but medicinal all on its own. We will discuss the properties of honey…
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HOME: Herbal VitaMineral Syrup
Monday, March 7, 2016 | 6 – 9 p.m. on the NCNM Campus THIS CLASS HAS SOLD OUT. Join the Traditional Roots Institute and herbalist Nome McBride for the second event in our ongoing Hands-On Medicine Evenings (HOME) series! We'll use herbs and other kitchen staples to make a healthy, great-tasting, full-spectrum vitamin syrup. Nome will guide us in the art of extracting and concentrating minerals, vitamins and powerful adaptive compounds from some of his favorite nutritional herbs. These techniques…
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Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 6 – 9 p.m. The world changed dramatically with the discovery of Cinchona bark, which was used for treatment and prevention of malaria. We have had since then have a love affair with the fever-tree bark, used in tonic water and other beverages. In this hands-on class we will work with Cinchona bark and create homemade tonic water. 3.0 hours of general CEUs to be applied for (OBNM). About the presenter Glen Nagel ND,…
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Herb Gardening with Kids
Saturday, April 23, 2016 | 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the NCNM Campus Teach children a love of the earth and respect of plants and nature during this fun-filled class in the gardens at NCNM. Children's bodies respond well to the gentle healing energies of herbs, and their spirits love the time spent outside. We invite you and your child (age 6 or older) to join us for a morning focused on nontoxic, colorful, fun-to-grow herbs that are used…
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In the Garden: Herbs for Stress + Anxiety
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 | 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Min Zidell Healing Garden With Glen Nagel, ND Using the Min Zidell Healing Garden as a laboratory, we will spend two summer hours walking and talking about herbs that are useful in stress and anxiety. We will discuss the clinical indications and use for adaptogenic herbs and nervines. Herbs include valerian, lemon balm, St. John’s Wort, lavender, holy basil, passionflower, Schisandra and wood betony. 2.0 hours general CEUs…
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Hands-On Medicine Evenings: Herbal Tea Blending
Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 | 6 - 8 p.m. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT. Join the Traditional Roots Institute and herbalist Mel Mutterspaugh for a Hands-On Medicine Evenings (HOME) class. Herbal teas are a simple and tasty way to deliver medicine to promote long-term wellness. We will review the medicinal uses of several readily available herbs, discuss tea as a delivery mechanism and cover blending strategies to make tasty teas. Participants will get to both make and…
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Herbal Formulations I + II
March 18-19, 2017 | 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day The NUNM Herb Society, in collaboration with Traditional Roots Institute, presents Dr. Eric Yarnell's two-part introduction to herbal formulation. Herbal Formulations I | Saturday, March 18, 10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. A hands-on review of the foundational principles of western herbal formulating. We will cover materia medica, case studies, tools for easy prescribing and lead, supporting, synergizing and driving herbs. This class is for those with limited formulating experience.…
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2017 Conference Registration
May 19–21, 2017 | NUNM Return to Conference General Information page. 16 CEUs approved by OBNM 16 PDA points pending approval by NCCAOM 12 Category B Credits approved by the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners Registration Most sessions are available via live webinar. Add conference recordings (all indoor sessions) for to your registration for just $99! Professional/Public Registration only: $325 general. Registration + recordings: $424 general Full-time students (with ID) and 2016 NUNM graduates Registration only: $125 general. Registration + recordings: $224 general All students registering with…
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