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Botanical Analogues with Benjamin Zappin, L.Ac., Part Two

This educational event will focus on comparative botany and looks at wild and cultivated plants in commerce in the U.S. and from the TCM Materia Medica.

Consideration of botanical analogues can be useful in broadening the herbalists repertoire of tools to support clients therapeutic goals, bring about balance, and alleviate suffering. Developing fluency in phylogenetic relationships, phytochemistry, and exploring flavor, nature, actions between individual plants and formulas can support practitioners in being flexible and versatile in times of scarcity, unsustainability, or impracticality.

This 3 hr class will support critical thinking and offer practical, useful pearls related to the following:

  • Developing resources from literature review and personal experience to understand flavor, nature, qi, actions, and indications of herbs not included in T.C.M. Materia medica

  •  Herbs in common plant family and genus from different herbal traditions with identical or similar therapeutic applications

  • Herbs with identical or similar constituents from different herbal traditions with similar or identical therapeutic applications

  • Common culinary herbs and their botanical and therapeutic relationships to T.C.M. medicinal plants or formulas.

  • Considerations for planting ‘at risk’ medicinal or use of botanical analogues as replacements

  • Expansion of sensory evaluation skills and how to support patients in this development

PLEASE NOTE: THIS 3 HOUR CLASS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE FIRST PART WILL BE PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2022 AT 5PM. THE SECOND PART WILL BE PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2022 AT 5PM.

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Registration for this event will close on November 17th, 2022 at 12pm PST.

ABOUT BEN ZAPPIN, L.Ac.

Benjamin Zappin, L.Ac.& Herbalist has been practicing and studying Western and Chinese herbal medicine for almost 30 years. Ben loves to teach clinical topics and is passionate about supporting fellow practitioners and staying rooted in their connection to plants and the natural world. Along with his wife Ingrid Bauer, M.D. Ben is the co-founder of Five Flavors Herbs, a herbal product company which manufactures liquid extracts of TCM formulas and Western herbs, offers contract manufacturing services, and operates one of the most dynamic East/West herbal pharmacies in the country. Find out more about Five Flavors Herbs practitioner resources here. Ben and Ingrid also operate and inhabit Sunset Ranch, a small farm in Nevada City!

EVENT RESOURCES:

Five Flavor Herbs in Oakland, California

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Native California Herbs & 5 Elements with Dr. Athene Eisenhardt, L.Ac., DAIM
Later Event: January 26
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