Welcome!
We are looking forward to seeing you all!
What would you like to view? Selections:
Summary of case for Monday panel
Lecture notes access information
Friday Events Information
Navigating the lecture halls
Agenda with room numbers
Full conference schedule with descriptions from online brochure:
Continuing education credit information
- CME for Naturopathic Physicians
- PDA for Acupuncturists
- CNE for Nurses
- North Carolina Pharmacists. Approved for 21.5 hours by NC Association of Pharmacists.
Can’t find what you are looking for? Contact us and we’ll be happy to help!
List of exhibitors in Ware Pavilion:
| American Herbalists Guild BioNetwork Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine (CoreyPine Shane) Denise Anthes, Author Diana Jane Organics Doug Elliott Earthwise Learning Center (Robin McGee) Firestorm Café and Books Frontier Co-op Gaia Herbs Golden Needle Online Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine (Teresa Boardwine) Hap Mountain Herbals Healing Earth Botanicals Health Concerns Herbal Vitality Herbalist and Alchemist Microbiome Labs Northeast School of Herbal Studies (7Song) North Carolina Chapter AHG Pine’s Herbals Red Moon Herbs Susan Clearwater, Author Traditions School of Herbal Medicine United Plant Savers Urban Moonshine Wander School (Abby Artemisia) Will’s Wild Herbs ZenJen Skin Care |
Lecture Notes Access Information
Free online access for registrants to all lecture notes. All the lecture notes we’ve received so far have been collated into one online book for download (or view individual articles). Here’s how to access the list:
1. For registered participants only: select this online page
2. Log in with the password 2019MFTE and submit (make sure to type, not copy, the code)
3. Here you will see the list of all the articles submitted by the speakers.
4. New additions to the article list: Mary Bove’s preconception care and Kat Maier’s lung presentation. Kevin Spelman’s still to come!
5. The “All Notes” file at the top is the full set of notes in online book format (except the recent submissions mentioned above). Intensive notes will be posted separately for intensive participants.
6. Questions? Contact us and we’ll be happy to help
A printed black and white copy of the book is also available at registration for $20 (317 pages!)
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (FULL)
Friday Ethnobotanical and Native Plant Field Study with David Winston
Check in by 9:45 on front deck of Blue Ridge Center. Bring lunch, good walking shoes, clothing layers, a light rain parka just in case, water and snacks. There’s still time to order a box lunch from Blue Ridge Assembly (early arrival needs–available until Wednesday May 29).
1:00 – 5:15 PM
Intensive: The Impact of Stress on Accelerated Aging: Botanical Remediation with Lise Alschuler ($89–Still time to sign up)
In Blue Ridge Center Chapel. Sign in by 12:45 PM. If already registered for the symposium you can pay at the door if not already registered for this event.
1:00 – 5:15 PM
Ecology, Propagation and Cultivation of Native and Oriental Medicinal Herbs with Joe Hollis at Mountain Gardens in Burnsville, NC (FULL)
Please note this class is over an hour from Blue Ridge Assembly. An email was sent with directions. If you didn’t receive contact us right away–we want to make sure you go to the right place. Bring a light rain jacket just in case and layers–it’s supposed to be a warm day.
Navigating the lecture halls. If you are new to the symposium just ask anyone and chances are they’ve been here before and can direct you.
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- WA = Washburn Center Auditorium, large building down the access road on your right
- BR-SE = Blue Ridge Center- Southeast Region Rm, upstairs on the mezzanine of the main building.
- BR-CH = Blue Ridge Center Chapel, downstairs and to the back of the main building.
- ROB = Robertson Dining Room- next to main dining room down hall toward Chapel
- BRC = Blue Ridge Center (Main Building)
- WARE = Ware Pavilion: registration, exhibit hall and refreshments, up the hill past Asheville Hall residence.
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| FRIDAY May 31 | |||||
| 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Registration and Welcome in Ware Pavilion Joe Hallock and Friends play Old Time Mountain Music from 5 – 7 PM |
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| 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Opens Ware Pavilion |
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| SATURDAY June 1 | |||||
| 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | Qigong Greg Casey Eureka Hall Front Porch |
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast Blue Ridge Center Dining Room |
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration for Commuters in Ware Pavilion | ||||
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Opening Meeting — Washburn Auditorium | ||||
| Room Assignments | Washburn | BR-SE | BR-CH | ROB | BRC |
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 28 TCM and Ayurvedic Herbs That Western Clinicians Really Need to Know David Winston WA | Five Allies for our Times Kat Maier BR-SE | Breast Cancer Update Lise Alshuler BR-CH | A Botanical Field Walk 7Song Meet in front of BRC |
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| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Refreshments/Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Treatment of Liver Conditions-Including Fatty Liver Disease, Fibrosis, and Gall Bladder Dysfunction Kenneth Proefrock WA | Organ Reserve: Aging Gracefully Kevin Spelman BR-SE | Calm, Cool, and Uplifted with Mood Enhancing Plants Mary Bove BR-CH | Herb Walk Doug Elliott Meet in front of BRC |
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| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch - Blue Ridge Dining Room Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Types of Pain and Herbal Management Tools Jillian Stansbury WA | Botanical Medicines and Cellular Receptor Networks Jason Miller BR-SE | Nervines, Building a Better Foundation for the Nervous System David Winston BR-CH | Plant Walk: Establishing Plant Relations Kat Maier Meet in front of BRC |
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| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Refreshments/Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | A Tale of Cancer and our Aging Genome Lise Alschuler WA | Treatment of Mood Disorders with Botanicals, Lifestyle, Diet and Nutraceuticals Mary Rondeau BR-SE | Herbal Medicine and Eye Health Kenneth Proefrock BR-CH | Backyard Herbal First Aid Kit (Demonstration) Jeannie Dunn and Tricia Shapiro ROB | |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Dinner in Blue Ridge Center | ||||
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | American Herbalists Guild (AHG) Dessert Reception Blue Ridge Center Lobby |
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| 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Keynote: Endocrine Disruptors: History, Recent Research and Individual and Societal Remedies Leo Trasande, MD, MPP WA |
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| SUNDAY June 2 | |||||
| 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | Qigong Greg Casey Eureka Hall Front Porch |
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast Blue Ridge Center Dining Room |
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Panel: Managing the Effects of Endocrine Disruptors with Botanical Medicine Jason Miller, Kenneth Proefrock, and Mary Rondeau WA |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Refreshments/Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| Room Assignments | Washburn | BR-SE | BR-CH | ROB | BRC |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Slow the Decline: New Developments in Brain Boosting Herbs Mary Bove WA | Remedies for Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma Kat Maier BR-SE | Developing a Trauma-Informed Herbal Protocol Teresa Boardwine BR-CH | Herb Walk Doug Elliott Meet in front of BRC |
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| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Blue Ridge Center Dining Room |
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| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Demystifying Detoxification Jason Miller WA | Depression in the Elderly Jillian Stansbury BR-SE | Herbs in the Trees Abby Artemisia Meet in front of BRC |
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| 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Sunday Intensive: The Chemistry, Pharmacology, Extraction and Safety of Cannabis and Insights into the Endocannabinoid System Kevin Spelman BR-CH | ||||
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Refreshments/Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | The Anti-Aging Power of Sleep Mary Rondeau WA | Managing Chronic Illness with Herbal Medicine-Useful Plants and Formulas 7Song BR-SE | Longevity Elixirs, Foods & Recipes Teresa Boardwine ROB | ||
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Dinner Blue Ridge Center Dining Room |
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| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Exhibit Ware Pavilion |
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| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Songs and Stories in Amphitheater Teresa Boardwine Bring a song/story to share or just come to sit by the fire and enjoy [In case of rain: Eureka Hall Front Porch] |
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| MONDAY June 3 | |||||
| 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM | Qigong Greg Casey Eureka Hall Front Porch |
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast Blue Ridge Center Dining Room |
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| Room Assignments | Washburn- | BR-SE | BR-CH | ROB | BRC |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | ADD, ADHD and Attention and Focus Concerns in Adults and Children Mary Rondeau WA | Boost your Fertility: A Pre-Fertility Prep Program for Men and Women Mary Bove BR-SE | The Persistence of Memory: Oneirogenic (Dream-Enhancing) Plant Medicines Kenneth Proefrock BR-CH | Emergency Herbal First Aid Plant Walk 7Song Meet in front of BRC |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Refreshments/Exhibit Break Ware Pavilion |
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Phytochemical Pleiotropy in Neurology: Reductionism at its Best Kevin Spelman WA | Botanical Therapies for Stroke Recovery Jillian Stansbury BR-SE | Herb Walk Doug Elliott Meet in front of BRC |
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| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch Exhibit Break--Exhibit Hall closes at 1 PM |
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| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Clinical Roundtable Kevin Spelman, Jason Miller, and Teresa Boardwine WA |
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| 2:00 PM - 2:10 PM | Closing Meeting | ||||
Summary of case for Monday’s Case Management Panel:
19 y/o girl suffering from severe fatigue, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, gastritis, reflux, POTS, CFS, IBS since age 12. Got mono (EBV) 2013 following a field trip to the Chesapeake Bay, submerged under a bacterial biofilm; had gallbladder removed 2014, sinus surgery at age 17, back pain, sweating, green mucous in throat, brain fog, headaches, spots in vision, chronic insomnia. Last year diagnosed with Strep C, Neurologic Lyme, Bartonella, Rickettsiosis, Erlichiosis 2018. Formerly athletic, positive, healthy. Homebound from school since 10th grade. Has been thoroughly tested by the Amen clinics…have her labs, brain scans and results with me. Treated for Lyme & Bartonella, but still suffering severe depression and fatigue, etc. Emotional trauma as a child, father sexually abused her when young.
Follow up questions answered by her mother open this pdf.
We will see you soon! Can’t wait!
Linnea and the Medicines from the Earth Team
