Nursing CNE for SW Conference on Botanical Medicine

Friday April 7

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM — 4 Contact Hours
Friday Afternoon Field Study at Location to be Announced
JoAnn Sanchez ($55)
Explore the desert environment and learn medicinal plant identification, medicinal uses, harvest techniques and herbal medicine preparation. This field study offers an easy stroll through the desert environment and ends up at a display table where JoAnn will offer many desert goodies to sample.
Note: Field Study location is being changed and the new location will be announced as soon as possible.

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Saturday April 8

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM  Registration: Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine Lobby
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM  Opening Meeting:  Welcome – SCNM Auditorium 

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM — 1.5 Contact Hours
Herb Drug Interactions: Lost In Translation
Jonathan Treasure
When it comes to herb-drug interactions, the implications of currently available cutting edge data have been sidelined in favor of outdated unsubstantiated reports about the dangers and downsides of combining herbs with drugs. This lecture discusses how recent research can and should be re-framing the herb drug interactions debate and will set the stage for constructive concurrent use of combination herb-drug strategies in a variety of clinical settings.

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM — 1.5 Contact Hours (Choose 1)
Treatment of Bacterial MDR (MRSA, VRE) with Botanical Therapies
David Winston, RH (AHG)
MRSA and other antibiotic resistant infections have become a major health issue. Newspapers report new cases of infections, schools are scrambling to protect students and health care facilities are overwhelmed with hospital-acquired infections.  In this class we discuss new research on herbs and essential oils that may offer alternatives to no longer effective antibiotics, as well as herbs that inhibit MDR, bacterial quorum-sensing, biofilm production, bacterial virulence and that may also allow antibiotics to regain efficacy.

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Red, White, Black and Blue: Differentiating the Cohoshes
Paul Bergner
Botany, historical uses and recent studies are reviewed for Actaea spp and Caulophyllum. Although not related through constituents or botany, they have many properties in common, and have frequently been used historically as a pair in neurological, respiratory, and obstetrical applications.

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM — 1.5 Contact Hours
Going Platinum? Crush it with Beneficial Herb-Drug Interactions
Jonathan Treasure
Platinum-based chemotherapy agents remain a standard of care in treating germ cell (ovarian/testicular) and several other malignancies despite their toxicity. Botanicals can enhance the outcomes of platinum drug use by preventing and/or treating both general and specific drug side effects, as well synergistically enhancing the cytotoxic capabilities of the drug. This scenario is used to illustrate the methodological principles of managing beneficial herb-drug interactions based on rigorous preclinical research and phytopharmacological data.

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM — 1.5 Contact Hours (Choose 1)
Neurohacking: Cognitive and Performance Enhancing Therapies
Katie Stage, ND
Neurohacking is a new term that encompasses biological interventions to optimize the way people think and perform. In this talk, we discuss cognition and ways to optimize it. Drugs which are often used to this effect will be briefly reviewed, with the focus being on herbal therapies that improve cognitive function, endurance, and focus.

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Medicine of the Soul: The Ritual Use of Plants
David Winston, RH (AHG)
Herbs can be used not only as physical medicines, but as ritual and spiritual medicines as well.  We explore the ceremonial use of herbs in indigenous and traditional cultures, how they are used as incense, baths, amulets, teas, entheogens, and other ways to grow our spirits, heal our souls, bring us good luck and protect us from negative influences.

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM — 1.5 Contact Hours
Panel Discussion: Cannabis as an Alternative to Opioids, Benzodiazepenes, NSAIDs and other Pharmaceuticals
Paul Bergner, Kenneth Proefrock and Jonathan Treasure
While these drugs can have unintended side effects, the use of Cannabis as a substitute should be carefully evaluated for efficacy, adverse reactions and best use for either weaning patients from a drug or using it in conjunction to reduce drug dosage and negative effects. In a fair comparison, Cannabis may be better, but a user may also develop tolerance, loss of effect, and side effects from Cannabis. Examine all sides of this topic with three experienced clinicians.

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Sunday April 9

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM — 1.5 Contact Hours
Botanical and Nutritional Protocols for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
David Winston, RH (AHG)
What used to be called adult-onset diabetes (Type 2 Diabetes) is now commonly seen in children as well as adults, driven by obesity, poor diet, lack of exercise, nutrient deficiencies and environmental pollutants.  In this class we differentiate between the various types of diabetes, discuss the underlying pathophysiology and orthodox treatment of each, and how we can use herbs, diet, healthy lifestyle choices and nutrition supplements to prevent or treat this modern epidemic.

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM — 1.5 Contact Hours
Medical Herbalism and the Therapeutic Order
Paul Bergner
The therapeutic order in healing describes a hierarchy of interventions, from the least invasive and most supportive, to more suppressive and ultimately to surgical interventions. Medical herbalism has applications to offer at each level of this therapeutic order and this lecture demonstrates, in a series of case studies, the power of working with herbal medicines at each level.

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM — 1.5 Contact Hours (Choose 1)
Cannabis & Cancer: Sifting The Science
Jonathan Treasure
The use of Cannabis to treat issues such as cancer pain or chemo-induced nausea and vomiting is well established. However, there is also widespread patient interest in Cannabis as a direct anticancer agent. This session reviews how cancer involves the endocannabinoid system, and presents data on the anticancer properties of Cannabis both in terms of cancer pathophysiology & molecular biology, as well as its effects on specific malignancies.

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Medicinal Tea Party on the Garden Lawn
JoAnn Sanchez
Bring your favorite mug and learn how to brew spicy adjuvants, creative carminatives, soothing stomachics and more herbal delights, all from the medicine garden harvest. Medicinal teas brewed to broaden your knowledge and bring smiles.

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM — 1.5 Contact Hours
New Insights into Commonplace and Undervalued Herbs
Paul Bergner
Sometimes our most commonplace herbs, often growing abundantly around us, are overlooked in favor of newer, exotic, or imported herbs or preparations. But the commonplace “boring” herbs endure through millennia because they are reliable, potent, and versatile in their applications. We discuss recent research and traditional uses for Urtica, Matricaria, Althaea, Allium sativum, Plantago, Calendula, and Hypericum.

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Here is a listing of the CNE lectures in chart form. View full program on main SW Herbal Conference page.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM		Field Study—Mimi Kamp McDowell Mtn Regional Park ($55)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM		Pre-conference intensive: Immuno inflammation/Cancer/Heart Disease Lise Alschuler ($65)
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Field Study—JoAnn Sanchez Location to be Announced ($55) CNE: 4 Contact Hours
SATURDAY, APRIL 8
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Registration- Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine – Lobby
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM		Welcome- SCNM Auditorium
9:30 AM - 11 AM		Beneficial Herb-Drug Interactions Jonathan Treasure CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	Therapeutic Value of Aromatic Plants Mary Bove	Functional Genetic Mutation Conditions Kenneth Proefrock	Connecting with the Energetics of Plants Rhonda PallasDowney
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM		Refreshments/Exhibit Break
11:30 AM - 1 PM		Multiple Drug Resistance David Winston CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	Differentiating the Cohoshes Paul Bergner CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours (choose one)	Allergic Conditions: Mechanisms of Action Jill Stansbury	Flower Essences for Chronic Crisis Mimi Kamp
1:00 PM - 2 PM		Lunch and Exhibit Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM		Going Platinum: Chemotherapy and Botanicals Jonathan Treasure CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	Botanicals to Support Happiness and Reduce Anxiety Lise Alschuler	Therapeutic Uses of Low Dose Botanicals Eric Yarnell	Southwest Plants for First Aid 7Song
3:30 PM - 4 PM		Refreshments/Exhibit Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM		Proton Pump Inhibitors: Side Effects and Botanicals Jill Stansbury	Neurohacking Katie Stage CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	Restoring the Day/Night Cortisol Cycle Mary Bove	Ritual Uses of Herbs David Winston CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours (choose 1)	Herb Walk Bot Garden Phyllis Hogan
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM		Dinner and Exhibit Break
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM		Panel: Cannabis as an Alternative to Opioids and other Drugs Paul Bergner, Jonathan Treasure and Kenneth Proefrock CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours
SUNDAY APRIL 9
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM		Diabetes Mellitus David Winston CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	Botanicals for Cognitive Support Lise Alschuler	Gastroparesis and Intestinal Motility Conditions Jill Stansbury	Flower Essences as Adaptogens Rhonda PallasDowney
10:30 AM - 11 AM		Refreshments/Exhibit Break
11 AM - 12:30 PM		Commonly Misprescribed Drugs Eric Yarnell	EENT Preparations: Demonstration Kenneth Proefrock	Medical Herbalism and the Therapeutic Order Paul Bergner CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	What’s in my Medicine Bag Phyllis Hogan
12:30 PM - 2 PM		Lunch and Exhibit Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM		Cannabis and Cancer Jonathan Treasure CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	Practicing Herbal Medicine in an Integrative Free Clinic 7Song	Constipation in Children Mary Bove	Medicinal Tea Party JoAnn Sanchez CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours (choose one)
3:30 PM - 4 PM		Refreshments/Exhibit Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM		Commonplace Herbs Paul Bergner CNE: 1.5 Contact Hours	Epigenetics and Mental Health Kenneth Proefrock	Natural Approaches to Gout Eric Yarnell
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM		Closing Meeting