Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine 2016

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Chronic Prostate Conditions: BPH and Prostate Cancer, Part 1 NEW! (Part 2 added Sunday afternoon, 2 – 3:30 PM)
Jason Miller, LAc
The information in this lecture is so comprehensive we’ve added a Part 2 after lunch. Part 1 reviews chronic prostate disease physiology and presents new research and therapeutic developments in the management of prostate cancer and BPH.. Part 2 continues by describing a collaborative approach, which is often the most beneficial strategy. Using botanicals, nutrients and lifestyle changes along with pharmaceuticals and other medical treatments can help mitigate side effects and enhance positive outcomes.

Herbs and Nutrition for Cardiovascular Health and Disease
David Winston, RH (AHG)
Begins with basic recommendations for dietary, lifestyle and herbal therapies for improving cardiac function. Describes cardiotonic botanicals, and therapies for hypertension, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and hypercholesterolemia. The latest findings aid in a new understanding of the role of botanicals in preventing inflammation and the accumulation of small-particle lipids in the arteries.. 

Endometriosis: A Comprehensive Approach
Tori Hudson, ND
Tori Hudson draws on case presentations and therapeutic protocols to assess the multiple mechanisms involved in endometriosis. Treatment strategies address prostaglandin issues, altered cellular immunity, natural killer cell and T-cell dysfunction, growth factors, estrogen stimulation and pharmaceuticals already prescribed.

Mechanistic Botanical Medicine: Defining anti-cancer, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties and standardization
Jeffrey Langland, PhD and the SCNM researchers
Sarracenia purpurea extracts have been found to contain broad anti-viral activity with the potential to induce oncolytic activity in cancerous cells.  New ideas on the active constituents in common anti-viral herbs (like Melissa) have also come to light as a result of this research. Compounds in Coptis chinensis, Arcostaphylos uva-ursi and Larrea tridentata are described which may be useful in managing antibiotic-resistant infection.

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Refreshments and Exhibit Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Modulating Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress with Botanicals
Kenneth Proefrock, ND
When humans have to adapt repeatedly to various stressors, classic symptoms of neuroendocrine dysfunction can result. We address anxiety, panic attacks, depression, menstrual irregularities, infertility, reactive hypoglycemia, and thyroid disease. We explore hormonal detoxification processes, receptor up-regulation and down-regulation, and botanical and nutritional therapies.

Luteal Phase Deficiency: What is it and What Herbs Can Do
Mary Bove, ND
The second half of the ovarian cycle is called the luteal phase. Optimal function of this phase is imperative for healthy menstruation and fertility. We look at functional assessment of the luteal phase, female reproductive complaints associated with luteal phase deficiency and natural therapies for treatments. Botanical medicines are discussed with case history review.

Herbs for Hair Loss and Male Pattern Baldness
Jill Stansbury, ND
What can be done for these conditions, which often have a deleterious effect on self-esteem? What about the drug therapies commonly offered (finasteride, minoxidil and hormones)? Natural therapeutics include botanicals, essential oils and nutrients; both internal and external applications.

Natural Lubrication Cream for Women of All Ages: Medicine Making in the Garden
Rhonda PallasDowney
The use of simple and non-toxic ingredients provide a welcome alternative to chemical drugstore preparations.

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch and Exhibit Break

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
The Lymphatic System and its Impact on Breast Health
Jill Stansbury, ND
Discusses when and why lymphatic congestion occurs and why it matters to breast health. Massage and other physical manipulation can help lymph circulation, and a number of alterative and tissue cleansing herbs are also useful, including cleavers, poke root and burdock root.

Chronic Prostate Conditions: BPH and Prostate Cancer, Part 2 NEW! (Continued from Part 1 earlier today, 9 – 10:30 AM)
Jason Miller, LAc
This second part of the lecture continues a review of new research and therapeutic developments in the management of prostate cancer and BPH. A collaborative approach is often the most beneficial strategy. Using botanicals, nutrients and lifestyle changes along with pharmaceuticals and other medical treatments can help mitigate side effects and enhance positive outcomes.

Environmental Links to Infertility
Marianne Marchese, ND
New evidence points to everyday toxic exposure as a cause for both male and female infertility. Learn how to avoid exposure and the botanicals and nutrients we can use to mitigate toxic damage and increase fertility in men and women. The lecture also presents medical treatments for infertility, their side-effects and possible potential herb-drug interactions.

An Experiential Journey: Three Ayurvedic Herbs in the Garden — Ashwagandha, Brahmi and Holy Basil
JoAnn Sanchez
Experience these Ayurvedic plants through all the senses: taste, smell, sight and touch, while hearing about their cultivation and clinical uses. JoAnn again provides a creative sampler of herbal preparations!

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Refreshments and Exhibit Break

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Botanicals, Biofilms and Chronic Infections
Paul Bergner
Bacteria responsible for hard-to-treat chronic conditions often exist in biofilm matrices which can evade attack by host immunity or pharmaceuticals. Plants have been in an evolutionary arms race with biofilms for more than 700 million years and some have developed sophisticated methods of killing bacteria and disrupting their ability to form biofilms. We discuss Allium, Hydrastis, Mahonia, Arctostaphylos, Acalypha and several other herbs, and their possible effects on chronic wounds, ulcers, sinus infection, bladder infection and vaginal infection.

The Troubled Trail of Testosterone: Social Expectation and the Search for Meaning on The Edge of Libido
Kenneth Proefrock, ND
This presentation discusses the physiological effects of testosterone in adult men and women, and conditions resulting from too much or too little available “T”. Fetal development of sex organs is affected by testosterone and estrogen, which brings us to a discussion of gender identity, and the question of nature vs nurture. Research supporting the determination of sexual orientation by fetal development and brain physiology is presented. Hormonal effects on adult sexual and social behavior are explored, and herbs that can be used to settle the mind, cope with stress and increase libido are described.

Women’s Thyroid Health
Mary Bove, ND
Herbal medicines can increase function and stimulation of the thyroid, decrease activity and inhibition of the gland, and influence thyroid hormone conversion in the peripheral tissues. We discuss botanical protocols for treating hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and autoimmune thyroid diseases. Treatment protocols include botanicals, nutrients and lifestyle management. Several case history reviews are presented.

5:30 PM –5:45 PM
Closing Meeting

Paul Bergner
Paul Bergner is the Director of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism in Portland, Oregon, where he offers seminar training in clinical skills, medical herbalism, nutrition, and nature cure. He supervised a teaching clinic in Boulder, Colorado from 1996 until 2012, has edited the Medical Herbalism journal since 1989, and is the author of seven books on herbal medicine.
Presentations: 
1. Common Lifestyle Patterns in Reproductive Disorders
2. Working with the Heavy Cannabis User: Side effects, withdrawal symptoms, and constitutional considerations
3. Botanicals, Biofilms, and Chronic Infections

Mary Bove, ND
A clinical medical herbalist, Mary Bove had a practice in family medicine in Brattleboro, Vermont for over 20 years. She is the author of An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants, and recently produced an iPhone App, Momma Nature’s Food Pharm Guide. She is currently the botanical educator for Gaia Herbs, Inc.
Presentations: 
1. Women’s Thyroid Health
2. Luteal Phase Deficiency: What is it and What Herbs Can Do
3. Herbal Galactagogues and Healthy Lactation

Phyllis Hogan
The owner of Winter Sun Trading Company in Flagstaff, Phyllis Hogan founded the Arizona Ethnobotanical Research Association (AERA) to investigate, document and preserve native plant usage in the Southwest. She teaches ethnobotany programs for the Navajo & other tribes.
Presentations: 
1. Friday Field Study  First Water Trail, Superstition Wilderness  (THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL)
2. Garden Lecture: Chaga (Inonotus obliquus), The Diamond of the Forest

Tori Hudson, ND
Currently a clinical professor at NCNM and Bastyr University, Tori Hudson has been in practice for over 30 years. She is the medical director of “A Woman’s Time” in Portland, Oregon and is a nationally recognized author (book: Women’s Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine), speaker, educator, researcher, and clinician.
Presentations: 
1. Endometriosis: A Comprehensive Approach
2. Abnormal Bleeding: Causes and Integrative Solutions
3. Nutritional and Botanical Influences on Breast Cancer Prevention

Mimi Kamp
Mimi Kamp has been making plant medicine in the Southwest for over 35 years.  Her field classes and presentations emphasize habitat, sustainability, Mexican and ethnobotanical usage, and direct perception and communication with the plants themselves. She is a well-known botanical illustrator and photographer.
Presentations: 
1. Herb Walk at Desert Botanical Garden
2. Garden Talk: What are Cacti About?

Jeffrey Langland, Ph.D
Jeffrey Langland has spent much of his career investigating complex cellular defenses and immune responses against  microorganisms, and comparing similarities between plant and human defenses against viruses. As a full professor and chair of the research department at SCNM, he brings new insight and innovative approaches to research for students in the field of naturopathic medicine.
Presentation: 
1. Mechanistic Botanical Medicine: Defining anti-cancer, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties and standardization

Marianne Marchese, ND
Marianne Marchese specializes in the influence of environmental chemicals on women’s health in her practice in the Phoenix area. She is the author of 8 Weeks to Women’s Wellness and is an adjunct faculty member at SCNM, teaching gynecology.
Presentations: 
1. Environmental Links to Infertility

Jason Miller, LAc
Jason Miller practices botanical and nutritional medicine, acupuncture, and Asian bodywork at his clinic, Jade Mountain Medicine in Ashland, Oregon. He received his master’s degree in acupuncture and Oriental medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 2005, and completed a postgraduate internship at the “House of Celebrity Doctors” in Nanjing, China. His approach bridges the frameworks of traditional and modern medicine in the management of chronic disease.
Presentations: 
1. Chronic Prostate Conditions: BPH and Prostate Cancer
2. Palpitations, Heart Arrhythmias, and Atrial Fibrillation: Balancing the Heart 

Rhonda PallasDowney
The founder of Living Flower Essences and The Center for Plant Studies and Healing Arts in Cottonwood, Arizona, Rhonda is an herbalist and flower essence practitioner who teaches herbal studies, plant life and healing journeys in nature. She is the author of Voices of Flowers and The Healing Power of Flowers.
Presentations: 
1. The Doctrine of Signatures: Flower Essences to Support Reproductive Health (SCNM Herb Garden)
2. Natural Lubrication Cream for Women: Medicine-Making in the Garden

Kenneth Proefrock, ND
A naturopathic physician practicing in Sun City, Arizona, Kenneth Proefrock is also the owner of Vital Force Naturopathic Compounding. He is the vice-president of the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners and chair of the biochemistry portion of the naturopathic physician’s licensing exam.
Presentations: 
1. Adolescent Angst: the Teenage Brain on Hormones
2. Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress and How to Re-sensitize Hormonal Responsiveness with Botanical Agents
3. The Troubled Trail of Testosterone: Social Expectation and the Search for Meaning along the Edge of Libido

JoAnn Sanchez
JoAnn Sanchez is the director of the herbalist training program at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts in Scottsdale (a 700-hour diploma program), for which she has recently published five textbook manuals. She teaches at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, where she also tends the medicine garden.
Presentations: 
1. Field Study at Usery Mountain Regional Park
2. An Experiential Journey: Three Ayurvedic Herbs: Ashwagandha, Brahmi and Holy Basil (SCNM Herb Garden)

Katie Stage, ND, RH(AHG)
Katie Stage is a naturopathic physician practicing at the SCNM clinic in Tempe. She is a full-time faculty member at SCNM, teaching botanical medicine, hydrotherapy, GYN lab, and clinical skills. She also teaches Mayan healing techniques.
Presentations: 
1. Multiphasic Dosing During a Woman’s Cycle

Jill Stansbury, ND
A naturopathic physician, Jill Stansbury specializes in women’s health, mental health, and chronic disease. She teaches on the faculty of National College of Naturopathic Medicine, where she was chair of the botanical medicine department for 25 years. She travels extensively in the Peruvian Amazon to study indigenous healers and their herbs.
Presentations: 
1. Plant Intelligence
2. Herbs for Hair Loss and Male Pattern Baldness
3. The Lymphatic System and its Impact on Breast Health

David Winston, RH(AHG)
David Winston is an herbalist and ethnobotanist with 41 years of training and clinical experience in Cherokee, Chinese and Western/Eclectic herbal traditions. He offers a two year clinical training program in botanical medicine at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies and is the founder and president of Herbalist and Alchemist, Inc.
Presentations: 
1. Herbs and Nutrition for Cardiovascular Health and Disease
2. Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Search for Answers
3. Making Love–An Herbal Guide to Sexual Health

Donald Yance
An herbalist and certified nutritionist, Donald Yance practices at the Mederi Centre for Natural Healing in Ashland, Oregon, where he specializes in the treatment of cancer and other chronic diseases. He is the founder and president of the Mederi Foundation, a nonprofit organization for professional education and clinical research in integrative medicine, and president and formulator of Natura Health Products.
Presentations: 
1. Friday Pre-conference Intensive: New Drugs in Cancer and Synergistic Natural Medicines
2. Botanicals for Aromatase Excess Syndrome – Reducing Estrogen Dominance in Men and Women for Optimizing Reproductive Health and Reducing Disease Risk

Registration Fees

Register at the door for $359.

Directions and information  Phone 541-482-3016

Herbal Conference Location

Lodging

Embassy Suites, Tempe:
Rooms start at $124/night plus tax. (800) 305-1369. Group #SB1. Discount good until March 8.
NEW! Register for your room online. It only takes two minutes. Click here to get started.

Lodging includes complimentary:
-Airport transportation
-Van service from hotel to SCNM.
-Made to order hot breakfast with omelet station
-Evening reception with drinks and snacks.
-WiFi in all rooms.

Transportation

The closest airport is Sky Harbor International Airport. If you are flying to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, van service is complimentary to the Embassy Suites in Tempe. Call the front desk 480-897-7444 when you arrive and they will send the van for you. For other airport transportation, use the SuperShuttle.

If you are driving, the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) is located at 2140 E. Broadway Rd in Tempe, AZ (on the north side of East Broadway, just west of the intersection of Price and E. Broadway).

Cancellations

Before March 23, registration fees will be refunded minus $50 processing per registrant. No refunds can be given after 3/23/16. Refund requests should be sent in writing or email to the conference office.

Continuing Education

See more CE details here. Credits depend on how many lectures are attended.