THESE WEBINARS WERE RECORDED MARCH/APRIL 2019.

Dive into this 4-week intensive series with Dr. Christopher Hobbs as we explore mushroom medicine and its many uses.

Mushroom Medicine: Latest News, Product Controversies, and Uses

Join Dr. Christopher Hobbs author of the ground-breaking book Medicinal Mushrooms (first edition, 1989), for a lively-discussion on all things fungal and healthy!

A thorough review of the science and traditional use of the most widely-researched medicinal mushrooms (especially turkey tails, shiitake, cordyceps, lion's mane, and chaga), based on many years of on-going clinical practice and scientific investigation will be presented.

Learn about their current use in modern integrative health care, and in the kitchen as one of the healthiest and most nutritional foods you can eat!

Learn how to make mushroom extracts at home for clinical and personal use to maximize healing and nutritional benefits.

Discover how mushrooms work to activate our immune responses.

Current experience in integrative oncology will be shared, with case reports, effective use, and expected outcomes. A special emphasis on how to collect or purchase fruiting bodies and make the best extracts and preparations.

Dr. Hobbs will share some of his favorite recipes and some great traditional recipes for a variety of fungi.

Instructor Bio:

Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac., RH (AHG), is a fourth-generation, internationally renowned herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, mycologist with over 35 years of experience. The author or co-author of over 20 books, Christopher lectures on herbal medicine world-wide. He earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, one of the world’s most prestigious universities, with research and publication in evolutionary biology, biogeography, phylogenetics, plant chemistry, and ethnobotany.