Low-Dose Botanicals: Three Clinical Approaches
with Kat Mackinnon, Nicolas Schnell, & Jenn Dazey
This day-long intensive features three herbalists regularly using low-dose botanicals in their clinical practices.The focus is to explore the clinical use of plant-based medicines that have a reputation for causing cumulative damage, requiring specific dilution, or have issues with misuse.
The intensive will showcase different methods of approaching working with low dose botanical, including basic clinical skills for integrating low dose herbs into practice specifics - dosage guidelines and preparations, specific herbal indications, cautions and contraindications, and case study discussion.
The intensive will also include round table style discussion that will provide a platform for participants to exchange ideas and knowledge, and to foster a greater understanding of the role of low-dose botanical medicines in modern healthcare.
Bios:
Kat Mackinnon, RH(AHG), has been a certified clinical herbalist and nutritionist through the NAIMH since 2011. Kat is the founder and director of Meet the Green, through which she runs a private clinical practice and teaches classes on herbalism and ancestral skills. She is the co-founder of Plant Camp, an online and in- person botanical learning community. She has been primary faculty at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism in Lafayette, Colorado since 2012, and the Clinic Program Director, where she mentors student clinicians at the public low cost clinic, and is a principal reviewer of student clinician cases.
Nicholas Schnell has been in clinical practice for over 25 years. He owns and runs Four Winds Natural Healing Center, a thriving herbal medicine clinic and large apothecary in Omaha, Nebraska. He is the director of North Star Herbal Studies, an extensive two-year herbal training program. He specializes in complicated medical cases and difficult chronic disease patterns.
Jenn Dazey, RH(AHG), is a board certified naturopathShe has been faculty at Bastyr since 2009 and is currently the department chair. Her private practice specializes in botanical formulations for the individual, incorporating fresh plants, seaweeds, mushrooms, and low-dose herbs, as indicated. Dr. Dazey believes that there are many factors that determine optimal wellness; herbs are a gateway to all of them.