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Lyme Disease and Herbal Protocols with Brendan Kelly

Date: 4 Dates – May 6, May 13, May 20 and May 27, 2020 Location: AHG ONLINE INTENSIVE Hosted by: American Herbalists Guild Details PURCHASE HERE: https://americanherbalistsguild.thinkific.com/courses/lyme-disease-and-herbal-protocols-starting-may-2020 AHG MEMBERS SAVE: Use code AHGMEMBER at checkout to save $50. Understanding and Treating Lyme Disease: Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine with Brendan Kelly, L.Ac. M.Ac One essential understanding in treating Lyme disease is that things change. Using Chinese medicine disease progression theory, we’ll discuss how an initial tick bit can lead to a wide range of symptoms including pain, headaches including migraines, gastro-intestinal issues, fatigue and late-stage neurological Lyme. We’ll also talk about how understanding the progression of the condition is essential to not only treating symptoms but also preventing Lyme and promoting health. We’ll discuss using western herbs, diet and lifestyle to treat the numerous symptoms associated with Lyme. Brendan will also present case studies from the hundreds of Lyme patients…

Inflammation, Anxiety and Climate Change

Date: Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 1:30 PM – 3 PM EDT Location: 30th Annual Symposium of the American Herbalist Guild Hosted by: Brendan Kelly With Chinese medicine, there is a longstanding understanding that what’s happening in the world and culture around us influences our health. Using the Wen Bing/School of Heat, we discuss the connection between inflammation and overstimulation within us and the rapid overheating of the planet through global warming. We also discuss the use of western herbs, diet and lifestyle to treat the numerous symptoms associated with heat, including pain and anxiety. Link to Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/417037098902711/

Treating the Five Spirits: Western Herbs/Chinese Medicine

Date: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 9 AM – 10:30 AM EDT Location: 30th Annual AHG Symposium Hosted by: Brendan Kelly There is a well-developed history in Chinese medicine of understanding and treating spiritual sickness. Using the Five Element/Wu Xing tradition, we discuss the Five Spirits and how they manifest in health and sickness. In particular, we discuss how the spiritual parts of our lives manifest when they are in excess and deficient states and the use of western herbs, diet and lifestyle to both treat imbalance and promote spiritual well-being. Link to Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/313367192903792/

Inflammation, Anxiety and Climate Change

In our era of climate crisis, Chinese medicine can not only offer healing on the small-scale of the individual it also has a vital role in helping address the large-scale ecological imbalances that now confront us. And rather than being separate issues, what’s happening within us is being reflected in the warming and destabilizing of the climate around us. Over thirty years of climate science indicates conclusively that the planet is warming and the weather has become unstable from what we’ve been emitting. Called greenhouse gases because they hold warmth in the atmosphere in a way similar to greenhouses, they’re released into the atmosphere from the burning of oil, gas, coal and other fossil fuels. We burn them for warming and cooling our homes, clinics and schools. We burn them to create electricity. We burn them when we drive and fly. We burn them to manufacture the clothes we wear,…

Understanding and Treating Lyme Disease (Event)

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 9 AM – 1 PM EDT Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism Hosted by: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Jade Mountain Wellness and Brendan Kelly Understanding and Treating Lyme Disease: Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine with Brendan Kelly$40 members / $45 non-members One essential understanding in treating Lyme disease is that things change. Using Chinese medicine disease progression theory, we’ll discuss how an initial tick bite can lead to a wide range of symptoms including pain, headaches including migraines, gastro-intestinal issues, fatigue and late-stage neurological Lyme. We’ll also talk about how understanding the progression of the condition is essential to not only treating symptoms but also preventing Lyme and promoting health. We’ll discuss using western herbs, diet and lifestyle to treat the numerous symptoms associated with Lyme. Brendan will also present case studies from the hundreds of Lyme patients he’s worked with to discuss…

Inflammation, Anxiety and Climate Change: The School of Heat (Event)

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 2 PM – 5 PM EDT Location: Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek Hosted by: Jade Mountain Wellness Details At the Florida State Oriental Medicine Association annual conference. Orlando, FL Brendan of Jade Mt Wellness is presenting on the direct, clinical connection between our internal condition and the state of the planet. The class is titled “Inflammation, Anxiety and Climate Change: The Importance of the School of Heat” and he’ll use the Wen Bing/School of Heat to discuss how the heat that creates physical inflammation and mental/emotional overstimulation is mirrored in the rapid warming of the planet. He’ll also be presenting case studies for my clinical practice using acupuncture, herbal medicine and nutrition with Wen Bing principles and diagnostics to treat a wide range of physical, mental and emotional conditions, including pain, gastro-intestinal conditions, and anxiety. Link to Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/354779295164620/

Cancer & Climate Change / Eco-Herbal Medicine Walk & Talk (Event)

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 11 AM – 3 PM EDT Location: Round the Bend Farm 92 Allen Neck Rd, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02748 Hosted by: Marion Institute Details The Marion Institute is please to welcome herbalist and author Brendan Kelly, M.Ac., L.Ac. back again this summer for a 2-part learning experience co-hosted by Round the Bend Farm. 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Cancer and Climate ChangeUsing the holistic lens of Chinese medicine, we’ll discuss the direct connection between the warming of the planet and the epidemic rates of cancer in the US. 12:30 – 1:30 pm – Farm Lunch prepared by Round the Bend (additional cost) 1:30 – 3:00 pm – Eco-Herbal Medicine: An Interactive Walk & TalkBrendan will lead the group on an experiential foraging walk on the Farm grounds, identifying, tasting and talking about the uses of several local medicinals and edibles as well as their…

Understanding Neurological Lyme (Event)

Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 6 PM – 7:30 PM EDT Location: Hunger Mountain Co-op (623 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, VT) Hosted by: Jade Mountain Wellness Details Using Chinese medicine’s neurological tradition, we’ll discuss understanding both the symptoms and underlying cause of neurological Lyme disease including tremors, seizures and migraines. We’ll also talk about the progression of Lyme and how the initial tick bite can manifest as a wide range of additional symptoms. Talk is free and open to the public. Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. Workshop presenters may cancel due to low number of registrations. Please click “Going” above to let us know you are coming. If you indicate you are “interested” and you know you are “going,” please let us know! Hunger Mountain Co-op community room is accessible by freight elevator upon request. See event link in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/340577233257898/

Healing Lyme Naturally

Over the past several years our clinical practice has evolved so that we are treating a significant number of patients with Lyme disease. Over half of the new patients I treat now have a Lyme diagnosis. Part of our increased clinical focus on Lyme is that the number of people with the condition here in Vermont and nationally is increasing rapidly.The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 300,000 people become infected each year. Where we practice here in Vermont has one of the highest rates of Lyme in the US. And with these significant number of Lyme diagnoses patient advocacy groups, including the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society, believe that these already elevated numbers are low by many magnitudes.There are many symptoms associated with Lyme: skin redness with an initial tick bite, fever, joint and whole body pain, fatigue, digestive and gastro-intestinal issues, cognitive/thinking issues and neurological issues including…

Happy Spring

Here in northern Vermont, we’re experiencing the transition from Winter to Spring. The temperatures are increasing, the light is returning and the piles of snow are mostly melted. Birds are chirping for the first time in months and the first of the buds are appearing on trees. And the iconic process of making maple syrup is happening–smoke is rising from the tops of sugar houses as the sweet water from maple trees is cooked into syrup.For Chinese medicine, this transition from the cold and dormancy of Winter to the warmth and re-birth of Spring is a time of often dramatic change. Just as nature is waking up, now is the time when our energy is waking up as well. When we’re in balance, Spring is a time of excitement where new things are possible and physical and mental activity naturally increases. It’s the time of the year to get outside…

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