384: How to Safely Incorporate Herbs and Aromatics into a Healthy Lifestyle with Ellen Kamhi PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RH(AHG), The Natural Nurse®

What You Will Learn:

How a severe injury from a horseback riding incident got the Natural Nurse into natural medicine and what holistic therapies she utilized to recover.

The use of homeopathy for supporting health and keeping it available to consumers.

What entails becoming board certified in holistic nursing.

A review of how herbs, aromatics, and essential oils differ in their preparation, extraction, and manufacturing and how these aspects impact their mechanisms of actions.

Why you don’t have to choose between essential oils and herbs.

An example of how to combine herbs, homeopathy, and essential oils for respiratory challenges.

The importance of recognizing herbal-drug interactions.

The safety of natural therapeutics vs. pharmaceuticals and how there is often an overhype of the dangers of natural approaches.

Why there isn’t more public and medical awareness of the efficacy of herbal medicine.

How to access natural medicine research.

Our DIY: Using essential oils to help mitigate EMF dangers, including rose and lavender oils.

Closing questions: What Ellen does for self-care daily and what she feels we should ditch and switch out with for better health.

Find Ellen at https://www.naturalnurse.com/.

Bio of Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, AHG, AHN-BC, The Natural Nurse®:

Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, AHG, AHN-BC, The Natural Nurse, is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild (AHG) and is nationally board certified as a Holistic Nurse (AHN-BC). She attended Rutgers and Cornell Universities and has sat on the Panel of Traditional Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical School. She currently serves on the Education Committee of the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) and on the Cannabis Committee of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). Ellen is also a Medical School Instructor and teaches Botanical Pharmacology

Ellen is a leader in the nutraceutical industry. She has advanced credentials and experience as a formulator, product developer, and a regulatory consultant. She is the author of many books including The Natural Medicine Chest, Arthritis, the Alternative Medicine Guide, Cycles of Life, Herbs and Energy Techniques for the stages of a Woman's Life, The Natural Guide to Great Sex, and the Definitive Guide to Weight Loss, the Alternative Medicine Guide. Ellen is also on the peer review editorial boards of various journals.

Ellen hosts four radio shows and is regularly quoted in mainstream press including NewsMax, Marie Clare, Globe, Latina, Self, Woman’s World, Prevention, Cosmopolitan and Glamour.

Ellen provides group and individual online certification educational modules in all aspects of holistic health including herbal medicine, essential oil therapy, and energy medicine. She also offers personal health consultations, teaches various courses, mentors medical professionals, and loves to lead herbal walks and tours for the public. Find her at https://www.naturalnurse.com/.

Links to Learn More about Ellen Kamhi PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RH(AHG), The Natural Nurse®, and Her Offerings:

Website/Links:

• Natural Nurse Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

Books:

• The Natural Medicine Chest
• Arthritis, the Alternative Medicine Guide
• Cycles of Life, Herbs and Energy Techniques for the stages of a Woman's Life
• The Natural Guide to Great Sex
• Definitive Guide to Weight Loss, the Alternative Medicine Guide

Eco-Tours Herbal Identification and Medicine Making

• Chinatown Herb Walks
• Eco-Tours for Cures® Trips to Jamaica
• Local Edible and Medicinal Weed Walks - Make Your Own: Tinctures, Salves, Herbal Home Remedies!

Courses

• Natural Nurse Herbal Certification and CEU Offerings
• Natural Regulatory Nurse (Making Own Remedies and Legal Information)

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