00SW16 - Botanicals Which Modulate the Stress (HPA) Axis 2002 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine This talk begins by presenting

This talk begins by presenting botanical therapies for amenorrhea (absence of menstruation)

Three herbalists weigh in on an herb that's useful in practice and they haven't used until recently

This lecture covers the history of vitalist theories of medicine from the ancient Chinese and Ayurveda to the more modern physiomedicalist perspective

beggar's ticks

lymphatic tonics

00SW16 - Botanicals Which Modulate the Stress (HPA) Axis 2002 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine This talk begins by presentingSpeaker: Kevin Spelman. Therapies for today's high stress environment include the plant adaptogens Eleutherococcus, Piper longum, Schizandra chinensis, Withania somnifera and others. Research on the adaptogens and their effect on the hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal axis is presented. Related: See the blog post Botanical Approaches to Manage Chronic Stress.