Winter Medicinal Plant Workshop With Dr. James Adams — February 11, 2017
Join Ojai native plant guide Lanny Kaufer and special guest Professor James Adams of USC School of Pharmacy on Saturday, February 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a Winter Medicinal Plant Workshop on how to treat colds, flus and stay healthy in the winter with botanical home remedies.
The morning plant identification session will take place on the trail at the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s Ojai Meadows Preserve where Dr. Adams and Kaufer will identify and discuss the medicinal uses of a wide variety of native plants found in the mixed habitat. The afternoon hands-on preparation session will be held at a community kitchen in Ojai.
The morning outing from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be a slow-paced walk of about 1 mile round-trip on a level, well-used trail. The walk will be suitable for hikers of all levels of ability who are capable of walking that distance and standing for periods of time. After a one-hour lunch break, the afternoon kitchen session from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. will focus on preparing plants that can used for treating and preventing colds and flus.
The early-bird price for this full day workshop is $65 until January 28. After that, the cost will be $75. No dogs or smoking, please.
Please note: This event will go on RAIN OR SHINE with the exception of a heavy downpour that morning and/or a 100% chance of heavy rain that day.
For more information or to register, visit HerbWalks.com, email [email protected] or call 805-646-6281. Registrants will receive an email during the week prior with all necessary information including directions, what to bring, etc.
Jim Adams at Wheeler Gorge
ABOUT DR. ADAMS:
Dr. Adams brings to Ojai a wealth of scientific knowledge and field experience as well as a singular perspective on herbal medicine. As he tells it, “My family came to Virginia in 1635 and has always survived by using American Indian healing. On the frontier, there were no doctors. American Indian healing was better than European medicine anyway. I continue this tradition.”
Dr. Adams is the co-author — with the late Chumash healer Cecilia Garcia — of the groundbreaking book, Healing with Medicinal Plants of the West: Cultural and Scientific Basis for Their Use. The new revision to the 3rd edition will be available for purchase and signing at the workshop. As an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the prestigious University of Southern California, Dr. Adams has been teaching pharmacy students, medical students, doctors and other healthcare professionals for over 25 years while researching the natural pharmaceutical compounds in native plants. He has over 200 publications.
Running parallel with his academic career, Dr. Adams has worked with the Chumash people since 1998 and studied Chumash healing with Cecilia Garcia for almost 15 years. In addition to their book, they wrote 30 journal articles together. Jim is now the carrier of the healing knowledge passed to him by his teacher. “Humans have used plant medicines ever since humans came into existence, about 200,000 years ago,” Dr. Adams explains in his book. “That means that our ancestors experienced an intense natural selection. Those who responded to plant medicines survived and passed their genes on. We are the products of this natural selection. Our bodies are designed to respond to plant medicines.”
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