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Join the community for a half day Herb Walk and discover the unique medicinal herbs of the Redwoods! Of all the places in the world, these beloved trees grow only in coastal California, creating a singular ecosystem with its own special medicine. Athene brings her 25+ years of knowledge- as a professional Field Botanist, Clinical Herbalist, and Licensed Acupuncturist, to illuminate the redwoods and their medicinal plants. Using the lenses of the Taoist 5 Elements and Clinical Herbalism, we’ll explore plant ID, ethical wildharvesting, and practical medicinal uses of these herbal allies.
WHEN: Saturday November 5th, 10am-2pm
WHERE: Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, CA
$40 general public
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to local indigenous peoples in the spirit of reparations.
Want to learn more about the topic? Athene speaks on Native Herbs- benefit for the Lillium Initiative
Thursday October 20th, 5:00pm- 7:00pm, sign up here
Native California Herbs & 5 Elements with Dr. Athene Eisenhardt, L.Ac
Traditional Herbal Medicine all over the planet is founded on understanding our relationship with the natural environment and the elements, and how plants and herbs can be used to harmonize with nature and the elements within us for healing. Local, native plants live in the same climate and environment as we do, and therefore possess a special connection and healing intelligence they can impart to us. As we create a sustainable herbal tradition, these local herbal allies have much to offer! In fact, we can find many medicinally applicable TCM relatives growing right here in our California ecosystems. In this talk, we explore the 5 Element nature of some of our common native herbs, as well as look at their clinical uses within the context of Traditional Chinese Medicine.