In this edition, The Natural Nurse (Ellen Kamhi Ph.D., RN, AHN-BC, RH(AHG) and co-host Dr. Z (Eugene Zampieron, ND) present Herbs from the Shaman’s Garden – Jamaican and Island Herbs. Many tropical plants are used for healing throughout the world. They will also discuss travel adventures offered by www.EcoToursforCures.com and other Herbal Healing information discussed in their book: THE NATURAL MEDICINE CHEST.

BACKGROUND

In the early 1970s after studying science and nursing at RUTGERS and Cornell University, Dr Ellen Kamhi went on a spiritual quest to delve into the healing power of indigenous cultures which took her to many areas of the world. She spent time in Spain in the Pyrenees Mountains with gypsy people and studied Flamenco dancing, and spent two years under the tutelage of Sonia, a curandera, in southern Mexico. During her sojourns with Sonia, she learned about the energetic understanding of plants.

Other trips have taken Ellen to Costa Rica, where she interacted with the country people who regularly use herbs in daily life, and into the bush country of Florida.

Dr Eugene Zampieron, ND (DrZ) has also been scanning the remote hills, mountains and rainforest of the tropics for decades, uncovering the miraculous powers of the indigenous people who tap the Ancient Forest and Bush as a resource for Herbal cures.

As a young biology student, DrZ traveled with his classmates to the remote regions of the island of Jamaica in St Mary Parish. There he met and befriended a Maroon Elder and Medicine Man Named Lloyd Jamba Scott. After spending much time in Jamaica returning again and again, DrZ fell in love with Jamaican music roots and culture.

While in Jamaica pursuing a graduate-level research course over winter recess, DrZ fell ill with a terrible case of dysentery. He tried mainstream medicine, which created a myriad of side effects without helping his condition.

Feeling weak and depleted, DrZ approached Jamba and one of his Elder Bush doctors, Pop a Top, for help and health advice. DrZ traveled daily with Pop-A- top into the rainforest to pick herbs in a secret matter and make the decoction. For 3 days, he received tea made from ferns, allspice, guava, seagrape, cerasee and many other Secret Maroon herbs. The tea worked where mainstream medicine didn’t, which piqued DrZ’s interest in plant medicine.

Rekindling his interest in herbal medicine, DrZ changed the course of his life and pursued the path of the Healer within himself, something that was instilled a long time ago but was repressed because of the loss of faith in conventional medicine. He left Marine Science and began to read all he could about the subject of ethnobotany, the cultural, traditional and spiritual aspects of how people use plants for healing,food,and in their daily lives.

He asked Jamba if he could become his apprentice, an outsider wanting to learn the mystical ways of The Maroons.

After graduating from Naturopathic Medical School with his doctorate, the rainforest and the Bush country of Jamaica became the ideal place for DrZ, a modern medicine man, to study with Jamba, documenting these experiences on film and taped interviews with Jamba.

He and Dr Kamhi formed www.EcoToursforCures.com

https://www.facebook.com/ecotoursforcuresjamaica
to bring scores of people over the last 30 years to Jamaica to study the rainforest herbs.

To listen to this special edition, click the player below. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestion, please use the comment section under this post or contact Ellen Kamhi.

You may also be interested in listening to Energy and Vibrational Medicine with Dr. Zampieron ND & Ellen Kamhi Ph.D., RN

This time Anne Louise Gittleman, the First Lady of Nutrition interviewed Ellen Kamhi Ph.D., RN, RH(AHG), AHN-BC aka ‘The Natural Nurse’ for an enlightening discussion on the power of herbal healing especially during Covid-19 times! 

Ann Louise and Ellen have known each other for over 30 years and discussed the providential events that led Ellen into traditional herbal remedies and their amazing efficacy from helping to heal back injuries to their powerful anti-viral properties. Ellen has traveled to indigenous people groups from all over the world to document what they have been doing for thousands of years traditionally to heal injuries and address diseases. Some examples Ellen highlighted during the interview are herbs such as Echinacea, Elderberry, homeopathy remedies such as Oscillococcinum, and Castor Oil pack.

Who is Ann Louise Gittleman?

Ann Louise, The First Lady of Nutrition, is a New York Times Best selling author of over 35 books, including  Radical Longevity — available nationwide. As a nutritional visionary and health pioneer, she has fearlessly stood on the front lines of diet and detox, the environment, and women’s health. A Columbia University graduate, Gittleman has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Nutritionists in the country by Self Magazine. In addition, she received the American Medical Writers Association award for excellence and the Humanitarian Award from the Cancer Control Society.

She continues to break new ground in functional medicine. Ann Louise is ready to share how she built her brand from the ground up and how to stay relevant in the industry for more than four decades.

Contact:
website: www.annelouise.com   and
Facebook: facebook.com/annlouisegittleman

FREE and OPEN to ALL!

In collaboration with Brentwood Public Library NY, Ellen Kamhi PhD, RN, AHN-BC, AHG-RH will present a webinar:

Herbs for You and Your Family – Safe and Effective Use

Join Ellen Kamhi, Ph.D., RN for an introduction to Herbal Medicine. The use of botanical medicine is skyrocketing. We will review some herbs that are commonly used, along with the traditional folklore, scientific validation, effectiveness, precautions, and possible herb drug interactions. Find out how to safely use Echinacea, Elderberry, Green Tea, Golden Seal, Oil of Oregano and more!

Empower yourself by learning how to use Dowsing to honor and interface with Herbal medicine. Enhance your ability to choose: which herb for whom, when, how much, how often, which combination…..learn how to use intention and understand the laws of non-locality to free your ability to influence healing at home as well as from a distance. Bring a pendulum if you have one. ( not required)

The use of botanical medicine is skyrocketing. We will review some herbs that are commonly used, along with the traditional folklore, scientific validation, effectiveness, precautions, and possible herb drug interactions that should be common knowledge for everyone. Find out how to safely use Echinacea, Green Tea, Golden Seal, Oil of Oregano and more!

We gather again this month after a little hiatus of postponement from last month, on Monday, March 26th, at 7pm at the gracious home of one of the Divine Goddesses at 6867 Paul Mar Dr. in Lake Worth, 33462 ( Exit at Hypoluxo off I95, left, west for three blocks, make right onto her street, house on the left, middle of block).

Bring your favorite potluck dish to share with others and show appreciation with Love Offering of five dollars, and efforts of clearing and cleaning afterwards.

We are honored to receive a presentation from Dr. Ellen Kamhi who will share with us her amazingly awesome life experiences that she has garnered from around the world. Be ready to enjoy and hear the exciting and divine life of an enlightened spiritual creator and healer. Invite your divine sisters and friends to an evening of wonderment and mind expanding information that brings growth and excitement regarding this beautiful life we all are blessed to embrace.

Hosts Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, and Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, MH, discussed the ancient healing herbal traditions of Samhain. Now called Halloween, Samhain is one of the oldest holidays with origins dating back to an ancient Celtic festival, which heralded summer’s end on October 31st. – and brought in the New Year on November 1st.

The Celtic people believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living. In addition to many sacred traditions, herbal medicine was part of the milieu, which led to modern practices, such as bobbing for apples, and beliefs about garlic warding off evil, Lavender dispelling negativity, and St. John’s wort casting out devils. We will explore these and other ancient Druid traditions.

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Contact: www.drznaturally.com

To listen to the interview, click the player below. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestion, please use the comment section under this post or contact Ellen Kamhi here.

Curcumin is the main topic of discussion between host, Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, AHG, and Dr. Ajay Goel PhD.

Ajay Goel, Ph.D., is a Professor and Director of the Center for Translational Genomics and Oncology, at Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Dr. Goel has spent more than 20 years researching cancer and has been the lead author or contributor to over 225 scientific articles published in peer reviewed international journals and several book chapters. He is also the author of the recently published book Curcumin: Nature’s Answer to Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases.

A primary inventor on more than 15 international patents aimed at developing various biomarkers for the diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of gastrointestinal cancers, Dr. Goel is currently using advanced genomic and transcriptomic approaches to develop novel DNA- and microRNA- based biomarkers for the early detection of colorectal cancers.

Dr. Goel is currently researching the prevention of gastrointestinal cancers using integrative approaches, including botanical products. Two of the primary botanicals he is investigating are curcumin (from turmeric) and boswellia. Dr. Goel is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Gastroenterology Association and is on the international editorial boards of Gastroenterology, Clinical Cancer Research, Carcinogenesis, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, Epigenomics, Future Medicine, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, World Journal of Gastroenterology. He also serves on various grant funding committees for the National Institutes of Health and several international organizations.

E-mail: Ajay.Goel@baylorhealth.edu

Contact Information:
214-820-6852 (Phone)
214-818-9292 (Fax)

Image credits:

Boswellia By Peter Presslein – photo taken by Peter Presslein, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=436381

To listen to the interview, click the player below. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestion, please use the comment section under this post or contact Ellen Kamhi here.

ONLINE discussion about the ‘inside story’ of how herbs actually work. We will transverse the indigenous traditional use and delve into the depths of scientific validity. Why does berberine kill bacteria without causing the development of resistant strains? How does Red Yeast Rice interfere with cellular pathways to inhibit Co Q 10? Does silymarin upregulate the P 450 Liver Enzymes to enhance Detoxification? Understand mechanisms of action of how herbs heal , along with possible adverse effects and herb drug interactions. We will also investigate current and past research that investigate the consciousness of plants.

This class is hosted online via phone.

Tuition: $35
Receive $10 off tuition when you register by December 16th.

1.5 CEUs available to Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, Dietitians, Midwives and Nurses.

Please contact (305) 851-5657 or southflorida@holisticlivingschool.org for questions about this class.

To register: https://www.holisticlivingschool.org/events/online-scientific-validation-of-botanical-medicine/