2024 AHG Symposium Schedule

Friday, October 4, 2024  

Pre-Symposium Intensives 1:00 – 4:00 pm 

Separate registration required to attend. 

Plant Walk: Phytochemistry Meets Gaia– Richard Mandelbaum

Hands-On Reishi Double Extraction – Gina Rivers 

Tracing Roots & Healing Wounds – Lyani Powers

A Critical Look at Herb-Drug Interactions – Kevin Spelman

12:00 – 5:00 pm Field Trip: Visit to Chinese Herb Growing Project with Jeanine Davis, Thomas Avery Garran and Margaret Bloomquist 

7:00 – 8:00 pm Maypop Mixer         

8:00 – 9:00 pm Keynote with Dr. Thomas Avery Garran

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Plant Walk

Saturday, October 5, 2024

9:00 – 10:30 am 

Session 1

Mushwomb Medicine & Fertility Fungi –

Lindsay Chimileski

INT

Solomon’s Seal Root: An In-Depth Review –

Mary Colvin

GEN

CT

Let’s Talk Sex – Mel Kasting

INT

Spiritual Roots & Ethereal Mushrooms: A TCM Approach – Brian Keenan

GEN

11:00 – 12:30 pm

Session 2

Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for PTSD & Trauma – Renee Prince

ADV

Wrong Roots, False Flowers & Toxic Fruits –

David Beatty

GEN

Phytochemistry Overview for Herbalists – Heather

Irvine

GEN

Healthy Aging with Herbs, Diet & Other Practices – Christopher Hobbs

GEN

CT

Walking the Roots of Appalachia – Abby Artemesia

12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch Break/Vendor Fair

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Session 3

Energetic & Therapeutic Uses of Medicinal Mushrooms - Steven Horne

GEN

The Synergy of Root Medicine – Juliette Carr

INT

Moistening Roots – Sajah Popham

GEN

CT

Ganoderma lucidum: Cultivation, Chemistry & Clinical Use in Cancer – Kevin Spelman & Bill Chioffi

ADV

CT

Five Element Plant Walk – Fig Finkelstein

4:00 – 5:30 pm 

Session 4

Uncontainable Night: Herbs for Stages of Grief – Janet Kent

GEN

Roots of Maasai Medicine – Olatonkuboh Obasi

GEN

Understanding Biological Aging – 

Donald Yance

ADV

CT

Medicinal Mushrooms: The Human Clinical Trials – Robert Rogers

INT

CT

6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner Break

7:00 – 8:00 pm Community Meetups: BIPOC, LGBTQ, Chapters and more

8:00 – 11:00 pm Rockin’ Roots Dance Party

Sunday, October 6, 2024

9:00 – 10:30 am

Session 5

Hidden Roadblocks to Herbal Success – Bob Linde 

GEN

Ashwagandha: Maintaining Healthy Testosterone Levels in Men – Terry Vanderheyden 

GEN

CT

Top Five Herb-Pharmaceutical Interactions – Lori Krall

GEN

CT

Mushrooms & Herbs Working Together – Xochitl Palamino 

GEN

11:00 – 12:30 

Session 6

Lesser Known Chinese Medicinal Roots – Sarah Hung

GEN

Herb Consultations: Observation & Discussion – Kelly McCarthy

GEN

Rooted Cycles: Syncing Mushrooms with Menstrual Cycles – Fig Finkelstein

INT 

Preserving Vital Waters: Kidney Yin & Aging – Kat Maier

GEN

CT

Medicinal Herbs of the Southern Appalachians – Janet Kent

12:30 – 1:30 pm 

Lunch Break

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Session 7

Becoming a Registered Herbalist Q & A

- Patricia Kyritsi Howell and ARAC 

Our Relationship with Mushrooms (Dawoli): A Cherokee Perspective – Vickie McGee

GEN

Energetics of Psychedelic Mushrooms – Sam Perry

INT

The Importance of the Roots of Human Well-Being – Olatokunboh Obasi

GEN

Southern Appalachian Herbs and Their Energetics - CoreyPine Shane

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Session 8

Ten Chinese Roots for Internal Reproductive Health – Anya Contierra

INT

Wildcrafting Appalachian Mushrooms – Abby Artemisia

GEN

TBD

Strategies for Sneaky Sleep Saboteurs – Maria Noel Groves

INT

CT

6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner (for overnight guests)

Monday, October 7, 2024

Post Symp

Intensive

9:30 am – 4:30 pm 

Medicinal Mushrooms: Updates and Inspiration for Herbalists

Christopher Hobbs & Robert Rogers

CT

Separate registration required to attend.