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  • Garden Gems and Preparation—Lesser Known Medicinal Plants

Speaker: JoAnn Sanchez. We consider how the chemistry of each plant indicates what medicine preparations might be most effective, and learn plant identification of these “garden gems”. JoAnn and her students again bring a wide variety of medicinal samples to the table to illustrate!

Related product: The lecture notes for this recording are available here: 2018 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Conference Book Download (PDF)

Continuing Education for Naturopathic Physicians: This recording has been approved for 1.5 general CME credits by

  • California Naturopathic Doctor's Association (CNDA)
  • Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine (OBNM)
  • Arizona SCNM (Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine)

More information: CME for NDs: Southwest Conference 2018

Garden Gems and Preparation—Lesser Known Medicinal Plants

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