Two Herbs to Respect: Devil’s Club and Pokeroot

60 minutes  

Join us for an introduction to two powerful medicine plants that command our respect: Oplopanax horridus (Devil’s Club or Devil’s Walking Stick) and Phytolacca decandra / americanum (Pokeroot). We will review both traditional first nations use of this revered plant covering topics from spiritual to topical and medicinal use of Devil’s Club then move on to learning about Pokeroot. We will review the phytochemistry and known therapeutic actions, clinical indications for use as well as pharmacological studies and case studies.