Herbalists in this time are faced with the growing reality that certain treasured and well- loved herbs have become increasingly more difficult to source. Climate change, loss of habitat, over harvesting and reduced industry availability all have made direct impact for certain plant medicines that once were abundant and more available.

Ethical practice with herbal medicine demands more emphasis is placed on finding appropriate and meaningful analogs to replace the herbs that are more problematic to source or face a significant impact from industry use.

At times this may mean swapping out a herb with another, but more often it involves finding a combination of readily available and easy to source herbs that can come together to replace a herb that is threatened or has an associated concern to its use.

Join Colleen Emery as she shares several analogs and analog combinations that she works with her in clinical practice while ensuring efficacy of the herbal medicines remain.

By the completion of this class the participant will know or be able to:
1) Identify the reasons why understanding analog assessment ensures flexibility in sourcing herbal medicine.
2) Recognize which herbs have a significant barrier to access and which may be able to be substituted in their place.
3) Understand the aspects of Organoleptic assessment while comparing herbs based on quality, taste, phytochemistry and specific indications.