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An in depth textbook outlining a holistic approach to using herbal medicine to treat specific conditions seen in gynaecology.
About the author
Hananja Brice-Ytsma is a Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalist, and has practised herbal medicine extensively in the UK working in private practice and in the training clinic at Middlesex University for over thirty years.
She qualified as a Naturopath in 1982 and then as a Medical Herbalist in 1990. In 1995, Hananja helped pioneer Britain’s first BSc degree in Herbal Medicine in partnership with Middlesex University, where she practised at the University training clinic. She is a co-founder and Clinical Director at the Heartwood Professional course for Herbal Medicine.
Hananja’s practice marries science with tradition, using the knowledge gained from new research to enhance the established traditions of herbal medicine, including the crucial importance of nutrition to health.
She has lectured at Middlesex University and widely throughout the UK for her specialist experience in gynaecology, paediatrics, pharmacology, herbal therapeutics and sees a large number of patients with gynaecological problems referred to her by GPs and hospital consultants.
Hananja has contributed to the BBC series and accompanying books Grow Your Own Drugs, and co-edited the book Herbal Exchanges in 2014, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. Her latest book Herbal Medicine in Treating Gynaecological Conditions, was co written with Adrian McDermott.
Nathalie Chidley began to study herbal medicine in 1991 at evening classes with Christopher Hedley. After a chance meeting in a village in the Himalayas signposted her to the degree course at Middlesex University, she formally qualified in 2000 with a BSc in herbal medicine.
She went on to work as Dispensary Supervisor at the Archway Clinic of Herbal Medicine, the training clinic associated with Middlesex University’s Herbal Medicine degree. Nathalie and Hananja Brice-Ytsma worked closely together at the clinic for more than a decade on a number of projects including a popular series of CPD lectures and workshops.
At this time she also contributed to the BBC series and accompanying books, Grow Your Own Drugs.
Since moving away from London, she has been practising as a herbalist in a market town in Suffolk and working for Heartwood, training student herbalists.
Nathalie makes many of her own tinctures from herbs she grows on her allotment and is particularly interested in herbal creams and other external preparations.
Summary
An in depth textbook outlining a holistic approach to using herbal medicine to treat specific conditions seen in gynaecology.
Foreword
- volume 2 to an in depth study of gynaecology conditions and how to treat them with herbal medicine
- the author is a tutor at a highly respected school of Herbal Medicine, Heartwood
