Herbal Allies My Journey with Plant Medicine [Paperback]

USRobert Rogers is an herbalist with over forty years of experience. He holds a BS from the University of Alberta, where he is an assistant clinical professor in family medicine, and taught plant medicine, including herbology and flower essences, at MacEwan University for ten years. He currently teaches in the Earth Spirit Medicine Program at the Northern Star College in Edmonton.

A past chair of the Alberta Natural Health Agricultural Network and Community Health Council of Capital Health, Rogers is a fellow of the International College of Nutrition, past chair of the medicinal mushroom committee of the North American Mycological Association, and on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms and Discovery Phytomedicine. He cohosts the Alberta Herb Gathering (www.herbgatheringalberta.com), held every other year.

Rogers is the author ofThe Fungal Pharmacy, A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle,andMushroom Essences,among many other titles.Twenty plants, including familiar trees like the aspen, birch, spruce, and poplar, as well as lesser-known plants like Labrador tea, cow parsnip, and buffalo berry, form the soul of herbalist Robert Rogers’s medicine kit.Herbal Allieschronicles the journey that led Rogers to become an herbalist and shares his deep knowledge of the plants that shaped his practice. The author weaves personal experience, observations, knowledge from indigenous healers, and many years of expertise from his practice as a professional herbalist and clinical professor to present a unique and fascinating narrative that not only limns one man's vital connection to plants but also provides invaluable information on effectively using plant medicine for the prevention and treatment of a variety of health conditions.“Plants themselves are the traditional teachers, but knowledge keeper and elder Robert Rogers beautifully honours their story in this herbal about allies of the plant world. l.