Practitioner Course

Applications of Essential Oils

This presentation will open up new opportunities for those herbs that we currently use and change the way you think about many of them.
Format

Online Course
2 lessons

Availability

12 Months OR Subscriber Pass

Duration

90 min/lesson
3 Hours total

Presenters

Dr Chris Hobbs
Dr Andrew Pengelly

About this course

It is often the essential oil components of plant medicines that have the valuable effects. These components are however, frequently forgotten. This webinar short course will closely examine the most useful essential oil containing plants and how to get the most from them.

Your presenters are both highly experienced herbalists with specific interests in the aromatic plants.

Chris Hobbs PhD, LAc, AHG is presenting a detailed view of essential oil chemistry and usage with lots of recipes and practical applications. He will also be showing us how to prepare the best extracts and compounds to maximise the effects of essential oils phenolics.

Andrew Pengelly PhD will specifically discuss Australian aromatics. These are highly valuable medicines and he will show us how to use each oil. He will focus on the plant species from which it is distilled, essential oil profile, clinical uses and safety along with sensory descriptions and up to date research findings. In addition, there are sections on clinical formulations as well as insect repellants and treatments. Both presenters will discuss the safety aspects of using plants that contain higher levels of volatile oils.

Some of the clinical applications that Chris and Andrew will discuss are;
  • Infections: viral, urinary tract, head lice, fungal
  • Topical: insect bites, acne, pruritus
  • Anxiety and stress
  • Eczema
  • Injuries: cuts, burns, trauma
  • Arthritis
  • Pain and inflammation

This presentation will open up new opportunities for those herbs that we currently use and change the way you think about many of them.
What you receive:
  • Clear protocol explanations from some of the world's top practitioners
  • Clinical pearls for improved practice results
  • Access to your audio and video recordings via the App Store
  • A downloadable PDF of the presenter’s slides
  • Links to all referenced research papers and useful clinical handouts
  • Access to the community hub where you can get answers to your questions
  • A 30-day money back guarantee

From this course you will

  • New applications of herbal medicines you are currently using
  • Valuable applications of plants that you may not be using
  • The safety considerations of plants containing higher essential oils
  • How to use topical and inhalation preparations
  • Have a new framework for understanding and treating menstruation problems.
  • Clear explanations of essential oil mechanisms
  • How to formulate essential oil plant combinations

What's in this course

Your Presenters

Dr Chris Hobbs, PhD, LAc, AHG

Dr. Christopher Hobbs is a fourth-generation, internationally renowned herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, mycologist with over 35 years of experience. He has studied traditional Chinese medicine and as a licensed acupuncturist (California) he has practiced since 1995 in his clinic and in an integrated practice with a physician.

The author or co-author of over 20 books, Christopher lectures on herbal medicine world-wide. He has taught at universities and medical schools such as Bastyr University and the National School of Naturopathic Medicine, and most recently for 7 years at the University of California, Berkeley as a GSI and lecturer. He earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, one of the world’s most prestigious universities, with research and publication in evolutionary biology, biogeography, phylogenetics, plant chemistry, and ethnobotany.

His current projects include helping set up and develop standards for DNA testing to insure the species identification of commercial herb products, as well as research and product development and educational activities involving the medicinal and healing properties of fungi.

Dr Andrew Pengelly PhD

Dr Pengelly was trained in botanical medicine, naturopathy, and homeopathy at the Southern Cross Herbal School, and plant biology and archaeology at the University of New England (Australia). He established a herbal medicine practice for 18 years, and taught extensively at several herb schools in Australia and internationally, before gaining an appointment as program director of the Bachelor of Herbal Therapies at the University of Newcastle. For his research findings on ethnopharmacology of Australian plants he was awarded a PhD. He is author of the widely used text “The Constituents of Medicinal Plants”.

In 2009 Dr Pengelly moved to the USA to take on a position with the (then) Tai Sophia Institute, now Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH), where he served in the teaching faculty and director of the herb dispensary. In addition, he has been a regular visiting lecturer at the Georgetown University Medical School since 2011. In 2016 he returned to Australia where he has resumed his field botany, essential oil distillation and research into medicinal and aromatic plants at Southern Cross Farm in the lower Hunter Valley, while continuing to teach online for MUIH.
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