Christine Herbert FAMH, DipAET, BA(Hons) qualified as a herbalist in 1997 and has been practising and learning herbal medicine ever since. During the years of her practice, she added many skills, including nutrition, aromatic medicine and flower essence therapy, in order to be best able to help the many people who came to see her. She retired from practice in 2019 so that she could teach and write using all the knowledge she had acquired. She served on the Association of Master Herbalists council for several years and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship on retirement. Previous to 1997, she worked as a senior biomedical scientist for nineteen years for the NHS. Inflammation, the source of chronic disease: How to treat it with herbs and natural healing was published by Aeon Books earlier this year.

After 20 years working in pathology and haematology, Christine’s enlightenment into the world of herbal medicine has led her on a journey to discovering the importance of diet in our health. She shares her wisdom on how various can herbs work with the body to reduce the inflammation that triggers chronic illnesses. Her positive outlook inspires hope for everybody that almost every health ailment can be improved.

Christine talks on:

• Inflammation as a unifying principle of Chronic disease
• How herbs tackle inflammation and promote healing
• The importance of alterative herbs in chronic ill health
• Salicylate sensitivity 
• Controlling inflammation through diet
• Best herbs for improving gut health
• Therapeutic support via adaptogens and tonics

You can read Christine’s article on Inflammation on the Herbal Reality website here: https://www.herbalreality.com/health-lifestyle/immunity/inflammation-global-epidemic/

Grab a copy of Christine’s book Inflammation, the source of chronic disease: How to treat it with herbs and natural healing from Aeon Books here: https://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/author/christine-herbert/23567/

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