Purple Moon Herbs and Studies, LLC

03/11/2024

Good morning from Lowood Educational Center! I'm grateful for another great class. What are you grateful for today?

24/10/2024

Great Smokies Veterinary Conference -

Ralph Lee's Great Smokies Veterinary Conference November 6-10, 2024This conference is in Asheville, NC, so we were all worried about the feasibility, both in terms of the city and the conference center being accessible, and in terms of not wanting to stress a decimated infrastructure. However, I jus...

23/09/2024

Purple Moon Merchandise -

Purple Moon Merchandise! We have T-shirts in 3 colors: lavender, sage green and grey. They all have the saying "We have herbs for that" on the back. We have 2 hoodies: purple and grey. We also have tote bags. The shirts and hoodies are unisex sizing, and the hoodies run large.  Check the website f...

16/09/2024

Last Chance! -

Last week, just before 3 days of teaching, I got a bug bite on my eyelid that almost swelled my eye shut (of course I didn’t take pictures). My co-teacher and TA arrived, and they immediately made me a fomentation. A fomentation is a tea applied to a cloth and then topically to the affected area. ...

12/09/2024

Join us at the Virtual IAAHPC Conference. -

Are you signed up for the 2024 Virtual IAAHPC CE Conference   from September 26 – 29?  Dr. Rachel Klickman and I are presenting Herbal Support for Palliative Care: A Lab. We hope you enjoy it!

31/08/2024

The lyfe cycle of a blackberry

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29/08/2024

AHVMA Annual Conference -

Are you coming to the AHVMA Annual Conference in Reno, NV from September 28-October 1?  I will be speaking on Ayurveda.  I hope to see you there, it will be a great time to connect. 

22/08/2024

Ways to Think about Treatment -

There are many ways to think about the practice of veterinary medicine, both in terms of diagnosis and treatment. In terms of diagnosis, in the USA, we all learned the standard western organ-based approach. In Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM), they use either an 8-Principles or a 5-Ele...

13/08/2024

Coming Soon! -

Save the Date! Integrative Dermatology Currently open for enrollment   Dr. Laurie Dohmen, VMD, MS, RH(AHG), FACVBM Dr. Julie Wentzel, DVM, CVA, CVPP, CCRT October 18 -20, 2024 RACE APPROVED for 16 CE Credits https://www.purplemoonherbstudies.com/integrative-dermatology.html Coming this Spring:  In...

27/06/2024

Dermatology doesn't have to be Difficult -

Years ago, I came up with a formula for a wound poultice. I have used it on all kinds of wounds, including surgical wounds where the edges don’t meet.  Basically, anything that has to close by second intention. While  prepping for the Integrative Dermatology course in October, my goat decided he...

23/06/2024

18/06/2024

Top 10 herbs -

A common question for herbalists is “what are your top 10 herbs?”  I always struggle because it depends on the patients I have treated recently, the season and my mood.  But I do find that there are certain herbs that turn up regularly in my formulas. Here are my top 10 today:

11/06/2024

Psyllium and other common herbs -

As I was taking psyllium this morning, I realized that there are many people who take it name brand (Metamucil) daily.  They are taking a bulking herb as a laxative (it is also good for weight loss due to the bulking).  It got me thinking about all the herbs we commonly take and as veterinarians p...