Episode 9: Choosing the Right Herbs and Natural Oils

Join us this week as Dr. Raja Sivamani discusses the skin benefits of herbs and oil preparations with Ayurvedic Health Practitioner Amy Branum.  Amy Branum is an herbalist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and flower essence therapist. She holds a bachelors degree in Biology, a graduate degree from the California College of Ayurveda, and has been working with herbal medicine for 15 years. Amy has worked at the Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism as a teacher and the resident Clinical Herbalist, is a founding board member of the North Carolina Chapter of United Plant Savers, and both organized and led the Wellness Center at the Southeastern Women's Herbal Conference. In the past, Amy developed and provided herbal remedies to people around the US through her body care company, Boutique Botanika. She currently teaches herbal programs at The Northern California School of Botanical Studies and has a clinical practice, Lasya Wellness and Vitality, in Grass Valley, CA.