Ayurvedic Botanical Medicine - course starts May 15th

[Guest guest]

THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA

Starseed Center for Yoga & Wellness

356 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite #1

Montclair, New Jersey 07042

www.starseedyoga.com

 

PRESENTS:

 

AYURVEDIC BOTANICAL MEDICINE with Orest Pelechaty, OMD

May 15th, 16th, 22nd & 23rd (Saturdays & Sundays) 2-6pm Tuition:

$400.00

 

This workshop by one of the most prominent practitioners and teachers

of herbal medicine on the East coast consists of lectures on the

History of Indian botanical medicine; Current developments and System

of classification; Herbal energetics (Rasa, Virya, Vipaka, Prabhava);

the Six Tastes; Methods of preparation (Pancha kashaya); Commonly

used single herbs (approximately 70 species); Commonly used multiple-

herb formulations; Herbs and herb formulations classified by actions

& systems affected (alternatives, astringents, bitters, diaphoretics,

diuretics, emmenagogues, demulcents, expectorants, nervines,

antispasmodics, stimulants, tonics, soporifics, sudorifics,

relaxants, analgesics, antipyretics, antiparasiticals &

antihelminthics, antibiotic herbs, carminatives, laxatives &

purgatives, digestives) (NOTE: This is a credit-bearing course in our

New Jersey Institute of Ayurveda's practitioner training program.

Registrants desiring credit for this course will be subject to an

examination.)

 

Course Instructor: Orest V. Pelechaty, M.Sc., O.M.D., C.A., AHG

Dr. Orest Pelechaty is Instructor in Ayurvedic botancial medicine.

Dr. Pelechaty earned his B.A. in psychology at Rutgers University,

his Master's degree in acupuncture and traditional medicine from the

Tri-State College of Acupuncture and the degree of Doctor of Oriental

Medicine from the California Acupuncture College in 1986. He has

served on the board of the American Association of Oriental Medicine

(AAOM) and as chairman of its herbal medicine committee. He is a

frequent guest lecturer at local universities and has appeared on

both radio and television. Dr. Pelechaty has taught at Saint Barnabas

Medical Center, the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey,

the Eastern School of Acupuncture & Traditional Medicine and at the

American Herbalists Guild. He has completed post-doctoral studies in

Korea and has recently established a holistic clinic at the Tibetan

Buddhist monastery in Himachal Pradesh, India. He is certified by the

American Herblaists Guild in Chinese, Western and Ayurvedic herbal

medicine and is the author of numerous professional publications in

the realm of phytotherapy.

 

For further information on this course or to register, please call

973-783-1036 (Extension 7) orr e-mail us at ayurveda

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