Presenter: Shehab El-Hashemy, ND

Original Date: May 18, 2019

In this 2 hour presentation Dr El-Hashemy shares his experience using botanical medicines in complex conditions in developmental pediatrics as well as pediatric psychiatry. The focus will be on game-changing, evidence-informed use of selected traditional botanicals from eastern and western traditions. In pragmatic manner, we cover indications, traditional uses, state of the evidence, dosing, concurrent use with prescription medications (safe to combine, interactions and contraindication), how to motivate compliance in a child, and my favorite getting kids to make their own formulations! Dr El-Hashemy shares practical pearls in prescribing, stocking, dispensing of common and not so common botanical medicines. This presentation focuses on the child exhibiting cognitive delay, the impulsive/inattentive child (ADHD), the anxious child, the depressed child, and the child with substance-related or addictive disorder.

This presentation covers useful exemplar formulations and variations featuring Dr El-Hashemy’s Mental health botanical “pantry” including: Nepeta cataria (catnip), Bacopa monnieri (bacopa), Piper methysticum (kava) Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng), Withania somnifera (ashwagandha), Passiflora incarnata (passionflower), Pinus pinaster (maritime pine), Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort), German chamomile (Matricaria recutita), Ginkgo biloba, Lavandula angustifolia (lavender), Melissa officinalis, Crataegus oxyacantha, Eschscholzia californica, Magnolia biondii, Rhodiola rosea, Leonurus cardiac, Rauwolfia serpentina, Scutellaria lateriflora, Valeriana officinalis, Crocus sativus (saffron), Curcuma longa, Huperzine A (Chinese club moss), Cinnamomum aromaticum, Hibiscus sabdariffa (hibiscus), Schisandra chinensis, Salvia officinalis, Rosmarinus officinalis.

0.25 Pharmaclolgy, 1.75 General (Total 2.0 CEUs) CEUs approved by OBNM