Nourish Yourself with Herbs with Brighid Doherty, April 7, 2022, 10-11am

Spring is on the way and native flowers and herbs will soon be in abundance in the Maine landscape. With guidance we can tap into their natural healing properties. The Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center welcomes local herbalist Brighid Doherty to address common health problems and explain how specific herbs can help. She will explore five common herbs to reduce inflammatory, calm the nerves, increase the ability to handle stress and support all aspects of health. These five herbs provide full-spectrum nutrition that are easy to assimilate. In this class you will learn how to prepare water-based infusions and include them into your daily lifestyle for increased nourishment and full body health.

Brighid Doherty is an herbalist with over 25 years of experience. She lives on Deer Isle on the coast of Maine. Brighid works to make herbal medicine be as common in the everyday household as cooking a healthy meal. She seeks to inspire and inform the home herbalist, enabling them to connect with the healing plants that grow all around them. She is the founder of The Solidago School of Herbalism and The Healthy Herb, a weekly podcast.