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Nature’s Medicine Chest - Immune & Digestive Support

for the Holiday Season!

2025-11-15 10:30:00 2025-11-15 12:00:00 America/New_York Nature’s Medicine Chest - Immune & Digestive Support Join clinical herbalist & forest therapy guide, Kay Sidahmed, for this educational presentation and conversation James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Saturday, November 15
10:30am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-15 10:30:00 2025-11-15 12:00:00 America/New_York Nature’s Medicine Chest - Immune & Digestive Support Join clinical herbalist & forest therapy guide, Kay Sidahmed, for this educational presentation and conversation James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library

Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Join clinical herbalist & forest therapy guide, Kay Sidahmed, for this educational presentation and conversation

In this program: 

We will explore how to take care of our immune and digestive well-being so that we can enjoy the social gatherings and outings of the holiday season.

Learn about the close interconnection of our  immune and digestive systems, and how potential imbalances in these systems affect each other.

We will discuss strategies for general and long-term immune and digestive support as well as for acute situations. 

Topics include food as medicine, medicinal herbal support, and the importance of time spend in nature for immune and digestive health. Plus, some simple recipes for crafting safe and effective herbal preparations at home. 

About Kay: 

Clinical Herbalist and Forest Therapy Guide Kay Sidahmed (PhD, MS) is founder and owner of Cura Viriditas, a clinical herbal practice in service of connecting plants and humans to foster individual, communal, and planetary healing and wellbeing. In her work  Kay simultaneously draws from the findings and tools of modern science as well as traditional herbal healing knowledge and wisdom from around the world. She offers individual and group consultations, classes, workshops, and forest bathing. Her work focuses largely on menopause, second-half-of-life, and family health support, and she is passionate about bringing people together and creating communal and inclusive spaces of learning and exploration.

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James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library

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