Understanding Cancer: Chinese Medicine and Western Herbs
with Brendan Kelly, Jade Mountain Wellness
Wednesday August 7, 6-9pm
$15 members/$17 non-members
From several thousand years of development, Chinese medicine has deep-reaching and insightful ways to understand, diagnose and treat disease. Using case studies from his clinical experience, Brendan will discuss the similarities and differences in treating different kinds of cancer, including leukemia (blood cancer) and breast cancer. Diet, lifestyle, western herbs, and the connection between cancer and larger societal and environmental issues will be discussed. Detailed hand-outs will be provided.
Brendan Kelly is an acupuncturist and western and Chinese herbalist practicing full-time at Jade Mountain Wellness in Burlington, VT. He has been integrating the potency of local, western herbs with the deep-reaching traditions of Chinese medicine for the past decade. He is currently on the faculty at Johnson State College in VT and the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in FL, and also teaches at schools and conferences nationally.