Thank you to everyone who joined us live for the Roots of Beauty workshop in Ginestra, Italy! We experienced a few internet connectivity issues at the start of the livestream—only the audio came through at first—but the video began working about two minutes into the recording.
I’d like to extend a special thank-you to Fiorella Pompa, the mayor of Ginestra, whose vision and dedication to preserving and sharing local traditional knowledge made this event possible. A huge thanks as well to Raffaela Irenze for leading the activity with such care and enthusiasm!
In the workshop, we mentioned the book Medicina Popolare del Vulture, which I wrote many years ago. It was self-published using EU community funds. While we don’t currently have additional copies in print, I’ll look into the cost of a new printing run in case there’s interest in purchasing copies. The book is written in both English and Italian.
During the presentation, I also shared findings from a scientific study on St. John’s Wort oil conducted in my lab. You can access the full open-access publication here:
Lyles JT, Kim A, Nelson K, Bullard-Roberts AL, Hajdari A, Mustafa B, Quave CL. The Chemical and Antibacterial Evaluation of St. John's Wort Oil Macerates Used in Kosovar Traditional Medicine. Front Microbiol. 2017 Sep 8;8:1639. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01639. PMID: 28943862; PMCID: PMC5596533.
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Yours in health, Dr. Quave
Cassandra L. Quave, Ph.D. is a Guggenheim Fellow, CNN Champion for Change, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, recipient of The National Academies Award for Excellence in Science Communication, and award-winning author of The Plant Hunter. Her day job is as professor and herbarium director at Emory University School of Medicine, where she leads a group of research scientists studying medicinal plants to find new life-saving drugs from nature. She hosts the Foodie Pharmacology podcast and writes the Nature’s Pharmacy newsletter to share the science behind natural medicines. To support her effort, consider a paid or founding subscription to Nature’s Pharmacy or donation to her lab research.
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