Jill Davies' formulas dominate the range at Herbs Hands Healing Ltd. She has practised Herbal Medicine since 1982 and prior to this time she ran a 3-acre walled garden herb farm and simple herb shop in Suffolk. Her background is in Horticulture and she trained at The Royal Botanic Kew and The Royal Horticulture Society, Wisely. Plant Chemistry and more were part of this training and this laid a foundation for plant use and led her finally to train in Herbal Medicine both in Britain and America. It was Dr. Christopher, Richard Schulze and Christopher Hobbs in America who proved to be her greatest and most influential teachers. Instilled at the very beginning was not just quality of patient care but also of the herbs themselves. For the herbs to work they needed to be of the highest quality at origin, (correctly identified), produced in the best way possible (organically grown) or collected in the wild from sustainable sources and all given at the correct dose. This ethos still pervades this herb house and her clinics. |
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Jill Davies has worked in several clinics in the UK but, at present she works at HHH and in a clinic in Norwich, her local city.
In the past, she has had her own 12-part radio show and has also written and consulted on a series of 12 books on single herbs. She additionally wrote a comprehensive Herbal called The Complete Home Guide to HERBS, NATURAL HEALING and NUTRITION. Jill has written several other books on her specialist subject that are now out of print.
Curriculum Vitae of Jill Rosemary Davies HNH Ir., PhD
Brief Summary of Career:
Established and managed a herb business in a three acre Walled Garden with a herb nursery, shop and clinic. For 8 years director of the Selfheal School for Herbalists and Natural Healers with a programme that trained professional herbal practitioners. She presently facilitates home study courses for the layman.
She is presently the Senior Herbalist and Co-Director of Herbs Hands Healing ltd. (established 1978), which Medicinal and Herbal products, over-the-counter. She has nearly 3 decades of clinical practice experience and currently runs a clinic in Norwich.
Relevant Qualifications:
- Diploma in Herbal Medicine and Natural Healing.
- Ph.D. in Herbal Medicine and Natural Healing.
Brief Summary of Education and Qualifications:
- Horticultural training at Wisley Horticultural Gardens, management training at Merrist Wood Horticulture and Agriculture College and Diploma at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- British training in Herbal Medicine at 'The School of Phytotherapy' and 'The General Council and Register of Herbalists'.
- Diploma in Herbal medicine and Natural Healing under Dr. John Christopher in the U.S.A. 1982
- Doctorate in Herbal Medicine and Natural Healing 1985
Other Interests:
Reading, Travelling, Gardening
Published Works:
- Herbs and Herb Gardens 1983 (now in 10th publication) Shire Album No 111
- A Garden of Miracles 1985 Muller, Blond and White - out of print
- The Living Herbalist 1985 Elm Tree Books / Hamish Hamilton - out of print
- Element 'In a Nutshell’ series; 12 titles:
Echinacea, St. John's Wort, Gingko, Siberian Ginseng, Garlic, Hawthorn, Marigold, Saw Palmetto, Aloe, Cranberry, Milk Thistle and Ginger.
- Selfheal - A Herbal Medicine and Natural Healing Guide. The use of herbs and natural healing in the home by Gill & Macmillan.
- Northcliffe Publishing Group - did a 12 month weekly column with Rose Elliot (celebrated vegetarian cook and author) on herbs and food.
- The Complete Home Guide to HERBS, NATURAL HEALING and NUTRITION (Published 2004)
Websites:
European Herbal Practitioners Association (EHPA)
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ehpa/
Please take time to have a look through Frankincense, the EHPA newsletter.
Medicinal Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
http:// www.mhra.gov.uk/
Association of Master Herbalists (AMH)
http://www.a-m-h.co.uk
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