THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA Starseed Center for
Yoga & Wellness 356 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite #1 Montclair,
New Jersey 07042 www.starseedyoga.com
PRESENTS:
AYURVEDIC BOTANICAL MEDICINE with Orest Pelechaty, OMD May
15th, 16th, 22nd & 23rd (Saturdays & Sundays) 2-6pm
Tuition: $400.00
This workshop by one of the most prominent practitioners and
teachers of herbal medicine on the East coast consists of
lectures on the History of Indian botanical medicine;
Current developments and System of classification; Herbal
energetics (Rasa, Virya, Vipaka, Prabhava); the Six Tastes;
Methods of preparation (Pancha kashaya); Commonly used
single herbs (approximately 70 species); Commonly used multiple-
herb formulations; Herbs and herb formulations classified by
actions & systems affected (alternatives, astringents,
bitters, diaphoretics, diuretics, emmenagogues, demulcents,
expectorants, nervines, antispasmodics, stimulants, tonics,
soporifics, sudorifics, relaxants, analgesics, antipyretics,
antiparasiticals & antihelminthics, antibiotic herbs,
carminatives, laxatives & purgatives, digestives) (NOTE:
This is a credit-bearing course in our New Jersey Institute
of Ayurveda's practitioner training program. Registrants
desiring credit for this course will be subject to an
examination.)
Course Instructor: Orest V. Pelechaty, M.Sc., O.M.D., C.A.,
AHG
Dr. Orest Pelechaty is Instructor in Ayurvedic
botancial medicine.
Ds. Pelechaty earned his B.A. in psychology at Rutgers
University, his Master's degree in acupuncture and
traditional medicine from the Tri-State College of
Acupuncture and the degree of Doctor of Oriental
Medicine from the California Acupuncture College in
1986. He has served on the board of the American
Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM) and as chairman
of its herbal medicine committee. He is a frequent guest
lecturer at local universities and has appeared on both
radio and television. Dr. Pelechaty has taught at Saint
Barnabas Medical Center, the University of Medicine &
Dentistry of New Jersey, the Eastern School of
Acupuncture & Traditional Medicine and at the American
Herbalists Guild.
Dt. Pelechaty has completed post-doctoral studies in Korea
and has recently established a holistic clinic at the
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Himachal Pradesh, India.
He is certified by the American Herbalists Guild in
Chinese, Western and Ayurvedic herbal medicine and is
the author of numerous professional publications in the
realm of phytotherapy.
For further information on this course or to register,
please call 973-783-1036 (Extension 7) orr e-mail us at
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