THE VETERINARY BOTANICAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATION
WHAT IS THE VBMA?
Founded in 2002, The Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association, or VBMA, is a group of veterinary professionals and herbalists dedicated to developing responsible herbal practice by encouraging research and education, strengthening industry relations, keeping herbal tradition alive as a valid information source, and increasing professional acceptance of herbal medicine for animals.
Whether you're just beginning to explore the possibility of incorporating herbal medicine into your practice, or if you're already utilizing herbal medicine but wish to learn more, the VBMA is here to help you on your journey via educational opportunities, consultations and conversations with your peers on our members only website, access to our Herbal Wiki Index, and much more!
Whether you're just beginning to explore the possibility of incorporating herbal medicine into your practice, or if you're already utilizing herbal medicine but wish to learn more, the VBMA is here to help you on your journey via educational opportunities, consultations and conversations with your peers on our members only website, access to our Herbal Wiki Index, and much more!
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RECENT VBMA SPONSORED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
VBMA WEBINAR: STRESS MANAGEMENT FOR VETERINARIANS
Join Richard Mandelbaum as he presents our next VBMA webinar "Surfing the Wave - Staying Upright Amid the Turbulence". When circumstances shift around us, we need to support and nourish our innate resilience. This includes our adaptive adrenal response and autonomic nervous system, as well as how they interplay with our immune system vigor. We'll also look at resilience through the lens of Chinese tradition and Five Elements, and the impact of stress on the Spleen Qi, and from there other Organ Systems.
Richard Mandelbaum RH has been an avid student of our native flora for close to forty years. He has been practicing as an herbalist since 1999, blending Chinese and Western herbal traditions, with a private practice offering both online and in-person holistic health consultations. In addition, he teaches classes in clinical herbal medicine, botany, and foraging. He is a founder of the ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism and is on the faculty at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies and the Won Institute of Graduate Studies.
Our Stress Management for Veterinary Professionals Webinar is $100.00 for Non-Members and $65.00 for VBMA Members.
Thinking about becoming a Member? Sign up AND register for the Stress Management for Veterinary Professionals at the same time and pay $150.00 for both!
Richard Mandelbaum RH has been an avid student of our native flora for close to forty years. He has been practicing as an herbalist since 1999, blending Chinese and Western herbal traditions, with a private practice offering both online and in-person holistic health consultations. In addition, he teaches classes in clinical herbal medicine, botany, and foraging. He is a founder of the ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism and is on the faculty at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies and the Won Institute of Graduate Studies.
Our Stress Management for Veterinary Professionals Webinar is $100.00 for Non-Members and $65.00 for VBMA Members.
Thinking about becoming a Member? Sign up AND register for the Stress Management for Veterinary Professionals at the same time and pay $150.00 for both!
The 2025 ACVBM Annual Conference will be held online on Sunday November 9th and feature Diana Hermann, MAcOM, Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®, L.Ac. Our friends at the ACVMB will join us in this educational venture and are sponsoring speaker Steve Marsden presenting 'You Can Win With Skin' on Saturday November 8th.
Six hours of CE will be offered each day, 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM ET/7:30 AM - 2:30 PM PT. Time subject to change
Six hours of CE will be offered each day, 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM ET/7:30 AM - 2:30 PM PT. Time subject to change
VBMA LEARNING LIBRARY
The VBMA has been sponsoring educational opportunities since 2008, all of which we offer as recordings to allow you to learn at your own pace as your schedule permits. There are currently 20 teleseminar audio recordings, 19 webinar video recordings, and 9 conference lecture recordings available for you to choose from! Anyone is welcome to purchase access to items in the VBMA Learning Library, veterinarians and non-veterinarians alike.
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FIND A VETERINARIAN NEAR YOU
Are you looking for a veterinarian in your area who provides complementary and alternative treatments for pets? The VBMA has member veterinarians in the United States, as well as in many other countries around the world. Click below to find one near you!
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WHY USE HERBS IN YOUR PRACTICE?
VBMA Members Cindy Lankenau, Marge Lewter, and Jamie Moran share their answers to that question and more in the videos below!
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