Thank you for visiting the website of Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham. Chris travels the world in search of traditional, plant-based medicines, and works with shamans, healers, growers, harvesters, scientists, trade officials and other plant medicine experts in dozens of countries. Chris is the FOX News Medicine Hunter and appears online in the US and international television markets.

“Part David Attenborough, part Indiana Jones, Mr. Kilham, an ethnobotanist from Massachusetts… scoured remote jungles and highlands for three decades for plants, oils and extracts that can heal.” - The New York Times

Currently, global health care is in crisis, the natural environment is undergoing widespread devastation, and indigenous people and their knowledge are disappearing at a rapid rate. What can we do to help? At Medicine Hunter we focus on traditional plant-based medicines and their sustainable trade as a way to contribute to a better world.

The three-fold purpose of Medicine Hunter, Inc. is to promote natural, plant-based medicines, to protect the natural environment, and to support indigenous cultures. This work always involves a collaboration of talented people.

About Chris Kilham
Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author and educator. He has conducted medicinal research in over 20 countries. As the FOX News Medicine Hunter, Chris' mind/body/spirit segments and columns reach across USA and International markets. CNN calls Chris “The Indiana Jones of natural medicine.”

About Zoe Helene
Zoe Helene is a multidisciplinary artist, sustainability pro-activist, and Cosmic Sister. She is married to Chris Kilham. Chris and Zoe travel extensively together. Zoe is deeply committed to women’s rights, the arts and archetypes, wilderness and wildlife, and children as stewards of the future.

About Medicine Hunter, Inc.
The three-fold purpose of Medicine Hunter Inc. is to promote natural, plant-based medicines, to protect the natural environment, and to support indigenous cultures. We work with many projects that comply with the broadest definitions of sustainability and wellbeing.

Medicine Hunter & The Media

Media rules our culture. What gets exposure through media becomes known. Ideas, values, habits and lifestyles shift and morph according to what does and does not get exposure through media. Interviews on TV and radio, in magazines and newspapers and online, present opportunities to spread positive, life-affirming messages far and wide.

Fox News TV
Chris is the Fox News Medicine Hunter and appears online and in USA and international TV markets. This activity puts us in a position to play an influential role in advancing the conversation about medicinal plants, sustainability, and holistic health.

FOX News Column
Chris writes a weekly health column on FOX News Health as the Medicine Hunter. Alternative Health articles promote benefits of plant medicines, and informs readers about traditional use and scientific evidence. The site gets over one million unique visits daily.

The Dr. Oz Show
Chris Kilham is a regular guest on hugely popular The Dr. Oz Show. Appearances enable Chris to inform a large viewing audience about the field of safe, effective plant-based medicines. A champion of complementary medicine, Dr Oz plays a key role in the health care paradigm shift.

For decades, the natural products scene in general, and the herbal medicine field especially, were subjects of ongoing media ridicule and derision. But in recent years the media climate has changed. Thanks to ongoing positive science, support from credible health professionals, and greater public awareness of healthy lifestyles, we are now in an era of much more fair and favorable media attention. This serves the health interests of many, and helps to further profound life-affirming trends in health and wellness.

Chris Demos The Five Tibetans on Fox TV

5 Anti-Aging Yoga Moves
Fox News, with Chris Kilham, December 2011

The Medicine Hunter shows us some simple yoga moves from the new edition of his popular yoga classic, “The Five Tibetans” which help improve your cardiovascular and respiratory health, digestion, strength and energy levels. Order a Copy today, or pick one up at a local book store. Makes a great gift. For more information and links, visit our book page The Five Tibetans, or join The Five Tibetans on Facebook. Members of the media, please visit our Press Room for key info. Namaste.

Chris Visits The New York Botanical Garden

Recently, the Medicine Hunter paid a visit to the great Dr. Micheal Balick, Director of Economic Botany, at the New York Botanical Garden. Click on the following links to watch the Fox News TV segments:

• Chocolate as Medicine, Fox News
• Medicinal Plants in the Rainforest, Fox News
• A Cure for Dry Mouth, Fox News
• Relaxing Naturally, Fox News
• Natural Solution for Sleep, Fox News

Featured Plant Medicine Sections

Currently, global health care is in crisis, the natural environment is undergoing widespread devastation, and indigenous people and their knowledge are disappearing at a rapid rate. What can we do to help? At Medicine Hunter we focus on traditional plant-based medicines and their sustainable trade as a way to contribute to a better world.

Sacred Plants
In the world of plants, some are used for sacred and ceremonial purposes, to explore the spirit world. The use of these plants derives from native cultures, whose members have traditionally sought access to the supra-normal through the ingestion of the plants and their preparations.

Hot Plants
Natural aphrodisiacs can revitalize sexual performance and pleasure, promote sex drive and endurance, and enhance sex life and satisfaction for both men and women. They're safe, have no side effects, and they work. As a noted expert, Chris is often quoted on the subject.

Adaptogens
An adaptogen is a botanical that greatly improves your body's ability to adapt to stress, whether it's a hectic schedule, heat or cold, noise, high altitudes or any number of other stressors. This elite class of herbs impart strength, energy, stamina, endurance, and improve mental clarity.

Cocao, Food of the Gods
We love Cocoa! After water, cocoa is the single healthiest substance you can put in your mouth. Did you know that Cocoa is a Medicinal Plant, a Sacred plant, a Hot Plant, and a Psychoactive Plant?

Natural Pain Relief
Got Pain? You can relieve pain and do so naturally and safely. Natural, plant-based remedies are the most widely employed medicines on earth, more than over-the-counter and prescription drugs.

Featured Plants
Some medicinal plants simply loom larger than others, and do more for more people. In this section we identify plants that are of especially high health value, and give you more information on those plants and their uses.

Yoga, Shamanism & The Five Tibetans

Chris Kilham’s unique voice is a result of forty-one years of daily yoga practice, eighteen years of working with the shamans of South America, and regular daily practice of The Five Tibetans. The lines between yoga and shamanism are blurry at best. Any deep involvement with yoga also includes the knowledge and use of medicinal plants. Just as yoga travels, so does the use of beneficial plants from all around the globe, including the Amazon.

Shamanism
Shamans possess knowledge that can benefit all of humanity, and wisdom that can help to mitigate the wholesale destruction of our fair planet. The various shamans on our site are and have been part of my own journey of discovery. They are friends, teachers, allies, guides.

Yoga & Meditation
Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author and educator. The founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Chris has conducted medicinal research in over 20 countries. Chris has also been a long-time speaker and presenter on yoga and meditation, at venues across the United States.

The Five Tibetans
We are pleased to announce a new edition of Chris’ popular yoga classic. Order a Copy today! For more information and links, visit our book page The Five Tibetans, or join The Five Tibetans on Facebook. Members of the media, please see Media Info. Namaste.

Happening Now

Social Media
Let's face it: social media is truly a revolutionary communication tool. To make it super easy for you, we put direct links to all related Social Media on one page. This is a great way to keep in touch with our adventures.

Events & Expeditions
We're fairly good about keeping this page up-to-date, so it is a good place to find key information on current, confirmed Medicine Hunter events, engagements and plant medicine expeditions.

The Shaman’s Pharmacy (UMass Amazon Field Immersion Course)
Chris just returned from having taken 15 lucky students from the 5 Colleges to the Peruvian Amazon for a deep jungle experience of a lifetime.

In Development

These pages and sections are in development. We are excited about these interconnected sections and pages and are working as fast as we can to ready them for launch. Thank you for your interest and patience. There is a lot of information to publish, and the details truly are time consuming. Meanwhile, we have created a simple Marketplace page for frequently requested product recommendations.

Plant Medicines
Today, you can acquire botanicals at pharmacies, natural product stores, and supermarkets. Plant Medicines A - Z will feature a simply organized list with links to a plethora of safe, effective plant medicines in alphabetical order. There's also a good SEARCH bar.

Mind/Body/Spirit
Mind/Body/Spirit A – Z will be similar to Plant Medicines A -Z, only instead of organizing information by plant, it will be by health condition. So, for instance, if you were looking for natural solutions to help with "Pain," or "Sleep," or "Libido," you'd find it on this page.

Marketplace
Marketplace A -Z is similar to the other A -Z pages only it will list direct links to products we like. This is a massive project for us that includes a formal partnership with a strong online retailer who carries brands we trust, and who also is willing to add new inventory upon request.