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Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author and educator. The
founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Chris has conducted medicinal
research in over 20 countries including
India, China, Siberia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Vanuatu South
Pacific,
Lebanon,
Syria, Ghana, Austria, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, Morocco and the
US.
Chris is Explorer in Residence at the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he teaches ethnobotany
through the department of Plant & Soil Sciences. Chris also conducts
botanical educational programs for the natural products trade.
Chris is the host of Medicine Trail, a series of television specials
on medicinal plants shot on location around the world. The first two
programs, shot in
Peru
and Malaysia, are currently in international distribution. More
Medicine Trail specials are scheduled.
Chris has worked with numerous companies to develop and popularize
traditional plant-based food and medicinal products into market
successes. These successes include kava, maca, horny goat weed,
catuaba, tamanu oil, herbal beverages and dozens of other plants.
Chris is the author of fourteen books, including
Hot Plants, The Five
Tibetans, Psyche
Delicacies, Tales
from the Medicine Trail and
Kava, Medicine Hunting in
Paradise.
Chris also writes articles on plant medicines for several
publications.
Chris lectures extensively on holistic health and botanical
medicines, throughout the
United States
and abroad. He held the diplomatic post of Honorary Consul to the
United States for the Republic Of Vanuatu from 1997 through 2000.
Chris has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles
including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Parade, Boston
Herald, Vogue, Psychology Today, Natural Health and Men’s Health,
and hosted his own health-oriented talk radio programs in the Boston
area for five years. An avid body surfer and adventure traveler,
Chris lives and works in Massachusetts with his wife Zoe Helene,
their dog Boo and cat Beastie. Chris and Zoe travel the globe on
Medicine Hunter expeditions, and work together to promote plant
medicines, environmental protection and cultural preservation.
Chris has appeared as a guest expert on over several hundred radio
and television programs including news programs on ABC, CBS, NBC,
PBS, CNN, MSNBC, BBC and NPR. As a guest he has spoken about
medicine hunting, traditional botanical medicines, nutraceuticals,
environmental and cultural preservation and other related topics.
Chris has appeared on over 1500 radio programs and more than 500 TV
programs worldwide. CNN calls Chris “The Indiana Jones of natural
medicine.”
Books by Chris Kilham
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