Alex Laird

27 January 2021
|By Duncan Marshall
Alex Laird

Alex Laird BSc DipHerbMed FCPP, Medical herbalist, Whipps Cross Hospital and ex-Breast Cancer Haven. 

Alex is a practising medical herbalist/phytotherapist and plant medicine educator. She runs the UK’s first herbal teaching clinic at Whipps Cross Hospital dermatology, has a private practice in Fulham, and worked for 20 years at London’s Breast Cancer Haven.  Alex founded the charity Living Medicine http://www.livingmedicine.org to reskill us all in how to use food and plants safely, and to restore this self-care knowledge within mainstream healthcare.

Her book Root to Stem: a seasonal guide to natural recipes and remedies for everyday life  (Penguin 2019) distils this know-how.

Keen to promote excellence in professional herbal medicine, Alex is a Co-Vice President of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy. She is a visiting lecturer at universities for herbal and medical students and has published herbal medicine research.

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07
Apr
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07
Apr

Living Medicine: Self-Care Basics

Sunday 7 April 2024, 10:15am - 4:30pm
£125
Chelsea Physic Garden
Workshop
Living Medicine
16
Feb
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16
Feb

Living Medicine Online: Sleep and Stress

Wednesday 16 February 2022, 6pm -7:30pm
£18
Would you like to learn more about which plants and foods may improve sleep and reduce stress? Join Living Medicine's Alex Laird in her own kitchen for an online video talk and demonstration about how we can turn plants into remedies that help us manage sleep patterns and stress.
Online Event
Online
Living Medicine
14
May
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05
Nov

Living Medicine: The Whole Body Course Package

Sunday 14 May 2023 - Sunday 5 November 2023, 10:30am – 4:30pm
£531
This award-winning five-day course, spread over 2023 is for anyone interested in healing plants and foods, health, gardening or working with communities. Book all five Living Medicine workshops for 2023 and receive a 15% discount.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Workshop
Horticulture for humankind
05
Mar
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05
Mar

Living Medicine: Self-Care Basics

Sunday, 5 March 2023, 10:30am - 4:30pm
£125
This one-day workshop is the first of a five-part course to give you a grounding in self care using foods and herbs. It will cover the basics of herbal therapeutics, identifying mint and other plant families, basic food self care, remedy making, herb chewing, herbal tea, breakfast smoothie and herb crush.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Workshop
Horticulture for humankind
14
May
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14
May

SOLD OUT Living Medicine: Digestive Discomforts

Sunday 14 May 2023, 10:30am – 4:30pm
Sold Out
Join this fascinating course to better understand how digestion works, from common digestive problems to plant actions, how to identify parsley (and/or cabbage) plant family, food & herb know-how kit, and remedy making: grain/pulse dish, digestive decoction, mucilage powder mix and pesto.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Workshop
Horticulture for humankind
02
Jul
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02
Jul

Living Medicine: Sleep, Anxiety & Fatigue

Sunday 2 July 2023, 10:30am - 4:30pm
£125
This one-day workshop will cover how our nerves and hormones function, understanding insomnia, anxiety, fatigue and headaches, plant actions, identifying the bean family food & herb know-how kit, remedy making: hot valerian chocolate, essential oils bath & pillow, tincture.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Wellbeing
Horticulture for humankind
03
Sep
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03
Sep

SOLD OUT Living Medicine: Skin & First Aid

Sunday 3 September 2023, 10:30am-4.30pm
Sold Out
This one-day workshop will cover food and herb know-how for first aid and skin problems, identifying the daisy family, and remedy-making: infused oil, ointment, cream, lotion.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Workshop
Horticulture for humankind
05
Nov
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05
Nov

SOLD OUT Living Medicine: Coughs, Colds & Allergies

Sunday 5 November 2023, 10:30am- 4:30pm
£125
This one-day workshop will cover how our immune system functions, understanding coughs, colds, allergies, identifying rose family, plant actions, remedy-making: inhalation, vapour rub, throat decoction spray & gargle.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Wellbeing
Horticulture for humankind
08
Feb
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08
Feb

Living Medicine to boost our immune responses to viruses, coughs and colds

Monday 8 February 2021 5:30pm - 6:45pm
£15 per device (limited spaces available)
Join Living Medicine course leader, Alex Laird, for a special digital talk and demonstration in her kitchen. In this hour's digital workshop, she will share with us some tips to help boost our immune system.
Online Event
Workshop
Living Medicine