MediHerb Summit: Herbal Therapy Through the Ages and Stages

MediHerb Summit: Herbal Therapy Through the Ages and Stages

Join us for the inaugural MediHerb Summit, a full-day immersive experience broadcast live from our professional studio, bringing together leading clinicians, researchers, and educators to explore how herbal medicine can be applied across every stage of life.

Across the lifespan, practitioners are increasingly challenged by complex, inter-connected drivers of chronic disease: hormonal imbalance, inflammation, oxidative stress, metabolic dysfunction, ageing, and obesity. This Summit is designed to help you deepen your clinical understanding of these mechanisms and confidently translate emerging science into practical, safe, and effective herbal interventions.

From women navigating perimenopause and menopause, to supporting the brains dynamism across the lifespan; from fertility and early life through to cardiovascular and kidney health in an ageing population, this Summit takes a systems-based view of care. You will gain insight into the evolving pathology underpinning these conditions and learn how to strategically deploy herbal medicines to modulate key organs and regulatory pathways.

The MediHerb Summit also places strong emphasis on clinical safety, including prescribing in cautious states, pregnancy considerations, and successful co-prescribing alongside conventional therapies. Throughout the day, our expert presenters will share practical frameworks, emerging research, and real-world clinical pearls you can immediately apply in practice.

Whether you are looking to refine your therapeutic decision-making, strengthen your confidence in complex cases, or stay at the forefront of evidence-informed herbal medicine, the MediHerb Summit offers a comprehensive, clinically relevant journey through herbal therapy across the ages and stages of life.

MediHerb Summit Live Stream Times

Location	Start Time	End Time
QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS	9:00am	5:00pm
SA, NT	8:30am	4:30pm
WA	7:00am	3:00pm
NZ	11:00am	7:00pm

Times on registration page reflect your local time.
If you are unable to attend live, the session recordings and Certificates of Attendance will be available within 10 business days.

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Presenters

Lara Briden

Lara Briden, ND is a highly respected naturopathic doctor, women’s health expert, and bestselling author of The Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual, known for her evidence-based approach to hormone balance and reproductive health. With over 20 years of clinical experience, Lara brings clarity to complex endocrine conditions and will share insights on supporting female hormone health across the lifespan, including perimenopause and menopause.  

Laurence Katsaras

Laurence Katsaras is an experienced naturopath, herbalist, and Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine with over 20 years of clinical and educational experience. Known for his systems-based, highly practical teaching style, Laurence specialises in translating physiology and pathology into actionable treatment frameworks. His presentation will focus on the brains ability to shift fluidly between states of alertness, focus, and rest, with herbal and nutritional strategies for supporting this brain dynamism across the ages and stages of life, from acute sleep disturbance to long-term neurocognitive decline. 

Angela Hywood

Angela Hywood is an experienced naturopath specialising in integrative endocrinology, women’s health, fertility and pregnancy care. With more than 25 years in clinical practice and a strong grounding in herbal pharmacology and safety, Angela is highly regarded as both a clinician and educator. She will discuss safe and effective herbal strategies for sensitive states such as pregnancy and early childhood, helping practitioners navigate risk with confidence.  

Professor Kerry Bone

Professor Kerry Bone is co-founder of MediHerb, Director of Research & Development, and a leading figure in herbal research and clinical education. With more than 40 scientific publications and multiple herbal medicine texts to his name, Kerry regularly lectures internationally and integrates traditional botanical wisdom with modern evidence. His talk will draw on this deep expertise to enhance clinical understanding of botanical interventions for cardiovascular health and beyond. 

Simon Mills

Simon Mills is a globally recognised herbal practitioner, medical sciences graduate from Cambridge University, and one of the most influential thinkers in modern phytotherapy. With decades of clinical practice, authorship of seminal herbal texts, and deep involvement in herbal research, Simon brings exceptional depth to complex chronic disease. In this session, he will focus on kidney health, exploring the emerging drivers behind rising renal cases, the underlying pathology, and how herbal medicine can be strategically applied to support kidney function, resilience, and long-term outcomes in an ageing population. 

Time	Presenter	Session
9:00-9:15am	Integria Education	Welcome
9:15-10:30am	Lara Briden	Perimenopause in the Age of Information Overload: A Clinical Reset
10:30-10:45am	Break
10:45am-12:00pm	Laurence Katsaras	Brain Dynamism: Unlocking Flexible Brain States with Herbal Medicine
12:00-12:45pm	Lunch
12:45-2:00pm	Angela Hywood	Foundations of Life: Herbal Support from Preconception to Early Childhood
2:00-2:15pm	Break
3:45-4:00pm	Professor Kerry Bone	Botanicals and the Beating Heart: Evidence, Innovation, and Practice
4:00-5:00pm	Simon Mills	Kidney Health in Focus: Pathology, Progression, and Phytotherapy