User:An Ildanach

Welcome! Fáilte!
Hello,

My name is Lugh, which I go by in real life.

I was born from Irish parents in France in the early 90s then moved back to Ireland with them in 2007 after having had most of my education early in French schools. I ended up working in the film industry for about a decade before leaving it to train as a Medical Herbalist in the UK.

Medical Herbalists are recognised and insured in the UK & Ireland. They require frugal training (I did a total of 6 years), including knowledge that is on power to Medical Doctors - (Anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology etc..), in addition to over 500 clinical hours and specialised education specific to plant physiology, compounds, pharmakinetics and pharmacognosy.

Part of our education also covers more esoteric paradigms (such as "energetics"), to get a better understanding of the origins of medicine as it is today. My course, the Excelsior Apprenticeships of Herbal Medicine, which is accredited to the Irish Register of Herbalists and the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK), offered us the additional skills of studying research papers and using Risk of Bias tools (RoB) and developing Systematic Reviews, notably with the tutorship of Dr. Graeme Tobyn.

As part of my endeavour to raise a just and realistic view of plant and mushroom medicines, in light of biases linked to commercial interests and agendas, I have decided to join Wikipedia to help update and edit various articles (perhaps even create ones in future), I endeavour to correct articles and information that contains prejudices, bias or misleading information. To include adequate information where necessary for safety, in addition to correcting information that is otherwise misleading.

I have noticed many articles linked to health or traditional medicines which have either unsubstantiated claims, errors or omissions which can give the wrong impression about various subjects.