Dr. Andrew Pengelly has had a forty-year career as a herbal practitioner and naturopath, Universitylecturer, researcher, field botanist and aromatherapist. His PhD was awarded for his research into an Australian plant medicine. He is author of the widely used text “The Constituents of Medicinal Plants” now it its 3rd edition. Details of the book can be found on his website: https://herbalfield.education
Andrew is currently employed as online teaching faculty for the Maryland University of Integrative Health (USA), where he teaches Herbal Pharmacology and Phytochemistry. He now lives in the Granite Belt region of Southern Queensland. As co-founder and vice-president of Indigenous Plants for Health Association Inc., he is involved in researching the chemistry and therapeutic potential of geebung (Persoonia spp.) in collaboration with the University of Queensland. He is a fellow and life member of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia, and vice-president of the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflowers Consortium.
Indigenous Plants for Health, Inc. 