Chris Kilham



Chris Kilham

Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author, and educator. The founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Kilham has conducted medical plant research in India, China, Siberia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Vanuatu South Pacific, Hawaii, Lebanon, Syria, Ghana, Austria, Thailand and Malaysia.

He is Explorer-in-Residence at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he teaches ethnobotany, and also works with numerous companies to develop and popularize traditional plant-based medicinal products into market sucesses. (Including kava, maca, horny goat weed, catuaba, tamanu oil, Tongkat Ali, and others.)

Kilham lectures extensively on botanical medicines throughout the United States and abroad. He held the post of Honorary Consul to the United States for the Republic of Vanuatu from 1997 through 2000. Kilham has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles including Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Parade, Boston Herald, Vogue, Natural Health and Men’s Health, and hosted his own health-oriented talk radio program in the Boston area for five years.

He has appeared on over 1,000 radio programs, and over 250 television shows worldwide. An avid body surfer and adventure traveler, Chris Kilham lives and works in Massachusetts.

Talks

Chris Kilham on Hunting Medicinal Plants

Medicine hunter, author and educator Chris Kilham discusses his travel around the world to find medicinal...