Alicia Bigelow, ND

I have been a Naturopathic Doctor since 2004 and an herbalist since age 16. I graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM, formerly NCNM) and completed a two-year family practice residency. I was an academic and clinical faculty member at NUNM for over 15 years, teaching Environmental Medicine and IV therapy, as well as being the proprietor of Vital Vinegars, an infused vinegar company.

Growing up in the Mountain West, I first became interested in wild plants as foods and medicine while on a 10-day backpacking trip in the Tetons when I was 15 years old. While on this trip, my food supply became depleted, leading me to supplement my diet with wild edible plants. From this experience, I realized first- hand that food and medicine haven’t always come from grocery stores or pharmacies and that the Earth has been providing for us for millennia.  Born out of a life-changing experience with edible natural plants, this realization was the seed of what has become a life-long passion and appreciation for natural medicine.