About the Academy
Mills and Bone Academy - Decades of Leadership in Innovative Herbal Education
The Mills and Bone Academy is a website for phytotherapy and western herbal medicine, using evidence based, clinical education. Drawing on the knowledge and teachings of Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, phytotherapy leading experts, the academy brings together education, research, articles, publications and events to further learning for western herbal medicine clinicians.
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Simon Mills
Simon Mills is a Cambridge medical sciences graduate who has been in regular clinical herbal practice in Exeter since 1977. Since then he has chaired the main herbal organizations in the UK (the British Herbal Medicine Association, National Institute of Medical Herbalists, and the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy) and served on the Government’s Herbal Medicine Advisory Committee...
Kerry Bone
Professor Kerry Bone is an industry leader and innovation driver, directing the research program at MediHerb. As recognition of this role (in conjunction with his research colleagues), MediHerb was awarded the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) Varro E. Tyler Award for excellence in Phytomedicinal (Herbal) Research in 2016.
Two Brand New Mills & Bone Live Events!
Is a key target in chronic disease prevention ageing itself?
In this special two-part webinar from the Mills & Bone Academy, Simon and Kerry integrate traditional herbal practice with one of the most exciting developments in modern medicine: the emerging science of healthspan and active longevity.
Rather than chasing immortality or adding years of frailty to the end of life, the real objective is to preserve function, to remain energetic, mobile, cognitively sharp, metabolically healthy and resilient for as long as possible. Modern geroscience is beginning to reveal how this may be achievable. The biological processes that drive ageing are deeply interconnected, and many of the same processes underpin cardiovascular disease, metabolic dysfunction, neurodegeneration, immune decline and other chronic disorders.
Across two sessions, Simon and Kerry will explore what this new understanding means for herbal clinicians. They will examine the hallmarks of ageing through the lens of traditional herbal medicine, modern systems biology and the emerging science of geroprotectors—asking where herbs, foods and nutritional interventions might genuinely modify the ageing trajectory.
Expect a characteristically wide-ranging Mills & Bone exploration—from mitochondrial resilience, cellular protection, autophagy, senescence and genomic stability to microcirculation, inflammation, the microbiome and metabolic health - all framed in a robust traditional herbal context. Along the way they will investigate the special relevance of adaptogens, tonics, rasayanas and phytonutrients and identify the herbs and nutritional strategies that deserve a place in a practical healthspan programme.
This is not about treating ageing as another disease. It is about asking a more interesting question: how do we help our patients maintain the biological resilience that allows them to keep functioning well as the years accumulate?
Part 1 - Thursday 22nd October 2026
Part 2 - Thursday 19th November 2026
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