Advanced Course Overview
Herbal Therapeutics for Organ Systems Imbalances:
- Advanced herbal therapeutics for complex presentations in the clinical setting
- Traditional energetics of organ systems
- Holistic anatomy and physiology related to organ system imbalance
- Case discussions, small group clinical practice
Advanced Practitioner Skills:
- Holistic Evaluation Skills (tongue, pulse, reading the body)
- Case taking techniques including clinical interviewing, empathic listening and record keeping
- Assessing psycho-emotional balance/imbalance
- Tools for developing and opening an herbal practice
Advanced Materia Medica:
- Expanding upon existing materia medica with herbs for complex presentations
- Matching herbal energetics to presenting conditions
- Experiential plant assessment including taste, temperature, energetic qualities, direction of action, physical, emotional/psycho-spiritual effects.
Holistic Health Approach:
- Effectively combining herbal approaches with nutrition and lifestyle recommendations
- Creating client-specific holistic regimens & follow-up assessments
- Facilitating wellness, versus relieving symptoms of disease
- Developing, assessing and tracking health strategies
Herbal Formulation:
- Formulation basics: measurements, tools, supplies, record keeping
- Synergistic energetics of herb combinations
- Herbal pairs and complex formulations
- Creating individualized formulas from common herbal combinations
Herbal Therapeutics for Selected Clinical Presentations (including but not limited to):
- Type II Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
- Imbalances of the Thyroid
- Herbal Therapeutics for Psycho-emotional Wellness
- Men’s Health
- Women’s Health
- And More…
