Free Lecture from this Course:
Vitalist Treatment of Acute Symptoms
The forces of life and nature tend inherently toward healing, restoration, and the preservation and evolution of life within an individual. Acute symptoms are an expression of that same life force, and are essentially healing in nature. In treating acute symptoms, the practitioner walks a fine line between relieving suffering of the chief complaint and suppressing the inherent healing forces of nature. This course demonstrates non-suppressive, supportive treatments for major symptomatic complaints.
This material was recorded from a post-graduate class of clinical students who had just completed 1200 hours of training. It was designed to help them pull together all the elements of their education into focused and effective approaches to the presenting complaints of their patients. Although we present this course in our Foundations of Western Herbalism certificate, you can see that it is advanced and practical clinical material.
Overview
This 12-lesson course covers the physiology, pathology, nutrition, pharmacology, herbal actions, and vitalist and constitutional considerations for acute symptoms whether as primary complaints or part of a larger presentation of chronic disease. You will learn non-suppressive and supportive treatments for digestion, tooth and gum problems, heartburn, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhoids, dysbiosis, blood purification, acne, eczema, poison ivy/oak, wounds, minor burns, boils, skin ulcers, fatigue, insomnia, depression, anxiety, pain, excess mucous, cough, sore throat, asthma, allergies, eye problems, fever, colds, influenza, urinary tract infections, menstrual complaints, and support for pregnancy and lactation.
What you will study
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Learn the use of 15 herbs and their combinations for more than 20 common conditions
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Learn six of the most important herbal actions, and several herbs in each category
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The basic principles of vitalist herbalism, relying on the natural healing forces in the body
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Learn how herbs fit into the larger pattern of diet, nutrition, and lifestyle
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Learn the basic principles of herbal formulation
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Study actual cases of vitalist herbalism in action
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Learn the basic principles of safety when using herbs to avoid adverse effects or drug-herb interactions
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Learn how to save money by making your own herbal tinctures
Lessons
Each lesson includes an average of 6 hours of lecture, readings, study, and examination.
Lesson 1. Upper, Middle, and Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Conditions
Lesson 2. Blood purifiers, alteratives, the Bad Blood Symdrome, and the Skin
Lesson 3. External and internal treatments for the skin
Lesson 4. Wounds, burns, and chronic ulcers
Lesson 5. Catarrh, chronic mucous, and lymphatic conditions
Lesson 6. Fever
Lesson 7. Coughs, Eyes, and Ears
Lesson 8. Fatigue, Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia
Lesson 9. Pain
Lesson 10. Bladder and Kidney
Lesson 11. Menses
Lesson 12. Pregnancy and breast health
HOW TO LEARN
Course Materials
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379 audio files totaling over 25 hours
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193 pages of notes & slides
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A PDF library of 46 resources and classical herbal texts totaling over 15,000 pages, including a PDF library of 36 classical texts in medical herbalism, more than 800 pages of article reprints from the Medical Herbalism Journal, a PDF copy of The Healing Power of Ginseng and the Tonic Herbs and the Folk Remedy Database, both written by Paul Bergner.
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Total storage 1.85 GB
