Chinese Herbs for Athletic Training and Performance
90 minutes   
 
Chinese tonic herbs may assist the athlete in training, performance, and/or recovery, but also come with the risk of promoting overreaching and burnout. We describe the training cycle, some elements of essential sports nutrition, and then the categories of Chinese tonic herbs used by Athletes in China. With Materia Medica, formulation, a review of scientific literature, and sample cases.
 
Materials
The audio lecture
Lecture slides
 
This lecture is offered as Continuing Education by the NAIMH but has not been pre-approved for CE credits by any professional board.
 
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