Nutritive Herbs - The Role of Herbs in Nutrition
90 minutes 
 
Mineral and trace element components of medicinal plants are the "forgotten constituents" in contemporary herbalism. Yet in an overall therapeutic plan for the exhausted and malnourished modern patient, they may be a critical and essential missing link for recovery. We will discuss the roles of mineral and trace elements, their disappearance from the American diet in the last 50 years, and forms and recipes from the materia medica to assist in their restoration. We will also describe plant components to support the microbiome or provide flavonoids and antioxidants as nutrition and describe preparation and delivery methods to optimize nutrition.
 
Materials
The audio lecture
Lecture slides
Healing Power of Minerals and Trace Elements by Paul Bergner
9 intake forms and journal articles
 
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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