Warm in the Third Degree – Using the Hot Herbs
90 minutes   
 
Some herbs with strong heating effects are useful for chronic conditions, which require daily or regular use which requires daily or regular use. Such use requires precautions for certain patient constitutions, and require special considerations for dosing, duration of treatment, formulation, and delivery media to prevent excessive constitutional heating effects. We will discuss Allium sativum, Capsicum annum, Zingiber officinalis, Eugenia caryophyllum, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum verum, and Curcuma longa, and their medicinal uses.
 
Materials
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Related Continuing Education Lecture
Humoral and Energetic Differentials for Gastrointestinal Herbs
 
Related Courses
Practical Herbalism
Vitalist Treatment of Acute Symptoms
Materia Medica Differentials
 
This lecture is offered as Continuing Education by the NAIMH but has not been pre-approved for CE credits by any professional board.