2004 Southwest Conference Proceedings

Paul Bergner		Page
	Herbs and Insulin Resistance	1
	Vitalist Strategies in Herbal Practice	10
	The Herbal Treatment of Pain	14
Debra Brammer, ND
	The Energetic Use of Toxic Botanicals	22
	Kitchen Cabinet Medicine: The Spices	24
Deborah Frances, ND
	Vitalism in Healing- A Naturopathic and Indigenous Perspective	28
	Optimizing Breast Health with Herbs and Nutrition	32
	Herbal Treatment of Depression: Addressing Thyroid, Liver and Adrenals	36
Phyllis Hogan
	People and Plants of the Painted Desert	29
Michael Moore
	Obscure but Useful Plants of the American Southwest	42
	Fluid Transport Energetics	44
Kenneth Proefrock, ND
	Revisiting the Topical Uses of Botanical Medicines: Liniments, Salves, Oils and Creams	48
	The Role of Botanicals in Mind-Body Medicine	54
	Effective Management of the Hypertensive Patient with Botanical Medicine	57
JoAnn Castigliego Sanchez, Herbalist, AHG
	Growing Plants that Heal	63
Jill Stansbury, ND
	The Biphasic Response	65
	Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System- Botanical Therapies	71
Michael Tierra, OMD
	The Eight Principles of Chinese Medicine	93
	Towards and Planetary Herbology- The Integration of Traditional Asian Theories & Western Herbal Medicine	101
David Winston, AHG
	The Energetics of Herbs- The Ten Tastes	112
	The Uses of Herbs and Ceremony for Treating Emotional and Spiritual Disease	115
	Harmony Remedies: An Overview of Adaptogens	121
Panel Discussion: Strategies for Herbal Prescribing
	P. Bergner: Notes on the Pros and Cons of Some Herbal Forms	127
	C.A. Geller: Herbal Formulating, Compounding and Case Management Notes	129
	M. Tierra: Strategies for Herbal Prescribing	131