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August’s Featured Recording: Treatment of Acute and Chronic Trauma through Botanical Medicine, Nutrition and Lifestyle
This lecture by Kenneth Proefrock, NMD proposes the idea that physical and emotional/mental trauma have a similar natural history and recovery, and can be aided by similar natural therapies. A wound is not just something to be healed on the physiological level. The experience of trauma and pain is universal and modern medicine doesn’t always provide the kind of care that facilitates complete recovery, if the most critical symptoms are immediately addressed but the psyche is left to heal on its own.
Note: The information in this series is provided as a research resource for health professionals and is not intended to replace diagnosis and treatment by a qualified health care practitioner.
Mary Bove, ND, draws on over 40 years of clinical experience to describe this important aspect of overall health. A review of the effect of circadian rhythms on all organs and systems is followed by a description of the role of cortisol in stress adaptation. When does cortisol cease to be beneficial? Dysregulation of the circadian cortisol cycle leads to adrenal compromise and exhaustion. Adaptogens work to restore a normal 24 hour cortisol cycle. This lecture goes deeply into which adaptogens to use for HPA imbalance, adrenal burnout and “wired and tired” syndrome. Case studies illustrate their uses.
Note: The information in this series is provided as a research resource and is not intended to replace diagnosis and treatment by a qualified health care practitioner.
Audio Series Details (See below for lecture titles and descriptions)
One-click orders all eight recordings selected from the Botanical Medicine library, plus a 99-page PDF of notes. Together these provide comprehensive information for clinicians on one of the most pressing challenges of our age.
We have included eight audio recordings since this is such a large topic, which includes not only dietary measures for weight management and exercise, but mitigating factors often not considered, including allergy, endocrine dysfunction, insulin resistance (metabolic syndrome), stress, lack of sleep, environmental toxicants and the effect of widespread use of antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals on the obesity epidemic in the US. Pharmaceuticals for weight loss are mentioned and evaluated.
(Series price of $65 includes a 99-page PDF of lecture notes.)
Naturopathic CE:
12 total CME hours if not claimed previously for the above lectures
11.5 general + .5 pharmacy credits
Approved by Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine (OBNM)
COVID 19: Acute and Chronic Considerations in Naturopathic Patient Management
The Antiviral Materia Medica
Opiate Use Disorder and its Treatment from a Body-Mind-Spirit Perspective
Hormonal Imbalances and Gynecological Patterns
Panel Discussion: Naturopathic Approaches to Weight Management and Obesity Prevention
Preview Transcript:
Lise Alschuler, ND: As you can see in these studies, that really, across the board,St John’s Wort is decreasing the plasma level of the drug.
Paul Bergner, CN: Because all bacteria have a large amount of their genome conserved. It’s the same.
Deborah Frances, ND: But it was really getting at the underlying cause of what was going on. So the plantcan really helpusto open to parts of ourselves as well as others.
Lori Harger, PHMNP: Heart rate variability is very important in terms of psychological resilience,adaptability andexecutive function.
Feather Jones, Herbalist: Think gotukola(Centella asiatica), which is shown to stimulate T-cells by improving vitality through its energizing properties.
Heath McAllister, ND: Scutellaria baicalensis, I also love this herb. Potent anti-inflammatory,not really related that much to the other, Scutellaria lateriflora,in terms of its actions.
Kenneth Proefrock, ND: Galangal, speaking of heating, moves us into a slightly different category of plant medicines. These are agents that help improve bloodflow and specifically help resolve inflammation more rapidly.
Mary Rondeau, ND, RH (AHG): So we see that crocin inhibits the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine, where safranalinhibits the reuptake of serotonin.
JoAnn Sanchez, MS: There’s a wild plantain that grows here in the desert flora and it’s Plantago minorand it has a tiny little stem. So these plantains really tell us which species they are by their leaf size.
Katie Stage, ND, RH (AHG): Topical calendula preparationsare excellentfor skin healingand areanti-inflammatory. Calendula is antiseptic too and can help with Staph aureus.
Jillian Stansbury, ND: We can classify the kinds of phytosterols that we find in plants: steroidal saponins, Isoflavones…..
Working with patients to manage their weight includes prevention of weight gain, control of age-related gains and treatment of obesity. This requires a broad understanding of many factors, including insulin resistance, environmental toxicants, the gut microbiome and the effect of pharmaceuticals on weight gain. Panelists at the 2021 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine, naturopathic physicians Marianne Marchese, Katie Stage, and Lise Alschuler, discussed new research, practical naturopathic interventions and specific recommendations for clinical practice. A synopsis of each presentation follows.
Note: The information in this series is provided as a research resource and is not intended to replace diagnosis and treatment by a qualified health care practitioner.
Audio Series Details (See below for lecture titles and descriptions)
One click orders all six recordings selected from the Botanical Medicine library, plus a 128-page PDF of notes. Together these provide comprehensive information on healthy aging.
This series begins with understanding the biological aging process in Part 1 of the lecture given by Donald Yance, RH (AHG) and continues in Part 2 with a discussion of botanicals, nutrients and lifestyle recommendations to support and restore health as we age.
Next, Lise Alschuler, ND presents a detailed overview of the consequences of a maladaptive stress response, which manifests as elevated cortisol levels, altered circadian rhythms and an increase in inflammatory cytokines. She explains how the neurological, cardiovascular, endocrine, immunological and gastrointestinal effects of stress can be managed and even reversed with botanicals and diet.
Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc provides a review of the latest scientific data on the factors leading to aging, and herbs, both from Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, shown to address these specific factors. And in a fitting wrap-up to this topic, Jill Stansbury, ND lays out the impact of diet on aging and provides tonics, teas, and smoothies that can easily be included in daily dietary routines.
(Series price of $55 includes an 128-page PDF of lecture notes.)
Note: The information in this series is provided as a research resource for health professionals and is not intended to replace diagnosis and treatment by a qualified health care practitioner.
Video Series Details (See below for titles and descriptions of videos)
One click orders all six videos selected from the 2020 conference season (4 videos from Medicines from the Earth and 2 from the Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine), plus an 89-page pdf of notes. Together these provide comprehensive information on the clinical management of immune conditions.
The series begins with an overview of immunity from childhood to the elder years, followed by a more detailed look at the lymph system and the role it plays in immunology.
Specific immune challenges are then addressed, including the influence of estrogen on autoimmunity, managing acute viral respiratory infection, a panel discussion on immune-centered illness and, finally, the latest research on managing COVID-19. (This was recorded in March 2020, just as the pandemic was spreading, so the speaker, Donald Yance, provided an update in August 2020 featuring all the latest research findings. The updated article link is included in the pdf of lecture notes for the series).
Video presentations offer complete clinical information, with the speaker and the PowerPoint playing together in an ideal format for online learning.
(Series price of $89 includes an 89-page PDF of lecture notes.)
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August’s Featured Recording: Treatment of Acute and Chronic Trauma through Botanical Medicine, Nutrition and Lifestyle
