24ME05 - Naturopathic Considerations for Nerve Injury and Repair

Speaker: Kenneth Proefrock, NMD  This presentation takes a deep dive into the process of myelination and the myriad ways in which nutritional and botanical medicine interventions affect the production and function of myelin. This includes a discussion of what myelin is, how it's made, what is it made from, and how it functions in the nervous system. We also discuss phospholipids and sphingolipids, with a sidestep into liposomal technology and how to incorporate liposomal formulations into the modern practice of clinical herbalism. Nutritional and botanical agents to be discussed include Ginkgo, Hericium, Cannabis, Scutellaria spp, Sceletium, Acorus calamus, Vinca spp, phosphatidylserine, inositol, cetyl myristoleate, acetyl-L-carnitine, centrophenoxine, L-threonine and the pharmaceutical agents amantadine, selegiline, levetiracetam, amitriptyline, and doxepin.