This is a sample syllabus from 2009. This year’s class will cover similar topics but the exact details are tailored to each season.

Lecture #1: March 30, 2009

• Demulcents
• Asarum caudatum
• Ethics of pain relief
• When am I an Herbalist?
• Wildcrafting and Safe Use of Drop Dosage Botanicals

Lecture #2: April 20, 2009

• Wildcrafting and Safe Use of Drop Dosage Botanicals (cont)
• Dicentra formosa
• History of the Eclectics
• Bitters

Lecture #3: April 27, 2009

• Aromatics
• Defining Your Role as an Herbalist
• Intake Forms
• Initial Visit Intake Form
• Self Evaluation Form
• Metabolic Screening Questionnaire
• Medical Symptoms Review
• Medical History
• Constitutional Intake
• Nutritional History
• Diet Survey
• Menstrual Diary

Lecture #4: May 4, 2009

• Legalities of Herbal Practice
• Informed consent
• Herb Books
• Eating More Proteins Chart
• Diet Diary
• Diaphoretics
• Physiology of A Fever
• Adult Fevers
• Pediatric Fevers
• Demonstration Kernigs and Brundinski Signs
• Thuja plicata Materia Medica

Lecture #5: May 11, 2009

• Medical Terminology Abbreviations
• Introduction to SOAP Notes
• Interviewing Techniques
• SOAPs Details
• Case History #1 Sinusitis
• Tendinitis/ Tenosynovitis pathology and protocol

Lecture #6: May 18, 2009

• Case History Review #1 Sinusitis
• Case History #2 Headache
• Migraine Headache Strategies
• Adrenaline Stress Response

Lecture #7: June 1, 2009

• Review Adrenaline Stress Response
• Adrenergic Constitution
• Case History Review #2 Headache
• Case History #3 Lingering Cough
• Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. estesii

Lecture #8: June 15, 2009

• Adrenergic Review
• Case History Review #3 Lingering Cough
• Case History #4 Head Cold
• Essential Fatty Acids
• Pathways of Arbutin and Similar Glycosides

Lecture #9: June 22, 2009

• Adrenergic Review
• Adaptogens
• Panax spp. Materia Medica
• Anabolic Constitution
• Paeonia spp. Root Materia Medica
• Essential Fatty Acids
• Reproductive System Deficiency and Excess

Lecture #10: July 22, 2009

• Guest Instructor: Paul Bergner
• Introduction to Insulin Resistance

Lecture #11: July 27, 2009

• Essential Fatty Acids Review
• Syndrome X
• Glycemic Index
• Case History #5 Re-occurring Headaches
• Dosages
• Anabolic / Adrenergic Review
• Case History Review #4 Head Cold

Lecture #12: August 3, 2009

• Finished Essential Fatty Acids
• Anabolic / Adrenergic Review
• Anemone sp.
• Renin Angiotensin Pathway
• Glycorhiza glabra in Kidney Deficiency
• Adaptogens
• Panax spp. Materia Medica
• Oplopanax horridus Materia Medica
• Lab Tests: Ethics and Considerations

Lecture #13: August 31, 2009

• Magnesium Deficiency
• Aralia californica
• Adaptogen Comparison Chart
• Case History Review #5 Reoccurring Headache

Lecture #14: September 14, 2009

• Complete Blood Counts
• Magnesium Physiology and Deficiency
• G. I. Tract Protocols: Food Allergies, Candida, Comparison of Aromatics, Bitters, and Enzyme HCl Supplementation
• Case History Review 33 y/o Man with Re-Occurring Headaches

Lecture #15: October 5, 2009

• Liver Detoxification Pathways
• P.A.’S and Detoxification
• Hepatitis A, B, C Begin
• Liver Enzyme Panels
• Abnormal Liver Function Tests
• Hepatitis C Protocols
• Case History Hepatitis C

Lecture #16: October 19, 2009

• GI Tract Protocols (continued)
• Case History Review Hepatitis C
• Yohimbe Bark Materia Medica

Lecture #17: October 26, 2009

• Female Reproductive Cycle
• Female Reproductive Hormones
• Estrogen Dominance Syndrome
• Clinical Considerations
• Reproductive Materia Medica
• Nutritional Supplements for Estrogen
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Chronic Reproductive Problems

Lecture #18: November 9, 2009

• Client Live in Class Case History Taking and Discussion

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