The Botanical Functional Medicine 1 course is a 12-week, interactive exploration into both functional medicine and clinical herbalism. This class is taught by Dr. Kyla Helm (MD) and Sam Coffman and is focused heavily on case studies and clinical experience in working with chronic disease using an integrative approach to medicine.This course includes assessment/diagnosis, herbal and orthodox protocols and treatments, a materia medica of over 100 herbs for specific dysfunction covered in the curriculum, nutrition, numerous case studies, homework and quizzes. This course will have up to 4 hours of video lectures and lessons per week in addition to live interactive Q&A sessions.
This is course can be taken from any location where you have an internet connection! You do not have to be in our area to participate. All course materials can be downloaded on to your computer for personal future reference. Registration will stay open until January 23rd, 2023.
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Recommended prerequisite for this course is the “Clinical Nutrition” course at our school or an equivalent. Botanical Functional Medicine 1 addresses several topics to include:
- Introduction to botanical functional medicine
- Cellular imbalance
- Systems biology as an approach to medicine
- Common nutrient deficiencies
- Fatigue and exhaustion
- Organ system triad 1: Adrenal, Pancreas, Thyroid
- Sports Nutrition
- Mitochondrial dysfunction
- Oxidative stress
- Understanding and working with blood, urine and saliva tests