This course consists of 11 audio CDs of a class sequence on herbal detoxification delivered in the Advanced Herbalism Certificate Program at the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism. Included with it is a data disk with complete class notes and supplemental readings.

Course objective: The course will introduce the student to the basic concepts of detoxification in traditional and contemporary medicine, explain the pathophysiology of the liver, desribe the materia medica for the liver and for alterative therapy, and offer strategies for various types of detoxification, and describe formulation methods. 

Prerequisites: This is an intermediate course, and students should have at least 36 hours of previous study in herbalism.

Course length: This 7-lesson course is to be completed within 8 weeks.

Cost: Tuition:$120 (paid in installments, see below)

Application fee: $25

Study materials and CDs: $129

Total: $274

Lessons

Each lesson includes an average or 3 hours of lecture and readings.

Lesson 1. Traditional Concepts of Detoxification

Lesson 2. Toxins and the pathophysiology of Detoxification

Lesson 3. Alterative herbs and strategies

Lesson 4. Food Intolerance and Toxicity

Lesson 5. The Pathophysiology of the Liver

Lesson 6. The Liver Materia Medica

Lesson 6. Detoxification Strategies

Lesson 7. Practice cases and formulation

Further down on this page you can find Faculty Biographies, and a List of Tracks of the 11 CDs

Enrollment for Credit

To enroll in the course, receive faculty support, and to earn the Continuing Education certificate, follow these steps:

• 1) Purchase the CD-set in the CD-ROM Section of our Online Store The CD-Rom set may be purchased without further enrollment in the course or any tuition payment..

• 2) When you receive it, open the data disk file, and print out the application and enrollment forms. Send these in with a $25 application fee. This entitles you to student support and faculty contact for eight weeks after the enrollment is received.

• 3) Read the instructions for obtaining CE credit in the read-me-first file with the notes.

• 4) Look over the CE questions and review them before listening to the disks.

• 5) Complete any assignments or readings and answer the CE questions for each disk.

• 6) Tuition is paid upon completion of the the course and the CE questions.

• 7) You will receive a certificate reflecting 24 hours of CE credit, approved by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Private Occupational Schools Board.

Total Cost:

Faculty

Paul Bergner is director of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism. He has edited the Medical Herbalism journal since 1989. He completed more than 50 semester hours of doctoral level studies at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in the 1980s, including the full sequence on Chinese Medicine offered to the ND students. He was Director of clinical education at Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies from 1996-2003, and is currently clinic director at the Evergreen Center in Boulder, CO. Between the two schools, he has trained 150 students through a one-year internship in clinical herbalism and clinical nutrition. He is the author of seven books on medical herbalism, clinical nutrition, and naturopathy. Paul has practiced natural medicine for more than 30 years. He is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild. 

Contents:

A Data Disk containing lecture notes, supplemental readings, and instructions on how to obtain Continuing Education credit for this course.

Eleven audio Disks, with .wav files, which will normally play in any computer or any CD player. They will not play in an .mp3 player unless you convert them to .mp3 on your computer.

Disk-1 Introduction to Detoxification

1 Introduction

2 Colon Cleansing

3 Traditional Concepts

4 Dampness

5 Alterative Herbs

6 Alterative energetics

7 Damp Heat

8 False Cold

9 Gut and Emotions

10 Damp Heat II

11 Toxin definitions

12 Food antigens

Disk-2 Pathophysiology 1

2 Food additives

3 Pesticides and chemicals

4 Estrogenic chemicals

5 Chemical sensitivity

6 Heavy metals

7 Microsomal enzymes

8 Phase-2-conjugation

Disk-3 Pathophysiology 2

1 Nutrition-and-detox

2 Detoxifying-strategy

3 Nourish-before-purging

4 Modified-fasting

5 Phase-I-Inducers

6 Absorption-and-Excretion

7 Routes-of-excretion

8 "Bad-blood"

9 Bile stagnancy

10 Stress-and-toxicity

Disk-4 Bad Blood and Alterative Herbs 1

1 Introduction

2 Bad blood signs and symptoms

3 Physiology

4 Pathophysiology of Damp Heat

5 Spring tonics

6 Alterative Herbs

7 Mental disorders

8 Alterative therapy model

Disk-5 Bad Blood and Alterative Herbs 2

1 Immune alteratives

2 Nutritive alteratives

3 Lymphatic alteratives

4 Liver alteratives

5 Skin alteratives

6 Kidney alteratives

7 Anti-tumor alteratives

8 Thyroid alterative

9 Alterative energetics

10 Alterative formulas

11 Alterative foods

Disk-6 Food Intolerance/Liver Pathophysiology

1 Food-intolerance

2 Allergy-pattern

3 Liver anatomy overview

4 Slide 1 Portal system

5 Slide 2 Location

6 Slide 3 Liver sinusoid structure

7 Slide 4 Portal Triad

8 Slide 5 Biliary tree

9 Slide 6 Portal circulation

10 Slide 7 Kuppfer cells

11 Slide 8 Gall bladder

12 Slide 9 Gall Stones

Disk-7 Liver Pathophysiology

1 Liver pathologies

2 Diurnal rhythm

3 Liver Stagnancy

4 Liver signs and symptoms

5 Detox strategy 1

6 Formulas

7 Stuck liver chi

8 Hemorrhoid remedies

9 Fat and bile

10 Fiber and bile

Disk-8 Liver Materia Medica

1 Liver herbs:Hypericum

2 Liver herb catagories

3 Chelidonium

4 Polarity of actions

5 Calendula

6 Hypericum tea

7 Chelidonium proving

8 Mild liver herbs

9 Hydrastis

10 Chionanthus proving

11 Jaundice

12 Liver flush

13 Gallstone case

14 Lavendar proving

15 Liver protectors

Disk-9 Detoxification Strategies 1

1 Detox strategies

2 When in doubt

3 The Spring tonic

4 Seasonal aggravations

5 Strategies and Diets

6 Nutritional considerations

7 Ultra clear fasting strategy

8 Fasting

9 Poor clearance

10 Substances in the digestive tract

11 Food antigens

12 Synthetic substances

13 Pesticides

14 Heavy metals

Disk-10 Detoxification Strategies 2

1 Mercury fillings

2 Mercury in fish

3 Herbal "chelation"

4 Fasting

5 Modified fasting

6 Spiritual fast

7 More modified fasts

8 Fish and vegetables

9 Benefits of fasting

10 Gut lymphatic system

11 Abdominal lymphatic swelling

12 Netter anatomy resources

13 Peyers patches

14 Routes of elimination

Disk-11 Practice Cases and Formulation

1 Practice case 1

2 More symptoms

3 Herbal strategies

4 Abdominal bloating

5 Tincture vs tea

6 Materia medica suggestions

7 Skin alteratives

8 Lymphatic alteratives

9 Wound healers

10 Boneset and Elder

11 Student formulas

12 Formula 1

13 Formula 2

14 Flavor

15 Formula 3

16 Formula 4

17 Demulcents

18 Smaller formulas

19 Boneset

20 Paul's formula

21 Practice Case 2

22 Pattern analysis

23 Herbal actions

24 Chi relexants

25 Liver herbs

26 Student formulas

27 Formula #2

28 Formula #3

29 Formula #4

30 Formula #5

31 Formula #6

32 Formulation process