This course consists of 12 audio CDs of a class sequence on herbal safety 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 adverse effects, drug-herb interactions, and toxicology, and cover the safety aspects of 35 common herbs in detail.

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

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

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

Application fee: $25

Study materials and CDs: $160

Total: $305

Lessons

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

Lesson 1. Introduction to Adverse Effects and Drug-Herb Interactions

Lesson 2. The Milleiu of Iatrogenic disease

Lesson 3. The Adverse Effects of Common Herbs I (8 herbs)

Lesson 4. The Adverse Effects of Common herbs II (8 herbs)

Lesson 5. The Adverse Effects of Common Herbs III (9 herbs)

Lesson 6. The Adverse Effects of Common Herbs IV (10 herbs)

Lesson 7. The toxicology of essential oils

Lesson 8. The Fragile Patient: Considerations in the Elder patient

Further down on this page you can find Faculty Biographies, and a List of Tracks of the 12 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. Paul has been collecting case reports on the adverse effects of herbs since 1978.

Contents:

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

Twelve 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 Safety 1

Track

1 1A

2 Introduction

3 Definitions

4 Toxicity

5 Side Effects

6 Incompatabilities

7 Hepatotoxicity

Disk 2 Safety 2

Track

1 02A

2 Toxicity Myth

3 Scientific information

4 Plantain adulteration case

5 Germander

6 Chaparral

7 Pregnancy

8 Intro to Drug-Herb Interactions

9 Pharmacokinetics

Disk 3 Drug-Herb

Track

1 03A

2 Drug-Herb Interactions

3 Categories of interaction

4 Safety literature review

5 Drugs to use caution with

6 Herbs to use caution with

7 Herbs affecting liver biotransformation

8 Drug-Herb Summary

Disk 4 Allium to Chrysanthemum

Track

1 04A

2 Allium

3 Angelica

4 Burdock

5 Arnica

6 Astragalus

7 Calendula

8 Capsicum

9 Feverfew

Disk 5 Cimicifuga to Ephedra

Track

1 05A

2 Cimicifuga

3 Crataegus

4 Echinacea

5 Eleutherococcus

6 Ephedra

Disk 6 Glycyrrhiza to Ligusticum.cdp

Track

1 06A

2 Glycyrrhiza

3 Hydrastis

4 Hypericum

5 Ligusticum

Disk 7 Lobelia to Piper

Track

1 07A

2 Lobelia

3 Datura

4 Lomatium

5 Mahonia

6 Matricaria

7 Medicago

8 Mentha

9 Panax

10 Piper

Disk 8 Scutellaria to Vitex

Track

1 08A

2 Scutellaria

3 Serenoa

4 Silybum

5 Symphytum

6 Taraxacum

7 Trifolium

8 Urtica

9 Valerian

10 Vitex

11 List of Toxic Herbs

Disk 9 Iatrogenic Disease

Track

1 09A

2 Iatrogenic disease introduction

3 Rate with broad definition

4 Injury leading to hospitalization

5 Injury during hospitalization in hospital

6 Unrecognized Injury

7 Cholesterol Drugs

8 Vioxx

9 HRT

10 Unnecessary procedures

11 Injury causing fatality

12 An herbalist's question

13 Prescription consolidation

Disk 10 Vaccines - Aromatherapy

Track

1 10A

2 Vaccine injuries

3 TH-cell imbalance

4 Vaccine injury types

5 Injury reporting

6 Gulf war syndrome

7 Tetanus

8 Aromatherapy introduction

9 Absorption

10 Pharmacokinetics

11 Human Toxicology

Disk 11 Geriatrics 1.cdp

Track

1 11A

2 Geriatrics introduction

3 Stages of life

4 Physiological changes

5 More normal changes

6 GI bleeding

7 Insulin resistance

8 Cardiovascular Disease

Disk 12 Geriatrics 2.cdp

Track

1 12A

2 Gallstones

3 Bone loss

4 Brain function

5 Sleep patterns

6 Vision loss

7 Placebo effect

8 Other common diseases

9 Gender diferences

10 Drug use

11 Prescription consolidation

12 Iatrogenic disease

13 Therapeutics

Data Disk

Supplemental readings and reference texts. Adobe Acrobat format

• read-me-first.pdf – Open this document

• Catalog.pdf A catalog for our distance learning programs.

• Application.pdf Send in with the Enrollment form to enroll.

• Enrollment.pdf Send in with the Application form to enroll

• Herbal Safety Notes Complete.pdf These are the notes that accompany the audio lectures. You can follow them as you listen.

• Track-list.pdf. A list of the tracks on the 12 audio disks.

• Supplemental article-readings

• Abuse by Herbal Action

• Baptisia

• Caffea

• Caulophyllum

• Chelidonium

• Class IV Botanicals review

• Echinacea and autoimmunity revisited

• Echinacea myth

• Eleutherococcus

• Ephedra

• Equisetum

• Ginkgo

• Glycyrrhiza

• Herbal-abortion-Rh-factor-risk

• Hydrastis

• Hypericum

• Juniperus

• Kombucha

• Larrea

• Liver flush

• Lobelia

• Lomatium

• Olea

• Panax

• Piper

• Polygonum

• Scutellaria

• Symphytum

• Viscum

• Vitex

• Zingiber