Clinical Skills 2: Intake and Pattern Assessment

This product is delivered as a Digital Download of Audio (mp3) and Document/text files (pdf). The recorded lectures were delivered in a classroom setting by Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist, Clinical Nutritionist, and founder of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism (NAIMH).

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Description

In this second course in our Advanced Clinical Skills sequence, we describe the items for an intake in detail, and describe patterns to be assessed during the process. Patterns described include nutrient deficiencies, patterns in the pulse and tongue, the classical patterns from traditional system of medicine of hot vs cold, excess vs. deficient, dry-vs damp, tense vs relaxed; red flag symptoms, common patterns described by Chinese syndromes such as False Heat and False Cold, dietary patterns and associated pathologies, digestive insufficiency, intestinal dysbiosis, leaky gut syndrome, and insulin resistance.

Materials Included

• 58 audio recordings (7 hours and 42 minutes in all)

• More than 100 slides to accompany the lectures

• Supplementary notes and readings

• 12 intake forms to assist with the interview

Lessons​

• Vitalist Assessment

• Comprehensive intake

• Height and weight

• Energetic assessment

• Methods of energetic assessment

• Pulse and Tongue

• Assessing Vitality

• Overall health rating

• Chief complaint

• OPQRST

• Medications

• Diet Assessment

• Questions

• Diet Assessment recap

• Deficiency sheet recap

• Supplements

• Red Flag Symptoms

• Referral Network

• Review of Symptoms

• Energetic Patterns Overview

• Hot-Cold, Dry-Damp

• Deficient vs Excess

• Tonic vs Relaxed

• False heat and False cold

• False Cold

• Lifestyle Patterns

• Sleep Debt

• Sleep Evaluation

• Sleep Debt intervention

• Nutritional Patterns

• Progression of deficiencies

• Motivation for diet change

• Vitamin D deficiency

• Essential Fatty Acids

• Magnesium deficiency

• Vitamin C

• Protein deficiency

• Iron Deficiency

• Dietary Archetypes

• Fast Food Vegetarian

• Disordered eating

• Stress-Carbohydrate Pattern

• Questions

• Introduction

• Digestive Patterns

• Intestinal Dysbiosis

• Leaky Gut Syndrome

• Digestive insufficiency

• Liver Stagnancy

• Metabolic and Endocrine Patterns

• Insulin Resistance

• IR Pattern

• Coronary Artery Disease

• Estrogen excess

• Estrogen deficiency

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Important Information

This product is delivered as a Digital Download of audio and print files. After you purchase this course you will see a link to download the zip file and you will receive an emailed link that will last for 30 days. Once you download the zip file you will need to extract or unzip the files to access the audios and reading materials.

The recorded lectures were delivered by NAIMH Director Paul Bergner in classroom settings. These audios are a part of the curriculum for the ACORN School of Herbal Medicine’s Advanced Herbalism in the Vitalist Tradition program. We are making these audios accessible for self-study and independent learning. These independent study audio lectures are for personal use only (copyright laws apply). They do not come with faculty support, grading, or a certificate of completion.

Our online programs offer deeper instruction and guidance to apply the teachings within these audio recorded lectures, where you can earn a certificate of completion. If you would like faculty support within a community learning environment to enrich your educational experience, please see our webpage to learn more about certificate programs https://www.acornherbschool.com/online-programs

Related Audios

Clinical Skills 1

https://www.acornherbschool.com/product-page/clinical-skills-1-interview-skills-in-the-vitalist-tradition

Clinical Skills 3

https://www.acornherbschool.com/product-page/clinical-skills-3-case-analysis-in-the-vitalist-tradition  

Clinical Skills 4

https://www.acornherbschool.com/product-page/clinical-skills-4-case-studies-in-vitalist-herbalism