Herbal Pairing and Modular Formulation

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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Overview

• ​Review interview and assessment techniques to determine the patient constitution.

• Review the general principles of herbal combination

• Review principles of substitution of herbal analogues in formulas

• Learn the properties of more than 100 herbal pairs.

• Review important historical combinations of herb from the Physiomedical, Unani, and Chinese systems.

• Learn the composition of more than 25 complex formula modules researched and developed over more than 25 years in the classroom and teaching clinics of the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism.

• Learn how to quickly and flexibly combine formula modules into complex patient-specific formulas.

• Study more than a dozen classical formulas from Western herbalism.

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Description

The clinical art of formulation is to devise a formula appropriate to each patient, specific in its components and their proportions to the condition of the patient, and adjusted or modified to their constitutional presentation. We begin with the study of simple pairs, and then progress to formula modules of 2-4 complementary herbs which can themselves be combined flexibly into larger formulas.

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Materials Included

• 4 modules containing a total of 74 audio recordings (8 hours and 28 minutes in all)

• More than 110 slides to accompany the lectures

• Supplementary notes, readings, references, and a digital library of classic texts in medical herbalism

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Topics

• Patient Assessment for Formulation

• Principles of Herbal combination

• Herbal Affinity Groups

• Modular formulation

Formula Modules Described

• Demulcent Compound

• Antispasmodic Compound

• Anodyne Compound

• Anti-Inflammatory Compound

• Immune compound

• Nervine compound

• Hypnotic Compound

• Tonic/Adaptogen Compound

• Liver Chi Relaxant Compound

• Composition Powder (Stimulant Riaphoretic)

• Relaxant Diaphoretic Compound

• Basic Alterative Compound

• Basic Adjuvant Compound

• Vital Stimulant Compound

• Exhilarant Compound

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. 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