Course Overview

Chinese medicine is often used to help menstrual, menopausal, contraceptive, and reproductive medical conditions. In addition, several of the drugs used as sex hormones or anti-hormones are used to treat various cancers and other conditions. This seminar examines sex hormones and reproductive aids and the dangers Chinese medical practitioners need to be aware of when combining with herbs and acupuncture. We will look at various types of drugs including androgens, anti-androgens, estrogens, progestins, anti-progestins, as well as selective estrogen receptor modulators and various reproductive aids. Herb-drug and acupuncture-drug interactions will be explored for each type of drug. If you treat various hormonal cancers, severe hormonal conditions, and/or reproductive medicine, this is a must attend seminar.

Course Objectives

• Understand how Sex Hormones and herbs interact.
• Identify the most common Sex Hormones with potential for drug-herb interactions.
• Explore how major Sex Hormones act on the body.
• Protect oneself from potential medico-legal issues arising from interactions.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 30 minIntroduction.

30 min - 1 hrsIntroduction and description of areas of concerns for drug-herb interactions.

1 hrs - 1.5 hrsDiscussion of individual Sex Hormone classes including functions, mechanisms of action, adverse drug reactions, red flags, Chinese medical affects, and specific drug-herb interactions.

1.5 hrs - 2 hrsSummary.