Course Overview

This is a Live Webinar event that will be held on July 21, 2024 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT, 5pm BRT, 9pm BST, 10pm CEST, 1:30am IST, 6am AEST, 8am NZST.

This course will cover biomedical and integrative science of nutrition and explore the complementary and alternative concepts that are part of the modern supplement industry. This series will be one live class per month covering a category of nutrition and will include some basic biochemistry, nutrition, and supplements available on the market. In other words, it is going to be the perfect combination of biochemical nutrition, supplements, Chinese medicine, and real-world use cases, If you are a practitioner of any stripe or just interested in nutrition, this is the series for you,

This class will cover basic phytopharmacognosy by exploring how plants and plant chemistry can help health. We will start with basic plant components and then explore major categories of plant chemicals and their potential health benefits and mechanisms of action. We will examine them from a modern nutritional and chemical perspective while always having an eye on how they may explain some of the actions of Chinese medical herbs and vice versa. After exploring this, we will look at supplements on the market derived from plants and not covered elsewhere in this course series. There will be a lot of information and it will be immediately useful for treating our patients.

The recordings will be made available for you to review after the event!

Course Objectives

• Comprehend phytopharmacognosy and be able to apply its principles to supplements and Chinese medicine.
• Explore how some common supplements theoretically act on the body and according to Chinese medicine.
• Develop potentially effective treatment strategies involving these supplements and Chinese medicine.
• Understand and prevent any potential interactions.

Course Outline

July 21, 2024 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT, 5pm BRT, 9pm BST, 10pm CEST, 1:30am IST, 6am AEST, 8am NZST (3 hrs)Introduction.Basic phytopharmacognosy and its application to Chinese medicine and supplement.Supplements based on plants and phytopharmacognosy.Summary.