Systemic Inflammation, Food Intolerance and Autoimmunity
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
- Learn methods that successfully treat many patients with serious chronic illnesses such as autoimmune conditions, neurological problems, cardiovascular inflammation, cancer, kidney failure, mental disorders, and more.
- Learn the basic science of how nutrients affect inflammation and tissue integrity
- Learn the “dotted line” between inflammation in the gastrointestinal system and the overall system, and the exact immune components and mechanisms which are responsible for the escalation of gut inflammation to systemic inflammation.
- Learn interview techniques and clinical assessment to evaluate a patient for food intolerance
- Learn the unreliability of the common lab tests for food intolerance
- Learn how to coach a patient through elimination of rechallenge of suspected offending foods.
- Learn a complete materia medica of anti-inflammatory herbs
- Learn a materia medica and formulation strategy for treating the “leaky gut syndrome” with herbs and diet to reduce systemic inflammation
Description
This course describes in great detail current scientific concepts of digestion, immunity, and autoimmunity to explain the “dotted line” between an immunological response in the gut, and systemic manifestations of disease.
You will learn assessment methods, with an emphasis on interview and examination skills rather than on questionable laboratory antibody testing. A complete review of lifestyle factors, nutrition, herbal materia medica and formulation strategies for inflammation and the Leaky Gut Syndrome are included. This course prepares you with the complete skill set to assess and coach a patient through removal of an offending food.
This course material was developed over a period of more than twenty years, and delivered in various formats to hundreds of intermediate students of herbalism, nutrition, and naturopathic medicine as part of pre-clinical training. These methods were honed in several multi-faculty teaching clinics continuously between 1995 and 2013. Foods in the diet which evoke an immunological inflammatory response are nearly universal in modern chronic disease, and removal can in many cases cause symptoms of even some serious diseases to fall away. Cases presented in this audio course include congestive heart failure, panic disorder, systemic lupus, multiple sclerosis, severe eczema, systemic lymphadenopathy, and a dozen more, which were cured or greatly improved with removal and strict avoidance of an offending food.
Materials Included
- 13 audio modules containing a total of 115 audio recordings (9 hours and 54 minutes in all)
- More than 200 slides
- 42 pages of supplemental readings
- An abridged PDF copy of The Healing Power of Minerals and Trace Elements by Paul Bergner
Topics
- Treatment vs cure
- Inflammation and Diseases
- C-reactive protein
- Trace Elements
- Barrier function
- Oils
- Vitamin D
- Microbiome
- Gut Lymphatic system
- Migrating plasma cells
- Outgrowing allergies
- Molecular mimicry
- Gluten
- Milk
- Food Intolerance process
- Medications
- Herbs for pain
- Herbs for leaky gut
- Insulin resistance
- Alterative herbs
- Intermittent fasting
- Caffea
- Salicylate containing herbs
- Cucuma
- Ginger
- More anti-inflammatory herbs
- Hydrastis and myrrh
- Digestive pathologies and therapeutics
- Gut ecology and evolution
- Nutrition for enterocytes
- Food intolerance and the gut barrier
- Lectins
- Gluten and Oats
- Case Studies
- Elimination diets in history
- Salisbury diet
- Homeopaths
- Clinical observations
- Addictive relationship with foods
- Allergy vs intolerance
- Digestive symptoms
- Abdominal bloating
- Constipation
- Chinese liver patterns
- Diet assessment
- Intuitive eating exercise
- Lab Testing
- GAPS diet
- Blood Type Diet
- Probiotics
- Herb cautions
- Bitters
- Antifungal herbs
- Parasites
- Herbal Therapeutics
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.
This material was presented by Paul Bergner through the Nature Cure Institute in Portland, Oregon in 2014. 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