- Creating Herbal Formulas: Thyroid Disease 4h 15min
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Description
This course is a continuation of the Creating Herbal Formulas online course series with Dr. Jillian Stansbury. This course series roughly follows Dr. Stansbury’s Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals book series, which is a compilation of her 30+ years of practice and experience in using botanical medicine in clinical practice!
Dr. Stansbury is a wealth of botanical and naturopathic knowledge and wisdom. She has a unique way of blending scientific research, folkloric understanding, and clinical application into one cohesive learning experience! Dr. Stansbury’s brain is like an encyclopedia, yet she has the ability to make her knowledge readily accessible to her students.
This course, Creating Herbal Formulas: Thyroid Disorders, covers herbal therapies for both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. The course starts by exploring environmental and other underlying contributors to thyroid disease, including the leading hypotheses of the initiation of autoimmune disorders in the thyroid. Dr. Stansbury covers herbal formulas for both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, offering you herbal formulation tips to craft approaches and protocols for each. The course finishes with an overall materia medica review for thyroid herbs.
Prepare to nerd out to botanical goodness!
Thyroid Disorders: Contributors to Thyroid Disease (1 hour)
In the beginning of the course, Dr. Stansbury covers environmental and other underlying contributors to thyroid disease. She also discusses important nutritional components of thyroid health, including interesting research on cruciferous vegetables and canola oil. She also talks briefly about thyroid hormones.
TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) isn’t everything! Dr. Stansbury shares that there are local activities in the target tissue that are also important. Things like local deiodinase enzyme activity and phosphodiesterase activity! Dr. Stansbury will share more about how this can influence lab results and the various conditions that could be affected.
Thyroid Disorders: Herbal Formulas for Hypothyroidism (1 hour 45 mins)
Dr. Stansbury then shifts to focus on creating herbal formulas for hypothyroidism. Hypothroidism can often present in one of several characteristic presentations, including with obesity and infertility. She also covers Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Dr. Stansbury will share these different presentations and how to use an herbal medicine treatment to address multiple of these presentations in one cohesive formulation. Also in this portion of the course, Dr. Stansbury covers the clinical significance of iodine (including seaweed) in hypothyroidism, as well as other minerals and mushrooms.
Herbs covered in this section include:
- Fucus vesiculosus (Bladderwrack)
- Commiphora mukul (Guggul)
- Iris versicolor (Iris)
- Phytolacca decandra (Pokeberry)
- And others…
Thyroid Disorders: Herbal Formulas for Hyperthyroidism (1 hour)
Dr. Stansbury then teachers on creating herbal formulas for hyperthyroidism. She discusses the role of oxidative stress in hyperthyroidism and the various types of hyperthyroidism, including Grave’s disease. Dr. Stansbury will also discuss rosmarinic acid, which is a found in several crucially-important thyroid herbs. She will discuss its mode of action and role on thyroid enzymes.
Hyperthroidism can often present in one of several characteristic presentations, including with tachycardia and hypertension or anxiety and insomnia. Dr. Stansbury will share these different presentations and how to use an herbal medicine treatment to address multiple of these presentations in one cohesive formulation.
Herbs covered in this section include:
- Melissa officianalis (Lemon Balm)
- Lycopus europeus (Gypsywort)
- Lycopus virginicus (Bugleweed)
- Lithospermum officianalis (Stoneseed or Gromwell)
- And others…
Thyroid Disorders: Materia Medica Review (30 mins)
Now, for a Materia Medica review! [drum roll, please!]
In this portion of the course, Dr. Stansbury covers the main thyroid herbs, their applications, benefits, and other clinical pearls that she has learned over the years, including:
- Artemisia annuas (Sweet Annie)
- Andrographis paniculata (Andrographis)
- Astragalus membranaceus (Astragalus)
- Commiphora mukul (Guggul)
- Fucus vesiculosus (Bladderwrack)
- Bupleurum falcatum (Chinese Thoroughwax)
- Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s Wort)
- Citrus sinensis (Orange)
- Coleus forskohlii (Coleus)
- Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)
- Iris versicolor (Iris)
- Leonurus cardiaca (Motherwort)
- Lithospermum officianalis (Stoneseed or Gromwell)
- Lobelia inflata (Indian Tobacco)
- Lycopus virginicus (Bugleweed)
- Lycopus europeus (Gypsywort)
- Melissa officianalis (Lemon Balm)
- Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary)
What You’ll Learn
- The environmental contributors and oxidative and nutritional stressors that contribute to thyroid disease.
- The different philosophical approaches to thyroid disorders between allopathic and naturopathic/herbal medicine.
- How cruciferous vegetables can help, as well as can hurt, thyroid function.
- The role of iodine in thyroid health.
- The research and mode of action of rosmarinic acid and the herbs that it’s found in.
- The current herbal research involving plants with specific molecules and mechanism of action to impact thyroid diseases.
- How to use herbs with specific niche applications to protect the eyes, the liver, the bones, and other issues related to thyroid disease.
- How to use herbs to reduce the risk of thyroid disease in those with autoimmune disorders.
- How to craft formulas for unique individuals and customize herbal protocols based on energetic and specific indications of various plants.
This Course Is For You If You
- Are in primary care, work in a general practice, or work with patients who have thyroid disorders, or
- Are a naturopathic doctor, herbalist, or other natural medicine practitioner who uses herbs and wants to learn more about botanical medicine interventions for thyroid disorders.
What’s Included With Your Purchase
✔ Instant course access
✔ Lifetime course access
✔ 24/7 online access to course
✔ PDF of course slides
✔ PDF of certificate of completion
✔ Certificate of completion available immediately upon finishing the course
✔ CEs / PDAs as outlined below
✔ Lifetime course access
✔ 24/7 online access to course
✔ PDF of course slides
✔ PDF of certificate of completion
✔ Certificate of completion available immediately upon finishing the course
✔ CEs / PDAs as outlined below
Course Content
Instructor
Dr Jillian Stansbury is a licensed naturopathic physician with 30 years experience, specializing in women’s health, fertility, PCOS, adrenal and thyroid disorders, and endocrine imbalances. She also treats immune and allergic disorders, and chronic disease including diabetes, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, and heart disease, as well mental health disorders including anxiety and depression.
Dr Stansbury served as the Chair of the Botanical Medicine department at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon and remains on the faculty. Dr Stansbury enjoys keeping up with the latest research in natural products chemistry and sharing the developments with other health professionals, as well as delving deeply into traditional and folkloric wisdom on the uses of plants as foods and medicines. Dr Stansbury compiles her research and presents some 10-20 original research papers at medical conferences each year, and has published numerous scholarly articles and several books, including Herbs for Health and Healing, and PCOS Health and Nutritional Guide. She is the author of Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals - a comprehensive herbal formulary text based on her decades of research and clinical experience (published by Chelsea Green).
Dr Stansbury is also an ethnobotanist and has conducted field studies in the Peruvian Amazon for over a decade, living and studying with the Wachiperi, Matstigenka, Bora, and Yagua communities for many years, as well as studying Andean plants. She has created photo, video, and herbarium archives of the plants that she has learned and has published several books on this material as well, including Stung by the Rainbow, and the Mystical and Medicinal Plants of the Andes and Amazon. She leads ethnobotany field courses for nature, adventure, and plant enthusiasts in the Iquitos and Manu regions of the Peruvian Amazon each July 20-30, and winter holiday. Email Dr Stansbury for more information at [email protected].
Continuing Education Approvals
Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists (CFA)
2.125 CEUs total (up to 2.125 CEUs Category B) -Direct ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
4.25 credits total (up to 4.25 credits Category A) -Direct ApprovalNew Hampshire Association of Naturopathic Doctors (NHAND)
4.25 CEUs total (up to 4.25 CEUs General) -Direct ApprovalVermont Office of Professional Regulation (VT OPR)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours General) -Direct ApprovalAlliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA)
2.125 CPDs total (up to 2.125 CPDs Category B) -Assumed ApprovalArizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (AZ NPMB)
4.25 CMEs total (up to 4.25 CMEs General) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta (CNDA)
4.25 continuing competence credits total -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours Category C - Educational Courses) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
4.25 credits total (up to 4.25 credits Category B) -Assumed ApprovalColorado Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration (CO ONDR)
4.25 PDAs total -Assumed ApprovalConnecticut Department of Public Health: Naturopathic Physician Licensure (CT DPH: NPL)
4.25 hours total -Assumed ApprovalCouncil for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)
4.25 CEUs total (up to 4.25 CEUs Category 2) -Assumed ApprovalDistrict of Columbia Health Regulation and Licensing Administration (DC HRLA)
4.25 hours total -Assumed ApprovalHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional & Vocational Licensing (HI DCCA)
4.25 CEs total (up to 4.25 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalIdaho Board of Medicine: Naturopathic Medical Board (ID BOM: NMB)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalKansas State Board of Healing Arts (KS SBHA)
4.25 CEUs total -Assumed ApprovalMaine Board of Complementary Health Care Providers (ME BCHCP)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalManitoba Naturopathic Association (MNA)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours Category B) -Assumed ApprovalMaryland Board of Physicians (MD BP)
4.25 hours total -Assumed ApprovalMinnesota Board of Medical Practice (MN BMP)
4.25 contact hours total (up to 4.25 contact hours General) -Assumed ApprovalMontana Board of Alternative Health Care (MT BAHC)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalNorth Dakota Board of Integrative Health Care (ND BIHC)
4.25 credits total (up to 4.25 credits General) -Assumed ApprovalRhode Island Department of Health: Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (RI DOH: BMLD)
4.25 hours total -Assumed ApprovalSaskatchewan Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (SANP)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours Category C) -Assumed ApprovalUtah Naturopathic Physician Licensing Board (UT NPLB)
4.25 CEs total (up to 4.25 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalWashington State Department of Health: Board of Naturopathy (WA DOH: BON)
4.25 hours total (up to 4.25 hours Category 2) -Assumed Approval
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