Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 1

    • Week 1 - Study Guide #1

    • Slides - Week 1 Lectures 1 - 10

    • Slides - Week 1 Lectures 11 - 17

    • Video - Week 1, Lecture #1: Course Overview

    • Video - Week 1, Lecture #2: Purpose and Structure of the Alimentary Canal

    • Video - Week 1, Lecture #3: Peristalsis, Innervation & Receptors of the Digestive Tract

    • Video - Week 1, Lecture #4: Physiology of Swallowing and Digestion

    • Video - Week 1, Lecture #5: Gastric Stimulation Phases, Movement of Chyme

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #6: The Small Intestine

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #7: Small Intestine Cell Types

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #8: The Liver

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #9: Pancreas and Blood Sugar

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #10: Herbal Terminology Review

    • Week 1 - Study Guide #2

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #11: A & P of the Large Intestine

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #11: A & P of the Large Intestine

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #12: Commensal Bacteria of the Large Intestine

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #13: IgA

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #14: Review of Gut Mucosa

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #15: Introduction to Leaky Gut

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #16: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

    • Video Week 1, Lecture #17: Hypothetical Protocol Example
  • 2

    Week 2

    • Slides - Week 2 Lectures 1 Through 7

    • Slides Week 2 Lectures 8 through 19

    • Week 2, Lecture #1: Clinical Intake Skills

    • Week 2, Lecture #2: Abdominal Exam and Regions

    • Week 2, Lecture #3: Differential Assessment of the Abdomen

    • Week 2, Lecture #4: Differential Assessment (2)

    • Week 2, Lecture #5: Differential Assessment (3)

    • Week 2, Lecture #6: Diarrhea & Pathogens

    • Week 2 Lecture #7: Bacterial Gastroenteritis

    • Week 2, Lecture #8: Bacterial Gastroenteritis - Detail

    • Week 2, Lecture #9: Bacterial Gastrotenteritis - Shigellosis

    • Week 2, Lecture #10: Clostridium dificile

    • Week 2, Lecture #11: Viral Gastroenteritis

    • Week 2, Lecture #12: Diarrheal Disease Statistics

    • Week 2, Lecture #13: Parasites - Overview

    • Week 2, Lecture #14: Protozoans

    • Week 2 Lecture #15: Helminths

    • Week 2, Lecture #16: Activated Charcoal

    • Week 2, Lecture #17: Astringent Herbs

    • Week 2, Lecture #18: Anti-Secretory & Anti-Parasitic Herbs

    • Week 2, Lecture #19: Herb Chart

    • Week 2 - Study Guide #1

    • Week 2 - Study Guide #2
  • 3

    Week 3

    • Slides - Lectures #1 - 5

    • Slides, Lecture #6-8

    • Week 3 Lecture #1: Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis

    • Week 3, Lecture #2: Herbs and Protocols for Diverticulitis

    • Week 3, Lecture #3: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

    • Week 3, Lecture #4: Elimination Diet

    • Week 3, Lecture #5: IBS Herbal Protocols

    • Week 3, Lecture #6: Ulcerative Colitis

    • Week 3, Lecture #7: Crohn's Disease

    • Week 3, Lecture #8: Herbal Protocols for UC and Crohn's Disease

    • Study Guide Week 3 - #1

    • Study Guide Week 3 - #2
  • 4

    Week 4

    • Slides for Lectures 1 - 6

    • Slides for Lectures 7 - 10

    • Resource - Week 4 - Mechanisms of Hepatoxicity

    • Week 4 - Study Guide

    • Week 4, Lecture #1 - Physiology of the Liver

    • Week 4, Lecture #2 - Liver Physiology (1)

    • Week 4, Lecture #3 - Liver Physiology (2)

    • Week 4, Lecture #4 - Cholesterol

    • Week 4, Lecture #5 - Assessment of Liver Diseases

    • Week 4, Lecture #6 - Herbs for the Liver (1)

    • Week 4, Lecture #7 - Review of Liver Detoxification

    • Week 4, Lecture #8 - Herbs for the Liver (2)

    • Week 4, lecture #9 - Candidiaisis

    • Week 4, Lecture #10 - Review

    • Week 4, Lecture #11 - Leaky Gut

    • Slides - Leaky Gut Lecture
  • 5

    Final Exam

    • Final Exam