Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 1

    • Resource - Week 1 - Syllabus

    • Week 1, Lecture #1: Introduction & Overview of the course

    • Week 1, Lecture #2: Terminology - Vasoconstriction & Dilation, Hyperemia & Edema

    • Week 1, Lecture #3: Terminology - Exudate, Selectrins, Margination

    • Week 1, Lecture #4: Terminology - Chemotaxis, Opsonins, MAST Cells, Complement system

    • Week 1, Lecture #5: Cylcooxygenase Pathways

    • Week 1, Lecture #6: Corticosteroids

    • Week 1, Lecture #7 - Acute & Chronic Inflammation

    • Week 1, Lecture #8: Review of Concepts, Pyrexia, Cachexia

    • Week 1, Lecture #9: Types of Hypersensitivity

    • Week 1, Lecture #10: TH1 & TH2 Immunity

    • Week 1, Lecture #11: Nitric Oxide & Reactive Oxygen Species

    • Week 1, Lecture #12: Types of Inflammation

    • Week 1, Lecture #13: Materia Medica Part 1

    • Week 1, Lecture #14: Materia Medica Part 2

    • Week 1, Lecture #15: Materia Medica Part 3

    • Week 1, All Lecture Slides

    • Resource- Week 1 Study Guide #1

    • Resource- Week 1 Study Guide #2
  • 2

    Week 2

    • Week 2, Lecture #1: Materia Medica - Pathway Effects of Specific Herbs

    • Week 2, Lecture #2 - Stages of Wound Healing

    • Week 2, Lecture #3 - Proliferative Stage of Wound Healing, Colors of a Wound

    • Week 2, Lecture #4 - Proliferative Stage (Part 2)

    • Week 2, Lecture #5 - MMP's, Acute & Chronic Wound Healing

    • Week 2, Lecture #6 - MMP Inhibitors

    • Week 2, Lecture #7 - Immune Response Fundamentals

    • Week 2, Lecture #8 - Biofilm Review

    • Week 2, Lecture #9 - Key Inflammation Concepts for Applying Materia Medica

    • Week 2, Lecture #10 - More Specific Biofilm Materia Medica

    • Week 2, Lecture #11 - Biofilm Details Part 1

    • Week 2, Lecture #12 - PPAR's, Pili, EPS & Viruses

    • Week 2, Lecture #13 - L-Form Bacteria

    • Week 2, Lecture #14 - Biofilms & Inflammation

    • Week 2, Lecture #15 - Materia Medica Part 1

    • Week 2, Lecture #16 - Materia Medica Part 2

    • Week 2 All Slides

    • Week 2 Study Guide #1
  • 3

    Week 3

    • Week 3, Lecture #1 - Wound Granulation

    • Week 3, Lecture #2 - Overgranulation

    • Week 3, Lecture #3 - Slough, Maceration, Epithelialization

    • Week 3, Lecture #4 - Case Study (Outer Ear Infection/Inflammation)

    • Week 3, Lecture #5 - Case Study, Venous Ulcers

    • Week 3, Lecture # 6 - Key Formula Concepts

    • Week 3, Lecture #7 - The Microbiome

    • Week 3, Lecture #8 - Applied Terminology from Weeks 1 & 2

    • Week 3, Lecture #9 - Gut Homeostasis & Inflammation

    • Week 3, Lecture #10 - Gut Inflammation Layers

    • Week 3, Lecture #11 - Intake & Inflammation: Solving the Puzzle

    • Week 3, Lecture #12 - Physical Exam Part 1

    • Week 3, Lecture #13 - Physical Exam Part 2

    • Week 3, Lecture #14 - Physical Exam Part 3

    • Week 3, Lecture #15 - Asthma & Inflammation

    • Week 3, Lecture #16 - Materia Medica & Formulation Key Concepts

    • Week 3 All Slides

    • Week 3 Study Guide 1

    • Week 3 Study Guide 2
  • 4

    Week 4

    • Week 4, Lecture #1 - Atopic Dermatitis

    • Week 4, Lecture #2 - Anaphylaxis

    • Week 4, Lecture #3 - Urticaria

    • Week 4, Lecture #4 - Rheumatoid Arthritis

    • Week 4, Lecture #5 - Psoriatic Arthritis

    • Week4, Lecture #6 - Ankylosing Spondylitis

    • Week 4, Lecture #7 - Sjogren's Syndrome

    • Week 4, Lecture #8 - Lupus Erythematosus

    • Week 4, Lecture #9 - Vasculitis

    • Week 4, All Slides

    • Week 4 Study Guide
  • 5

    Final Exam

    • Infection & Inflammation - Final Exam