- Mastering Herbs: Uterine & Ovarian Pain 1h 30min
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Description
Menstrual pain, pelvic pain, and ovarian pain are common female complaints and ones that often respond readily to herbal therapies. To best treat the underlying conditions contributing to uterine pain, this presentation will also discuss the causes of hyperestrogenism and how it can be remedied with natural therapies. Because uterine and ovarian pain is often accompanied by PMS and bleeding irregularities, herbs that are specifically indicted for menorrhgia, menopausal complaints and other specific presentation will be woven into our pain management discussions. Based on folkloric materia medica, specific indications of herbal medicines, and Dr. Stansbury’s 30 years of clinical experience, this clinical presentation will offer effective formulas and treatment approaches to these common presenting complaints.
Learning Objectives
- List what herbs are considered to be uterine “tonics” and what are their specific indications for inclusion in reproductive organ pain formulas
- Learn what herbs are considered to be uterine sedatives, appropriate for acute spasms
- Learn what herbs are uterine stimulants fitting the classic definition of an emmenagogue
- Learn how pelvic stagnation and vascular congestion contribute to pelvic and uterine pain, and what herbs are specifically indicated for such situations
- Learn what herbs are considered to be uterine hemostatics to help manage hemorrhage and menorrhagia
- Be familiar with the specific indications of herbs to improve menorrhagia and uterine cramps
- Detail which are some of the most effective herbal tools for managing dysmenorrhea
- Be able to assist patients in using medicinal foods such as pineapple, ginger, and fennel to manage pelvic and reproductive pain
- Be able to use topical herbal medicines to manage uterine and pelvic pain
- Be able to create finely tuned and individualized herbal formulas to best treat specific patient situations and presentations
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
California Board of Chiropractic Examiners (CA BOCE) - (expires on January 01, 2025)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours Category B - Wellness) -Direct ApprovalCanadian Federation of Aromatherapists (CFA)
0.75 CEU total (up to 0.75 CEU Category B) -Direct ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
1.5 credits total (up to 1.5 credits Category A) -Direct ApprovalNew Hampshire Association of Naturopathic Doctors (NHAND)
1.5 CEUs total (up to 1.5 CEUs General, up to 1.5 CEUs Childbirth, up to 1.5 CEUs Pain Management/Addiction Disorders) -Direct ApprovalOregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine (OBNM) - (expires on April 20, 2025)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours General Education, up to 1.5 hours Pain Management, up to 1.5 hours Natural Childbirth) -Direct ApprovalVermont Office of Professional Regulation (VT OPR)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours General) -Direct ApprovalAlliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA)
0.75 CPD total (up to 0.75 CPD Category B) -Assumed ApprovalArizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (AZ NPMB)
1.5 CMEs total (up to 1.5 CMEs General) -Assumed ApprovalCalifornia Committee of Naturopathic Medicine (CA CNM)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta (CNDA)
1.5 continuing competence credits total -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours Category C - Educational Courses) -Assumed ApprovalCollege of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO)
1.5 credits total (up to 1.5 credits Category B) -Assumed ApprovalColorado Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration (CO ONDR)
1.5 PDAs total -Assumed ApprovalConnecticut Department of Public Health: Naturopathic Physician Licensure (CT DPH: NPL)
1.5 hours total -Assumed ApprovalCouncil for Homeopathic Certification (CHC)
1.5 CEUs total (up to 1.5 CEUs Category 2) -Assumed ApprovalDistrict of Columbia Health Regulation and Licensing Administration (DC HRLA)
1.5 hours total -Assumed ApprovalHawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional & Vocational Licensing (HI DCCA)
1.5 CEs total (up to 1.5 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalIdaho Board of Medicine: Naturopathic Medical Board (ID BOM: NMB)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalKansas State Board of Healing Arts (KS SBHA)
1.5 CEUs total -Assumed ApprovalMaine Board of Complementary Health Care Providers (ME BCHCP)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours General) -Assumed ApprovalManitoba Naturopathic Association (MNA)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours Category B) -Assumed ApprovalMaryland Board of Physicians (MD BP)
1.5 hours total -Assumed ApprovalMinnesota Board of Medical Practice (MN BMP)
1.5 contact hours total (up to 1.5 contact hours General) -Assumed ApprovalMontana Board of Alternative Health Care (MT BAHC)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours General, up to 1.5 hours Obstetrics) -Assumed ApprovalNorth Dakota Board of Integrative Health Care (ND BIHC)
1.5 credits total (up to 1.5 credits General) -Assumed ApprovalRhode Island Department of Health: Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (RI DOH: BMLD)
1.5 hours total -Assumed ApprovalSaskatchewan Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (SANP)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours Category C) -Assumed ApprovalUtah Naturopathic Physician Licensing Board (UT NPLB)
1.5 CEs total (up to 1.5 CEs General) -Assumed ApprovalWashington State Department of Health: Board of Naturopathy (WA DOH: BON)
1.5 hours total (up to 1.5 hours Category 2) -Assumed Approval
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