Are Adaptogens Always the Answer? A workshop on refining formulation skills

60 minutes  

Is the popularity of adaptogens in commercial herbalism leading to them to being over prescribed? Are there more useful herbal actions being overlooked? 

The skillful practitioner learns to look beneath the surface of what’s presented in a case, in some respects our job is a detective. We must hone the skills necessary to make sense of the patterns dis-ease are communicating. Symptoms are an expression of the vital force that ultimately are an invitation for treatment. Where do you start with a client when they have multiple ailments and health concerns? Do we give adaptogens to every client who’s exhausted, over-worked, and fatigued?In this class we will walk through case study examples exploring the nuance of symptom patterns and explore herbal therapy options grounded in a solid grasp of materia medica.