How to Take a Case History
Clinical - Insightful - Empowering
Demystify the art of taking a case history for clinical herbalism.
When starting out on the clinical herbalist journey, and for a while thereafter, taking a case history can be intimidating. In this class, Matthew Wood walks us through the critical steps necessary for taking a case history, highlighting the importance of the mindset that a clinical herbalist needs to embody in order to best serve any client who is seeking help from the plants.
Topics Covered:
- Thinking like a mechanic
- Leaky gut
- Opposites & usefulness
- Energetics of different organ systems, and how to ask questions to figure them out
- Facial assessment guidelines
- Thinking like a philosopher
- The Entry Complaint – and why it must be addressed
- The importance of knowing if there is a medical diagnosis
- Important details to keep your ears open for
- People’s emotional states, and why it is important to not be distracted by them
- Herbs for the side effects of chemotherapy
- Herbs for Pain
- What can you do to improve your ability for tongue assessment?
- Supporting the adrenal glands
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How to Take a Case History
Learn active listening skills and specific questions honed from decades of practice.
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