Botanicals Which Modulate the Stress (HPA) Axis
He presents the 19th century concept of "blood purification" in terms of contemporary pathophysiology and shows how seemingly unrelated alterative herbs have a unifying principle
with formulation strategies to prevent adverse humoral effects
Each culture and medical system has its foundational herbs that are essential for effective treatment
actions and metabolism of dopamine are described in the first part of the lecture
18SW19 - Botanical Therapies for Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome Conferences>>2012 Medicines from the Earth Botanicals Which Modulate the StressSpeaker: David Winston. Insulin resistance, obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have been linked to a wide range of chronic degenerative diseases including diabetes, cancer, heart disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease. MetS also interferes with healthy sleep, inhibits digestion, causes hyper coagulation of the blood and decreases immune function. In this class we discuss the dietary, nutritional and lifestyle causes of this