26SW04 - The Stagnant Liver: East and West Format:Video Intensive: Maya Herbal and Spiritual

Intensive: Maya Herbal and Spiritual Healing Part 2

naturopathic physicians

review commonly used herbs that may provoke reactions

at an annual cost exceeding $40 billion

26SW04 - The Stagnant Liver: East and West Format:Video Intensive: Maya Herbal and SpiritualSpeaker: Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist Liver stagnancy is an important concept in both traditional Western medicine and Chinese medicine, but the concepts in the two systems are very different. They require a different materia medica, with little overlap. We will describe the anatomy and physiology of the liver, the portal venous system, and the biliary tree and how diet and herbs may interact with these. The Chinese organ system is not equivalent