Prescribing for Two: TCM Herbal Safety Decisions in Pregnancy Care
Tracking # 20-1383953
Course overview
**This course is NCCAOM and CE Broker approved. Completions will be automatically reported to CE Broker instantly** This course presents a structured approach to preventing harm when prescribing TCM herbal formulas to pregnant patients across all three trimesters. Coverage includes the causes of common prescribing errors in prenatal care, classical and pharmacological criteria for herb contraindication, high-risk herbs and base formulas associated with miscarriage, premature labor, and fetal harm, and screening for pregnancy and undisclosed herbal self-medication. The course also addresses safe formula modification, risk-benefit reasoning for nuanced cases, and trimester-specific recommendations.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.