Wind-Damp Disorders: Integrating Chinese Herbology with Western Pharmacology

Course overview

In this course, Dr. John Chen, a recognized authority in western pharmacology and Chinese herbal medicine, and author of Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology and Chinese Herbal Formulas & Applications, goes over the safe and defensive practice guidelines to minimize side-effects, adverse reactions, and herb-drug interactions when using herbal formulas for wind-damp disorders such as muscle aches and pain, muscle spasms and cramps, weakness and pain of the lower back and knees, numbness and atrophy of muscle, hemiplegia and paralysis. Dr. Chen will also compare the pros and cons of pharmaceutical drugs and herbal medicine and share research studies.