"The Practicing Herbalist -
Meeting With Clients - Reading the Body "

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Forward

The Beginning

Chapter 1- About Me

Chapter 2 - Starting an Herbal Practice

Defining your Philosophy

Choosing Your Space

Entering Professional Space

Formula Preparation Area

Organizing a Desk Area

Creating an Herb Closet

Using a Computer

Accounting

The Library

The Consultation Room or Classroom

Laboratory: Tincture Preparation Room

Additional Business Concerns

Advertising

Growing Pains

Chapter 3 - Seeing Clients

Booking Appointments

Professional Appearance

Clearing Your Space

Prepare Yourself

Greeting Your Clients

Summer Consultations

Chapter 4 - Accounting Information

Chapter 5 - Book List

Chapter 6 - Asking Questions

Gathering Client Information

General Information

Chapter 7 - Sample Blank Intake Form

Reading The Body Observing Indications of Three

Chapter 8 - Visual Observations

Chapter 9 - Constitutional Body Types

Vatta

Pitta

Kapha

Chapter 10 - Voice

Tone of Voice

Creation by the spoken word

Chapter 11 - Assessing the Energetics of the Condition

Hot Conditions Heat Excitation

Cold Conditions Depression

Damp Conditions

Relaxation

Torpor

Dry Conditions Atrophy

Wind Conditions Constriction

Chapter 12 - Examining the Face

General Facial Analysis

Chapter 13  - Organ/Body Correspondences

Liver

Gallbladder

Spleen

Lungs

Stomach

Small Intestine

Large Intestine

Kidneys

Pelvis

Bladder

Heart

Chapter 14 - Thyroid

In General

Meditation

Nutritional protection

Testing

Environmental impacts

Hyperthyroid

Indications

Nutrition for hyperthyroid

Supplements

Herbs

Hypothyroid

Indications

Nutrition

Supplements

Herbs

Chapter 15 - Examining Color

White

Green

Red

Gray

Yellow

Orange

Blue

Black

Chapter 16 - Examining the Eyes

General Eye Condition

Eyebrows

Eye Sockets

Color of Sclera

Pupils

Client’s View

Below Eyelid

Eyelid

Chapter 17 - Examining Ears

Chapter 18 - Examining the Nose

Chapter 19 - Large Intestine lines

Chapter 20 - Elimination Analysis

Stool Analysis

Transit Time

Consistency

Color

Shape

Odor

Substances

Ease of Passage

Stool Indicators

General

Color

Chapter 21 - Examining the Mouth

Chapter 22 - Lips

Chapter 23 - Specific Indications of the teeth

Chapter 24 - Examining the Tongue

LeSassier Tongue Diagram

Standard TCM approach

The Spirit of the Tongue

Chapter 25 - Specific tongue indications

Coating on tongue

Specific Papillae Indications

Chapter 26 - Examining the Chin

Examining Beneath the Chin

Chapter 27 - Examining Fingernails

Chapter 29 - The Hands

Polarity correspondences in the hands and feet

Chapter 30 - Urine Appearance

Urine Color

Urine Smell

Chapter 31 - Headaches

Chapter 32 - Pulses

The Experience of Pulse

Pulse Positions

Upper Middle Lower Body in Pulse location

Chapter 33 - Quick sight Confirmations

Spleen

Small Intestine

Liver

Gallbladder

Kidney

Lung

Heart

Pelvic floor

Some Experience

Chapter 34 - Vitamins, Minerals & Amino Acids

Enzymes

Digestive Enzymes

Systemic Enzymes

Vitamins and Minerals

Amino acids

Chapter 35 - Insulin Resistance

Indications

Margi’s Life Plan - a work in progress

Chapter 36 - Living with Cancer

Protocol of the Spirit

Feeding Our Cells

Fruits and Vegetables

Other Life Enhancers

Cacao

Lycopene

Silymarin

Healthy Oils

Thoughts

Digestion and Assimilation

Pre-biotics

Supplementing with Medicinal Mushrooms

Beneficial Floras

Elimination

The Viral Connection

Healing DNA with Herbs and Spices

Supplements to Choose From

Supplements to take with Meals

Supporting the choice of Chemo

Mother’s advice

Supporting Radiation Therapy

After Radiation

Chapter 37 - Mushrooms in Cancer Therapy

Chapter 38 - A Simplistic View of Individual Cancers

Every day:

Nutrition:

Environment:

Sleep well

Exercise

Body Therapy:

Herbs:

Reproductive System Cancers - Ovarian, Breast, Uterine

Breast Cancer

For inhibition of VEGF

Enjoy the sauna

Elevated copper in blood

Metastasis

Liver health

Herbal treatments

All healing is faith Karyn Sanders

Stomach and Esophageal Cancer

Colon and Liver Cancer

Leukemia

Lymphoma

My sister Kitty’s story

Melanoma

Case studies: Melanoma

Connections

Research books for cancer

Chapter 39 - Autoimmune Disease

Herbs for autoimmune disease:

Food allergies

Chapter 40 - Decreasing Antidepressant Use

Bipolar Balancing

Chapter 41 - Calcium Deficiency

Chapter 42 - Disrupted Sleep Patterns

Chapter 43 - Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

Chapter 44 - Relieving Chronic Pain

Chapter 45 - Preparing for Surgery

One week prior to surgery:

One week before surgery and during healing process:

A few days after surgery:

If open heart surgery:

Chapter 46 - Adhesions and Fibrin Formation

Chapter 47 - Margi Flint AHG HM Experimental Protocols for Lyme Disease

Chapter 48 - David Winston AHG Tick-Borne Diseases

Their Effective Treatment, Including the Use of Botanical & Complimentary Therapies

Lyme Disease

Symptoms of Lyme Disease or Lyme Borreliosis

Symptoms associated with chronic infections

Lyme Disease and Animals

Alternatives for Treating Persistent Lyme Disease Syndrome (PLDS)

The herbs alone are not effective (except for canines).

Symptomatic Relief for Lyme Disease

Muscle and neck pain and spasms

Joint pain

General Antiinflammatories for Lyme arthralgia

Neurological and Cognitive symptoms

Bell’s Palsy

Lyme insomnia

Lyme anxiety

Fatigue and HPA axis depletion

Immunodeficiency in Persistent Lyme Disease

Liver damage and antibiotics

Herbs used to help prevent yeast overgrowth from long-term antibiotic use

Other tick-borne diseases

Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention

Minimizing Risk of Disease

Chapter 49 - Kate Gilday, Herbalist Treating Lyme Borreliosis Naturally

Common symptoms:

Possible Herb Protocols:

Formula I - “Propolis Formula”-

Formula II - “Lomatium Formula”-

Added Herb Support:

D. Ledum

E. Stephen Buhner Core Protocol Protocol

1. Andrographis paniculata:

2. Japanese Knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum, Resveratrol

3. Cats Claw Uncaria tomentosa bark

Other Herbs to Consider:

RESOURCES

Chapter 50 - David Dalton - Lyme & Flower Essences

The Teasel Story

The Treatment

Teasel/Lyme Treatment Prayer

Self–Treatment

Some FAQ regarding the Teasel Protocol for Lyme Disease

Chapter 51 - Wendy Snow Fogg Lyme Protocols

Chapter 52 - Planetary Responsibility

Closing

Chapter 53 - Resources

Education

Environmental and Educational Web sites

Highest Quality Herbs

Aromatherapy Needs and Desires

Aromatherapy Classes (All Levels)

Supplements

Organizations

Organic Seed Sources

Flower Essences

List of Artwork

Index of Kay Parent’s Calligraphy

Common to Latin Names

Index