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  • Suppression vs. Healing: Appropriate Applications of Herbal and Nutritional Therapies for Common Skin Conditions

Speaker: Deborah Frances, ND Skin conditions are often a manifestation of the body’s attempt to correct an internal imbalance. For this reason, it is vital not to treat the skin to suppress the body’s attempt at healing. Some skin conditions and some patients are more easily suppressed than others. Being able to evaluate which types of eruptions and patients are more prone to suppression can guide us to the most healing applications of herbal therapies. As with anything else, just treating the skin is not enough. We must look at the whole person.

Calendula, Ulmus, Scrophularia, Nicotiana, Rosa, Symphytum, Larrea, dragon’s blood and various alteratives are among the many herbs discussed to treat common skin afflictions, including actinic keratosis, ringworm, eczema, psoriasis, outbreaks of herpes simplex and zoster, wounds, burns and decubiti (bedsores). Cases will be included.

Related product: The PowerPoint for this recording is available here: 2023 Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine: Conference Book Download (PDF)

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Continuing Education:

Naturopathic Physicians: This recording has been approved for 1.5 general CME credits by   

  • Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine (OBNM)
  • Arizona SUHS (Sonoran University of Health Sciences)
  • California Naturopathic Doctors Association (CNDA)

Nursing: This recording has been approved for 1.5 Contact Hours by

  • This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Approval for contact hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.

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Suppression vs. Healing: Appropriate Applications of Herbal and Nutritional Therapies for Common Skin Conditions

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