May 2: Integrative Pharmacology: Drugs and Herbs for Mental Health

Mar 3rd 2022

May 2: Integrative Pharmacology: Drugs and Herbs for Mental Health

Live Stream Webinar

Mondays May 2, 9, 16, 23: 5-7pm PST

Cost: $160

To enhance practitioners’ skills to evaluate the potential for herb-drug interactions, reduce risk and optimize beneficial treatment.

About this event

Ingrid Bauer, MD and Benjamin Zappin, LAc

This training aims to enhance practitioners’ skills to assess the medications their clients take, to evaluate the potential for herb-drug interactions, and to communicate with prescribing physicians. This 4 class series reviews major drug classes and herbal action types, as well as individual drugs, herbs & formulas as they relate to mental health and the nervous system. For each herb & drug class we will:

  • Review the basic mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, side effects, and potential for herb-drug interactions including risky and favorable.
  • Discuss herbal alternatives and complements, and our clinical experiences with helping patients navigate the pros and cons of pharmacologic and herbal therapies.
  • Provide strategies for documentation and communicating with inter-professional care teams--including prescribing physicians--about patients’ treatment plans and health goals.
  • Include relevant cases examples

Teacher Bios:

Ingrid Bauer, MD, MS is an integrative physician who emphasizes affordable, effective, culturally-appropriate therapies with her patients. She enjoys teaching about herbal medicine for Western medical practitioners, and delights in sharing Western medical knowledge with the herbal community. Through practicing and teaching, she seeks to bridge conventional and alternative paradigms to expand access to holistic healthcare, especially for underserved communities.

Ingrid worked in organic agriculture before studying Western & Chinese herbal medicine at the American School of Herbalism in Santa Cruz, CA. She went on to complete her master's degree and MD through the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program in the San Francisco Bay Area. She completed residency in internal medicine at Highland Hospital, and now practices at a rural community health center in Grass Valley, CA.

Ingrid is co-founder of Five Flavors Herbs & Paeonia Integrative Medicine

Benjamin Zappin, LAc is a respected and knowledgeable herbalist and a licensed acupuncturist. With over 20 years of experience, Benjamin has studied at Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz, CA, and the Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, China. Additionally, he completed a four-year clinical apprenticeship with Michael Tierra.

To create effective herbal formulas and treat patients, Benjamin synthesizes his deep knowledge of Chinese and western herbal medicine with modern medical perspectives. This exceptional approach has been recognized industry-wide.

An esteemed educator, Benjamin regularly lectures at institutions and symposia nationwide. He has been on the faculty of Five Branches University, A.C.C.H.S., East/West School of Herbology, and American School of Herbalism. He has lectured at California School of Herbal Studies, UCSF, and many other institutions as a guest lecturer and has been involved in training physicians in natural medicine internationally.

Benjamin is co-founder of Five Flavors Herbs & Paeonia Integrative Medicine

Credentials

Paeonia Integrative Medicine CAB CEP#538 NCCAOM #1104 Phone: 510 923 0178

This course has been approved by the California Acupuncture Board, Provider #538, for 8 hrs of category 1 continuing education. (pending approval)

This course has been approved by NCCAOM, Provider 1104, for 8 hrs of continuing education. (pending approval)

No refunds available after April 1, 2022. Recordings will be made available to participants who miss classes, but recorded versions not currently eligible for CEU