Have you ever felt the need to get back in touch with the natural rhythm of your body? Or perhaps you already feel that connection and would like to have a better knowledge of the reproductive hormonal system of the anatomical female body. Either way, Women’s Health Part I: Anatomy, Hormones, and Cycle-Tracking will enlighten and empower you in understanding your hormonal health and fertility. Here you will learn methods for charting menstrual and ovulation cycles. Krista Dawn Poulton is an experienced herbalist who focuses her practice primarily on rep
oductive health and will be leading you through this course.
The videos for this course were filmed at Ravenhill Farm in Victoria BC, so you will have a l
ittle bit of farm sounds to keep you company!
This course has one more part which we highly recommend taking, depending on your level:
Women’s Health Course 2: Menstrual Cycle-Tracking and Herbal Medicine for General Public
Women’s Health Course 3: Menstrual Cycle-Tracking and Herbal Medicine for Practitioners
Participants will learn about:
- An overview of the reproductive hormonal system, including the hypothalamus, pituitary, and ovarian/adrenal hormones.
- The follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle.
- How these phases are affected by reproductive hormonal systems
- How to track cycles with basal body temperature, cervical changes, and mucosal changes
As women move through the transitions of puberty, fertile years, and perimenopause/menopause, specific herbs and lifestyle recommendations can be a big help for overall health. Krista Dawn Poulton, an experienced herbalist and teacher of herbalism, will discuss these recommendations as well as some of the specific conditions women face during these transitions. Those that will be presented in detail include painful menstruation, hormonal acne, mood irregularity, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), fibroids, endometriosis, and infertility.
This class is ideal for the general public, but self-studied herbalists will be sure to gain a wealth of knowledge too! The videos for this course were filmed at Ravenhill Herb Farm in Victoria BC.
This course can be taken on it’s own, or paired another one:
Women’s Health: Anatomy, Hormones And Cycle-Tracking
This will be sure to help you fully understand how the female reproductive anatomy and hormonal system work together. We recommend taking them as a pair!
Participants will learn about:
- Menstrual cycle-charting with basal body temperature, cervical changes, and cervical mucous
- Identifying the follicular and luteal phase pathologies including progesterone deficiency leading to recurrent miscarriages
- Anovulatory cycles leading to infertility
- PCOS and estrogen dominance leading to fibroids and endometriosis
- The causes for hormonal disruption
- Overview of the hormonal system
- The transitions of a woman’s life through puberty, fertile years, and perimenopause/menopause
- Herbs to assist with hormone management through said stages
As women move through the transitions of puberty, fertile years, and perimenopause/menopause, specific herbs and lifestyle reomm
endations can be a big help for overall health. Krista Dawn Poulton, an experienced herbalist and teacher of herbalism, will discuss these recommendations as well as some of the specific
onditions women face during these transitions. Krista presents menstrual cycle-charting, a tool for practitioners to assess reproductive pathologies with their patients and manage these conditions.
The anatomy and pathology for each condition will be covered, outlining the prevalence and the key identifying features for differential diagnosis. This course will focus on herbal, supplemental and nutritional/lifestyle treatment protocols for common reproductive pathologies such as post-birth control pill amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhea, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), hormonal acne, fibroids, endometriosis, and infertility.
This class is ideal for the practitioners but self-studied herbalists will be sure to gain a wealth of knowledge too! These videos were recorded at Ravenhill Herb Farm in Victoria BC.
If you feel like you need a review of the female reproductive anatomy and hormonal physiology, please be sure to join her first course as well:
Women’s Health – Female Anatomy, Hormones And Cycle-Tracking
Participants will learn about:
- The causes of hormonal disruption
- The anatomy and physiology of the reproductive and hormonal system
- Identifying the follicular and luteal phase pathologies using the menstrual cycle chart
- Progesterone deficiency leading to recurrent miscarriages
- Anovulatory cycles leading to infertility
- PCOS and estrogen dominance leading to fibroids and endometriosis
- Herbal and supplement treatment protocols to treat reproductive pathologies