To be a master, you must first master the basics.

Description:

Jane Lyttleon guides you through the basics of Western and Chinese medicine in relation to fertility.  She covers western physiology and pathology as it relates to an acupuncturist treating infertility.  By laying this sound foundation, she explains basic treatment principles on how to treat fertility throughout the 4 phases of a woman's menstrual cycle.

This course gives the practitioner confidence to not only treat fertility issues, but to help explain some of the basic patterns of fertility to their patients.

Charting and analyzing the menstrual cycle using basal body temperature (BBT) are taught, as well as ovulation indicators. Also, gain patient confidence by understanding standard labs and exams routinely encountered during the fertility process. 

Learning Objectives:

   1. What it means to be a specialist in infertility
   2. Western reproductive anatomy and physiology: female
   3. Western reproductive pathology and differential diagnosis for infertility
   4. TCM reproductive anatomy and physiology: females
   5. TCM treatment according to the four phases of the menstrual cycle
   6. Laying the foundation - the menstrual cycle in detail and BBT charting according to TCM