Intermediate~13 hours12 lessons

Acute Case-Taking and Remedy Selection

From 'I know Aconite is good for colds' to a disciplined process for choosing one acute remedy among many

Twelve lessons on how to take an acute case the way intermediate practitioners do — what modalities are and why they matter, how concomitants and mental-emotional states narrow the remedy choice, the practical materia medica of the most-used acute polychrests, and the criteria for knowing whether the chosen remedy is working.

Taught by Deidre Starner, Master Herbalist

What you'll learn

Take a clean acute case in 20-30 minutes, eliciting modalities, concomitants, and the etiology where present
Speak the modality vocabulary (better from, worse from) fluently and document it in a structured case form
Choose between three or four remedies that share an indication based on the differentiating modalities and concomitants
Recognize the working profile of Aconite, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Arsenicum album, Nux vomica, Apis mellifica, and four other common acute polychrests
Judge whether an acute remedy is working within the expected time window and decide whether to wait, repeat, or change remedy

Course outline

1
Course Welcome — From Beginner to Acute Practitioner
25 minFree preview
2
The Acute Case-Taking Conversation
50 minFree preview
3
The Acute Case Form
45 min
4
Modalities — The Central Organizing Tool
55 min
5
First Five Polychrests — Aconite, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Arsenicum
65 min
6
Second Five Polychrests — Nux Vomica, Rhus Tox, Hepar, Apis, Chamomilla
60 min
7
Secondary Acute Remedies — Ferrum Phos, Gelsemium, Ipecac, Ledum, Hypericum, and More
55 min
8
Is the Remedy Working? — Criteria and Timing
50 min
9
Etiology as Prescribing Tool
45 min
10
Concomitants and Peculiars — The Differentiating Details
45 min
11
Dose, Potency, and Repetition Strategy
45 min
12
Capstone — Three Acute Case Write-Ups
70 min