Herbal Summer School 2020
An Online Self-Study Course with Available CEUs
Plant medicines hold unique promise and potential to help us meet the unprecedented demands of modern life.
Chronic disease is on the rise, and life expectancy is falling. The demands of environmental toxicity, man-made radiation, chronic infection and stress place great demands on the bodymind. Immune and autoimmune conditions, cardiometabolic syndrome, diabetes, cancer, fatigue and cognitive decline are on the rise.
Today’s herbal therapy, based in ancient tradition and modern science, can help us not only survive but thrive in the modern world. Whole-food nutrition, as the foundational underpinning of all therapeutics, make herbal medicine more effective, and in less time.
The Herbal Summer School for Clinicians, recorded live in 2020, will give you the knowledge, tools and practical strategies to improve your patient care and outcomes with an integrated approach to blending phytotherapy and food-based nutritional support. Learn traditional applications and current research on how plant medicines can increase resilience and well-being, for acute, corrective and preventative care.
Your Faculty
MICHAEL GAETA, DAOM, MS, CDN
Dr Michael Gaeta’s purpose co-create a world of vital, resilient people who boldly make their positive contribution, and choose a lifestyle of “nature first, drugs last.” Michael holds licenses in acupuncture, dietetics-nutrition and massage therapy, and is a doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine in Rhode Island. He earned his Master of Science degree in acupuncture from the New York College of Health Professions, where he was a faculty member for ten years. He also earned degrees in health sciences, massage therapy and Asian bodywork therapy. Michael has spoken at dozens of natural healthcare colleges and conferences internationally. Michael’s 28 years of teaching is informed by 31 years of successful clinical practice. He co-founded Acupuncture for Veterans, which provided free treatments in New York City. Michael is past president of the Acupuncture Society of New York, earning awards for State Association President and State Association of the Year. He appeared on the CBS Early Show and NBC News, and has trained 18,000 health professionals since 1993. His wellness podcast attracted over 100,000 subscribers. Michael is also a pianist and composer, his first career, and a father of two.
Overall Herbal Summer School Rating by Participants
9.43/10
KERRY BONE, MCPP
Professor Kerry Bone is an industry leader and innovation driver, directing the research program at MediHerb. He is co-author of more than 40 scientific papers on herbal research, including original research and systematic reviews and currently serves as the only Australian member on the editorial board of the journal Phytomedicine, the top herbal research journal in the world. Kerry has also written or co-written six popular textbooks on herbal medicine, including the second edition of Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy with Simon Mills, which was awarded the 2013 James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award by the American Botanical Council (ABC). His seventh book on Functional Herbal Therapy is with the publishers and expected to be available early in the new year. He still maintains a busy herbal practice in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia where he has been in continuous service for more than 35 years.
CHARLOTTE KIKEL, MS, NC, ACN
Charlotte is a wife, mother, nutritionist, herbalist, lifetime student, and a lover of dark chocolate and all things healing. When her health crashed in 2002 and she realized the medical system couldn’t help her, she started examining what it means to be fully alive. She studied whole food nutrition at Bauman College in Santa Cruz, CA and then attained a Master’s of Science degree in Western Herbal Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health. She is now a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist, registered as a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild, and currently enrolled in the Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist program at The Building Biology Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She published her first book Eat in Peace to Live in Peace: Your Handbook for Vitality in 2018 and now happily live in Lyons, Colorado with her husband, mom and seven-year-old son.
"A lot of great ideas and expanded knowledge about herbal formulas. I have better awareness now of all the formulas available and how a formula could benefit multiple conditions, or be combined with other formulas for a more complex patient. I really appreciated the variety of speakers and helped to keep the lecture interesting and broad."
~William Awe
Key Learnings
● Health, resilience and the role of the endocannabinoid system
● Patient case studies, evidence-based research, and therapeutic herbal solutions, integrated with whole-food nutrition as its foundation
● Causes, clinical manifestations and solutions for cardiometabolic syndrome
● The mechanisms of aging and chronic disease, key cellular targets and their specific herbal support
● Herbs (and their nutritional synergists) covered include echinacea root, kava, green tea, turmeric, milk thistle, ginkgo, ginseng, Japanese knotweed root, black cumin, fenugreek, bitter melon, cinnamon, phellodendron, hawthorn, garlic, ashwagandha, licorice and more
"Content was amazing and pertinent to anyone/ any patient in some way. It was helpful to have the slides with the herb combos and the herbs mechanisms of actions and synergies. Appreciated you all sharing your personal regimens of supplements. All the speakers were excellent." ~Susan Lovro
2020 HERBAL SUMMER SCHOOL ONLINE SELF-STUDY COURSE
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION CREDITS
CEU Update August 31, 2021
Acupuncture: 8 PDAs through the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM),
8 California Acupuncture CEUs, 8 Illinois Acupuncture CEUs until 6-30-23
Chiropractic: 8 DC CEUs approved through National University of Health Sciences:
Alaska, California until 3-31-22, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington DC, Georgia until 12-31-21, Hawaii until 12-31-21, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri until 2-28-23, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York until 1-1-24, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas until 12-3121, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington.
Naturopathic: 8 ND CEUs approved through National University of Health Sciences:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington DC, Kansas, Maine until 12-31-21, Maryland until 12-31-21, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon until 12-31-21, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington.
The Gaeta Institute is a NUHS-Approved Provider of Professional Continuing Education Units
The Gaeta Institute is an National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine
Approved Provider of Professional Development Activity
The Gaeta Institute
For Wholistic Health Education
THE WORK IS BIGGER THAN US.
I see my work as awakening natural health professionals to the joy and meaning in their work and their ability to create bold change in the lives of their patients, and in turn, the world.
TRAINING, SPEAKING, MENTORING
Whether treating patients, speaking to a group of practitioners, training in an online course, or guiding clinicians through a natural functional medicine certification program – the heart of the work is empowering every person to look to nature first, drugs last, and realize their potential for evolution, contribution and abundance.
