Menopause & Hormonal Transitions, TCM + Western - 2026

This is an online course. You can participate from anywhere you have an internet connection.

10 contact hours · 3 weeks · 2 hours of recorded lecture weekly + 90 minute supplemental live session

Expanding from our popular 2-hour workshop into a full course. Perimenopause, menopause, sleep disruption, mood shifts, bone health, and long-term vitality — all through a western and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) lens. If you're in it, approaching it, or supporting someone who is, this course is for you.

Over eight hours of prerecorded instruction, you'll work through the menopausal transition from two distinct perspectives: the Western clinical lens that maps what's happening hormonally and physiologically, and the Traditional Chinese Medicine lens that looks beneath symptoms at patterns of deficiency — Kidney yin and yang, Blood, Qi, Liver, Spleen — and addresses the terrain rather than just managing the surface. Both frameworks have something real and specific to offer. This course teaches you to use both.

What This Course Covers

The full arc of perimenopause and menopause — physiology, symptoms, and the patterns underneath them. Hot flashes, sleep disruption, mood and emotional shifts, bone health, musculoskeletal pain, cardiovascular risk, vaginal changes, and libido — each addressed through both a symptomatic and constitutional lens. The materia medica most relevant to this transition, drawn from both Western and Chinese herbal traditions, including how and why certain herbs work for specific presentations. Learn how to build formulas for a real person's picture rather than following a one-size protocol. No prior TCM knowledge required — the framework is built from the ground up.

Who is this course for?

If you're in perimenopause or menopause and looking for herbal support that goes well beyond "try black cohosh" — this is for you. If you're supporting a partner, parent, or patient through this transition and want to understand what's happening and what can help — this is also for you. If you attended the introductory 2-hour workshop and are ready to go deeper into the physiology, the materia medica, and the formulation work — this course is where that happens.

No prerequisites required.

This course builds directly on the 2-hour Herbal Support for Menopause maker’s workshop but does not repeat it — students who attended the workshop will find this goes substantially deeper into physiology, TCM pattern differentiation, materia medica, and formulation.

Course material also does not overlap with content in other Family Herbalism Program or Apothecarist courses.

What you will leave with:

A working understanding of the menopausal transition through both Western and TCM lenses. A solid materia medica drawn from both traditions, organized around the most common presentations. The ability to differentiate between symptom patterns and build individualized formulas rather than reaching for a standard protocol. And a clear framework for when herbal support is the primary intervention, when it works best alongside conventional care, and when conventional care is the more important tool.

COURSE INFORMATION

Dates: This is a 3 week course beginning on July 6, 2026. All materials will be made available for download.

Tentative Live Session Schedule:

*All live classes are scheduled for 7pm CST and will be recorded.

Live instructor session schedule will be posted, TBA.

Registration will remain open until July 20th, 2026.

The online classroom will close 4 weeks after the completion of the course.

TUITION INFORMATION

Early Bird Tuition: $100 until 6/15/26. (processing fees apply.)

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Regular Tuition: $110 (processing fees apply.)

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