Your Background
First Name and Last Name:
Email:
If you have a website, please list the URL
Are you presently a holistic practitioner?
If you answered yes above, which are your patients?
- people
- dogs and cats
- birds
- other pets
Which modality do you use most often
- herbs
- homeopathics
- flower essences
- nutrition
- distance healing
- Ttouch
- other
- combination
If your answer above was Other or Combination, please explain here.
What is your major source of knowledge?
- websites - which
- books - which
- publications - which
- schools - which
- discussion lists - which
- patients
Do you believe that holistic healing methods are a viable method of health care?
Please explain
Questions About Diet and Nutrition
What is the major reason that an all-seed diet causes malnutrition?
What is missing from pellets?
- protein
- carbohydrates
- fruits and vegetables
- fats
- essential fatty acids
Why does the body need protein?
What are two signs of fatty acid deficiency in birds?
Name the essential carbohydrates?
How many amino acids are essential?
Name the essential amino acids
Name the essential fatty acids
When does a food become therapy?
What is the"key" to feeding birds a good diet? (two words)
Questions about herbs
Which two herbs listed below are best known for healing the liver?
- echinacea
- andrographis
- cayenne
- milk thistle
- nettle
- fenugreek
What are the other four herbs most commonly used for?
Does natural mean safe? Explain.
Are all herbs safe? Explain.
How do you calculate dosage for a bird?
Which herb fights yeast, parasites, and bacteria
- echinacea
- marshmallow
- slippery elm
- dandelion
- garlic
Which herb heals burns, nerves, and fights viruses?
- echinacea
- garlic
- dandelion
- St. John's Wort
- andrographis
What is ACV?
Questions about Homeopathics
Is there a difference between herbs and homeopathics? Explain.
When do you stop administering an homeopathic remedy?
What is Materia Medica?
- list of symptoms
- list of remedies l
- ist of herbs
- list of diseases
Which of these helps you decide the homeopathic remedy you should use?
- disease symptoms
- bacteria
- virus
Which concentration is more potent?
- more concentrated more dilute
- 30x instead of 30c
Questions about validity
Which of these would be a more accurate source of information?
- discussion list
- commercial website
- publication
- news story
- educational website
How do you personally determine whether what you hear or read is accurate information?
If something has not been verified by science with a double-blind controlled study, is it false? Explain.
Are all studies verified by science with a double-blind controlled study, true? Explain.
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