A bit late to the discussion however, I learned some of the functional medicine examination in my functional nutrition course and it was amazing to me to learn about some basic language of the body was more informative than many expensive tests.

One simple one was the Coco’s pulse test which anyone can learn, to check sensitivities to foods…

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How many years at university and i never understood BP measurements so clearly as from this post??!! Thankyou Barre. This is invaluable information for practitioners! Are you able to elaborate on importance of systolic/diastolic measures? With gratitude, Beck

@barre , I actually subscribed to the channel, then after reading other posts came upon your post without realizing the channel it was on was for practitioners, lol. Thanks for your thoughtful kindness in your reply.

Thank you so much for continuing to demystify health care. A long ways to go I’m sure but very appreciative of each piece u share.

Dorothy

Thank you, Dr. Barre for your time in clarifying. Actually, the conventional practices have deviated so much they don’t even follow their conventional recommendations for taking blood pressure. Feet uncrossed on the floor, arm resting on a table and not in mid-air, etc. Most do this now (digitally) while one is standing up or with their feet…

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Hey Mary

Thanks much for getting the discussion going! First off, please read this 1st BP example within the context of the group description.

The purpose of this group is to get folks more pro-active with the doc-client relationship, and to become more aware of how deficient the average conventional exam process really is beginning with the…

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Can I do this myself on myself? So, this will help show where hypertension might be coming from? Which organ may be experiencing issues or at least ruling out certain organs?