Webinar Series: Mastering Naturopathic Diagnosis - Parts 1 & 2

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This is a two part webinar series:

Please join us on:

Part 1- The Face and Tongue: Windows in Naturopathic Diagnosis: Wednesday 10th September 2025, 7.00 - 8.30pm, AEDT

Part 2- Nailing It: The Nails in Naturopathic Diagnosis: Wednesday 17th September 2025, 7.00 - 8.30pm, AEDT

Where: Online

CPE: 3 CPE points

Webinar Recording: Registering for this live event will also give you access to the webinar recording. 

Webinar recordings can be watched at any time.

Mastering Naturopathic Diagnosis

Part 1: The Face and Tongue: Windows in Naturopathic Diagnosis

Face diagnosis and tongue diagnosis are holistic naturopathic diagnostic techniques or tools utilised in clinical practice to assist in the management of a patient’s health. They serve as markers of health and underlying conditions and potentially the physiological aspects of health and disease. In face and tongue diagnosis, various regions of the face and tongue correspond to specific body parts, organs, and systems within the body. This diagnostic concept is based on the idea that the face and tongue serve as maps of the body’s internal health, with different areas reflecting the condition of corresponding body parts, organs, and systems.

Face and tongue diagnosis serve as holistic tools that emphasise the interconnectedness of the body and encourage a deeper understanding of how physical appearance can reflect internal health.

This webinar highlights the techniques of face diagnosis and tongue diagnosis to create a comprehensive picture of a person’s health.

What you’ll learn from this webinar:

• Reading and analysing the face and being able to understand and map the face diagnosis to body parts, organs, and systems

• Reading and analysing the tongue and being able to understand and map tongue diagnosis to body parts, organs, and systems

• What observed changes in colour, texture, swelling, or markings mean to a person’s overall health

• How to integrate face and tongue diagnosis with other naturopathic diagnostic techniques

Mastering Naturopathic Diagnosis

Part 2: Nailing It: The Nails in Naturopathic Diagnosis

Nail diagnosis is a holistic naturopathic diagnostic technique or tool utilised in clinical practice to assist in the management of a patient’s health. The visual appearance of the fingernails can serve as a marker of health and underlying conditions and potentially physiological aspects of health and disease. In nail diagnosis, various pitting, dots, ridging, thinning, splitting, clubbing, and discolourations correspond to various nutritional deficiencies and conditions within the body. This concept is based on the idea that the nails can serve as an indicator of the body’s internal health.

Nail diagnosis serves as a holistic tool that emphasises the interconnectedness of the body and encourages a deeper understanding of how the physical appearance of the nails can reflect internal health.

This webinar highlights the technique of nail diagnosis to create a comprehensive picture of a person’s health.

What you’ll learn from this webinar:

• Reading and analysing the nails and being able to understand and map the nail diagnosis to body parts, organs, and systems

• What observed changes in shape, structure, colour, texture, swelling, or markings mean to a person’s overall health

• Nail signs and nutritional deficiencies

• How to integrate nail diagnosis with other naturopathic diagnostic techniques

Presenter: Dr Brad McEwen PhD

Dr Brad McEwen PhD is a renowned expert in the field of preventive and personalised health, with a specific focus on cardiometabolic health and mental and cognitive wellbeing. With a distinguished career spanning over 25 years, Dr Brad is an accomplished naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, educator, researcher, and mentor. He holds a PhD from the University of Sydney, as well as a Master of Health Science (Human Nutrition) and a Master of Public Health from Deakin University. In addition to his academic achievements, Dr Brad is qualified in Naturopathy, Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, and Sports Medicine.

He has more than two decades of experience in education and delivering seminar, webinar, and conference presentations on health and complementary medicine nationwide and internationally, with notable locations such as the United States, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Japan, and New Zealand. Dr Brad’s passion and commitment to education and research in complementary medicine is evident through his numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is a strong advocate for achieving optimal health and continues to contribute to the advancement of the field.

He serves as a peer reviewer for international journals, evaluating the quality and validity of research articles. His research focuses on investigating the impact of diet, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine on various health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cardiometabolic syndrome, depression, anxiety, cognition, stress, polycystic ovary syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic disease.

Dr Brad has special interest in advancing public health, expanding and improving access to health services, promoting chronic disease prevention, improving access to nutritious foods and information within educational institutions, and advocating for health equity.

Dr Brad McEwen has been recognised with multiple national and international awards during his career. Among these are the Eberhard F. Mammen Young Investigator Award, which is a prestigious international award recognising his contributions in the field of thrombosis and haemostasis. He has also received the Excellence in Practice Lecturer Researcher of the Year award, along with the Dorothy Hall Memorial Award for Practitioner Excellence, which acknowledges his contributions to advancing natural medicine in Australia. Dr Brad has been a finalist for Practitioner of the Year, Researcher of the Year, and Educator/Lecturer of the Year on multiple occasions.