The regional folk medicine of Southern Appalachia and the lower South is a combination of the European humoral system, Native American plant use, and African healing techniques overlaid with Scots-Irish folk medicine. In this intensive, Phyllis will discuss the traditional causes of health problems, seasonal patterns and influences, spiritual/magical influences, and the influence of the land upon the medicine. The class will explore the Southern blood types: sweet, sour, bitter, salty; the blood patterns: high/low, thick/thin, weak/strong, good/bad as a way of assessing constitutional imbalances; and the elements; fire, earth, air and water.The principles of SAFM provide a practical method of viewing health and constitutional imbalances and offers a common sense approach for achieving or regaining health.