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Hormone Correction
Part 3 of the Nuances of Functional Medicine trilogy: the clinical science and art of safe, effective hormone therapy. Thyroid, adrenal and sex hormones taught as one integrated system.
Written by Dr Mitra Basu Chhillar, M.D.
Last updated August 2026 · English
What you'll be able to do
- ✓Reading hormonal imbalance from signs, symptom patterns, timing and location, often before the laboratory confirms it
- ✓Choosing the right test: blood, saliva or 24-hour urine, interpreted against optimal functional targets rather than population averages
- ✓Practical therapy: route of administration, safe initiation, intelligent dose titration and the pitfalls that make clinicians hesitate
- ✓Thyroid optimisation, testosterone and progesterone therapy, growth hormone correction, insulin physiology and parathormone changes with age
- ✓The two-way traffic between hormones and inflammation
- ✓A systematic framework for follow-up: side effects, treatment plateaus and long-term safety
What's inside
Introduction
Why this course
07:49
Foundations: How to Think About Hormone Correction
Module 2. Clinical Recognition Before the Lab Test
Module 3. Diagnostic Strategy That Actually Works
Module 4. Hormones in detail part 1
Module 5. Hormones in detail part 2
Module 6. Hormones in detail part 3
Module 7. Hormones in detail part 4
Module 8. Hormones in detail part 5
Module 9. Hormones in detail part 6
Module 10. Specific hormone related conditions
Module 11. Specific hormone related conditions contd.
Final Examination
Is this for you?
Who it's for
- Open to everyone: clinicians who want the clinical detail, and anyone who wants the reasoning behind it.
What you need
- No prior training required, though the free Foundations material in this field is a good place to start.
- Time: the programme is designed to be completed within 60 days.
About this Certified Programme
Every major system in the body answers to hormones, yet most clinical training handles them in fragments: one axis at a time, one reference range at a time. The result is familiar to anyone who has lived it or treated it. People with fatigue, poor sleep, low mood, stalled recovery, metabolic drift and declining sexual health keep being told their labs are normal, and keep feeling unwell. The labs are not wrong. The way we are taught to read them is incomplete. This course closes that gap: hormones taught as one connected network, with a structured, evidence-informed method for recognising, correcting and safely monitoring dysfunction in men and women at every stage of life.
What you will learn
- Reading hormonal imbalance from signs, symptom patterns, timing and location, often before the laboratory confirms it
- Choosing the right test: blood, saliva or 24-hour urine, interpreted against optimal functional targets rather than population averages
- Practical therapy: route of administration, safe initiation, intelligent dose titration and the pitfalls that make clinicians hesitate
- Thyroid optimisation, testosterone and progesterone therapy, growth hormone correction, insulin physiology and parathormone changes with age
- The two-way traffic between hormones and inflammation
- A systematic framework for follow-up: side effects, treatment plateaus and long-term safety
Who it is for
Open to everyone: clinicians who want hormone therapy to stop being a source of hesitation, and anyone who wants to understand what it actually does. Either way it becomes what it should have been all along: a precise, rational instrument for changing how people feel and function.
Results vary by individual biology.
Who wrote it
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Common questions
Do I need to be a doctor to take this?
No. Certified Programmes are open to clinicians and to anyone who wants the reasoning. The clinical material is taught in full rather than simplified, so a careful reader without a medical background can follow it, replay it, and pass the checks.
How does the two-month access window work?
Access opens as soon as payment clears and runs for two months, which is comfortable for finishing the material in order. The certificate, once earned, is permanent.
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How is this different from the free Foundations course?
Foundations teaches the concepts of a field, free, in about forty minutes. A Certified Programme takes the whole subject through: mechanism, testing, interpretation and application, ending in examined quizzes and a verifiable certificate.
What if I start and it is not for me?
Enrolment opens the material in full the moment payment clears, so a purchase is not refundable. Every field carries a free Foundations course and every programme page lists its full curriculum, so you can judge the material before you buy. Refunds and cancellations.
Can I enrol from outside India?
Yes. The Academy is open worldwide. The listed price is what an international buyer pays; applicable taxes are added for Indian billing addresses only.