Get practical with natural remedies.
The Cengage Education Herbal Medicine course is designed to give students a basic overview of herbal medicine. Students will gain the skills and knowledge required for preparing simple infusions, decoctions, inhalations and creams; they will learn about the history of herbal medicine; and will discover how herbal medicine can help treat disorders of the nervous system, the urinary system and the respiratory system.
On completion of your course:
Upon successful completion of all course modules you will be issued a Cengage Education Introduction to Herbal Medicine Certificate.
Key areas of learning:
- The importance of history in the contemporary practice of herbal medicine
- The history of herbal medicine including the main proponents
- Principles of traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine
- Australian individuals and organisations involved in herbal medicine
- Principles of herbal treatment
- Therapeutic treatment strategy according to Mills and Bone
- Understand the issue of perceived causes
- Appreciate the critical role of case taking
- The various types of herbal preparations used in contemporary practice
- The treatment principles underlying Western herbal medicine and how it applies to treatment of chronic and acute conditions
- Knowledge of philosophical tradition of science/Western medicine
- General understanding of the role of herbal medicine within the modern health care system of Australia
- Awareness of the safety and quality issues, and cautions, contraindications and complications surrounding the use of herbal medicines in the context of the training provided in this course