Medical Herbalism Course 2016-2017

An Advanced Understanding of Herbs for Health Care Practitioners

A holistic model of health & treatments will be elucidated. We will cover all the body systems and approximately 100 herbs by actions, pharmacology,and energetics. Basic concepts and principles of the natural sciences will be introduced and applied. Botany, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, pharmacology, herb-drug interactions, and human physiology will be presented with the principles addressed and integrated into the course at the appropriate times.

Learning objectives
  • A holistic model of health & treatments will be elucidated. We will cover all the body systems and approximately 100 herbs by actions, pharmacology,and energetics.
  • Basic concepts and principles of the natural sciences will be introduced and applied. Botany, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, pharmacology, herb-drug interactions, and human physiology will be presented with the principles addressed and integrated into the course at the appropriate times.
  • A holistic model of healing using the paradigms of deep ecology will be the basis of the paradigm in which herbal protocols will be formed.
  • A systematic method of integrating Western Bio-Medical information in an inherently holistic context will allow the students to utilize the resources of what is called “Allopathic” medicine and “Holistic” or “Naturopathic” medicine. We understand the Vis.
  • A herbal material medica will be developed and cross referenced by physiological action categories, body systems and tissues affinities, phamacognostic plant metabolites, energetics, and historical uses.
What to expect
  • The basic structure of the classes will be to take each body system and summarize its place in the whole. Next, the patterns that lead to disease conditions and the physiological processes involved will be examined in detail including some specific pathologies. Case studies (from intake to diagnosis to prescription) will be discussed using the “method” and herbal selection criteria to generate holistic protocols including patient specific herbal formulations. Proper forms of herbal products i.e. tinctures, tisanes, decoctions, fomentations etc. will be addressed on a case by case basis. Products from health food stores, home medicine chests and professional dispensaries will be considered.
  • Class notes and handouts will be provided electronically.
  • Enrolment will be limited to about 30 Students.
  • There is a 15 student minimum required to create a second class on a different evening.
  • Distant students may consider Skyping in for lectures
Texts Used
  • Hoffmann, Medical Herbalism
  • Romm, Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health
  • Hechtman, Clinical Naturopathic Medicine
Certification
  • A Certificate of Completion will be awarded at the end of classes.
  • Continuing Education Credits may be applicable for professionals.

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MEDICAL HERBALISM class 2017

Email us, so we can send you an invitation to ZOOM for audio/video presentation of the live class sessions.

Note: If you have registered and missed a class, because this course is taught in modular, you can retake the missed class (s) next year or come by Viriditas and listen to them (sorry, they will not be available online).
Attendance is logged, and at the end, the hours you attended will be recorded on the certificate for your CE application.