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Phytotherapy and Herbal Medicine online Correspondence course

Herbal Remedies are extracted from Leaves, flowers, and other parts of a whole plant, which contain a complex mix of active ingredients that produce the plant's medicinal effect. Herbal Medicine is Holistic Medical System that seeks to restore the body's self healing mechanism. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, herbal Therapist look for the cause of Illness, which may have overburdened the body's Fine Balance. In the past 200 years. plant species from North America, Australia, Asia and Africa have became part of Western Herbal Medicine, and today herbs from other cultures are being introduced as herbal Treasure. Herbal Remedies promote healing by the action on specific Body Systems to restore Homeostasis. All plant or only a part are definitely more effective than isolated constituents used in Drugs that are made synthetically.

  • Phytotherapy and Herbal Medicine
  • " God has not given us any disease for which he has not Provided Remedies" (Paracelsus)
  • 1. What is a Herb?
  • Plant and Planet
  • Herbs, Healing and Instinct
  • 2. What is Medical Herbalism? Plants as Pharmacists. Biochemistry of Plants
  • 3. Complete Glossary of Herbs
  • 4.Using Herbs: Practical Herbalism
  • Plants and Human use
  • Working with Herbs: Harvesting and Storage
  • Preparing of Herbal Remedies
  • Plants and human Technology
  • Herbs and Body Care: Skin, Hair and hygiene
  • Herbs for the Nervous System
  • Herbs for Home Care
  • Dyeing with Plants
  • Culinary Herbs
  • 5. The natural Balance of Herbal Medicine
  • The adaptogenic Effect
  • The Holistic Nature of the Herbal Medicine
  • 6.Practical Medical Herbalism against Different Ailments
  • 7. The Herbal First-aid Cupboard.
  • First Aid Supportive Study Material:
    "Herbal Tarot", by Michael Tierra
    "Herbal Remedies from Your Garden", Video
    "Edible Wild Plants: Field Guide to 100 Useful Wild Herbs", Video (60 min)
    "Energetics of Western Herbs" (Part 1), Book
    "Energetics of Western Herbs" (Part 2), Book
    "Effectiveness of Herbs in Various Forms", Audiocassette by Siegfried Gursche.