Open Colleges is the new name for Cengage Education, and is Australia\'s oldest and most respected provider of Online and distance education courses. We deliver over 130 online and distance education courses, including an extensive range of nationally recognised Certificates and Diplomas.
The Open Colleges difference:
· Nationally accredited: This ensures your qualification is recognised by industry around Australia.
· Start today! Open Colleges courses offer you ultimate flexibility. There is no need to attend classes at a campus or wait for an intake or start date. You can start your course whenever it suits you!
· Study from home at your own pace: You can study from home at your own pace. You can a choose to receive your learning materials by mail or online.
· Benefit from 100 years of history: Open Colleges has been delivering distance education to Australians for more than 100 years. Join over 700,000 Australians who have studied with Open Colleges. Unlike many other institutions, we are specialists in distance learning.
· We help you to succeed: Open Colleges provides you with comprehensive support throughout your studies. From access to ‘OpenSpace’ — our online learning portal — to support from experienced tutors, we help you every step of the way.
· Affordable fees: Open Colleges provides you with a range of different payment plan options. You can pay upfront and get a discount on your fees or you can choose to pay by instalment – including weekly, fortnightly and monthly options.
· Articulation opportunities: Once you have completed this course, you may receive credit if you wish to pursue further education.
Sharing some of the secrets of herbalists, this course offers the ideal introduction to anyone thinking of complementary medicine as a career.
The Cengage Education Introduction to Herbal Medicine course is designed to give you a basic overview of herbal medicines and teach you how to prepare simple infusions, decoctions, inhalations and creams. The course also looks at how herbal treatments can be used to help treat disorders of the nervous, urinary and respiratory systems.
With interest in holistic medicine on the rise, this course could offer a pathway to opportunities in the natural health and wellbeing field.
Subjects
- Introduction to herbal medicine
- Principles of herbal treatment
- Introduction to pharmacognosy
- Classification of medicinal herbal medicines: Materia Medica
- Introduction to case taking; nature of acute diseases
- Therapeutic approach to acute disorders; Materia Medica for immunity and support
- The gastro intestinal tract (GIT)
- The respiratory system
- The integumentary system
- Herbal treatment principles
- Herbal formulation principles
- Dosage and therapeutic principles
- Case studies and treatment plans
- Clinical reasoning and the principles of herbal practice
- The biliary tract
- Materia Medica for the biliary tract
- Treating acute conditions of the biliary tract
- Materia Medica for the urinary system
- Treating acute conditions of the urinary system
- Materia Medica for the nervous system
- Treating acute conditions of the nervous system
Entry requirements
English language requirements
If English is your second language and you did not complete the last two years of secondary education in English, you are required to provide evidence of English language competence before enrolling.
