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Materia Medica 2 (HERB 1230)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
2
Lab Credits:
1
Description:
Materia Medica 2 is the second in the series of materia medica courses that align with studying medicinal plants throughout the growing season. You will develop a deep understanding of how holistic medicine systems choose plants for different body organ systems. You will learn about herbs used to promote health of the respiratory, integumentary, and immune systems. During this course you will visit gardens and natural areas learning plant identification of plants commonly found and harvested in the spring. You will learn the plant energetics as it pertains to traditional medicine systems along with a contemporary understanding of key therapeutic actions, indications, contraindications, and dosages.
Topical Outline:
1. Field identification of Spring plants and trees
2. Herbs used for the Respiratory system
3. Herbs used for the Integumentary system
4. Herbs used for the Immune system
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify Spring plants and Trees in the field
2. Critically review literature pertaining to traditional and modern uses of plant medicines
3. Construct treatment protocols and expected outcomes of use for 10 medicinal plants
4. Identify key therapeutic actions, indications, constituents, cautions, contraindications, dosages and toxicity of 25 medicinal herbs
Prerequisites:
Placement into
READ 1300 or completion of
READ 0200 or
ESOL 0052