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Materia Medica 3 (HERB 1235)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
2
Lab Credits:
1
Description:
Materia Medica 3 is the third in the series of materia medica courses that align with studying medicinal plants throughout the growing season. You will learn about herbs used to promote health of the including the liver, kidneys, and reproductive systems. During this course you will visit gardens and natural areas learning plant identification of plants commonly found and harvested in the summer. You will also learn the plant energetics as it pertains to traditional medicine systems along with a contemporary understanding of key therapeutic actions, indications, contraindications, and dosages. In this course you will develop a deep understanding of how holistic medicine systems choose plants for different body organ systems.
Topical Outline:
1. Identification of Summer plants
2. Herbs used for the Liver
3. Herbs used for the Kidneys
4. Herbs used for the Reproductive systems
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify herbal medicine plants 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:
HERB 1230