PGDip
Postgraduate Diploma in Oriental Herbal Medicine for TCM practitioners
Entry: TCM qualification
Length of study: 1 year or 2 years
Mode of study: Fridays + (5 Thursdays in year 2), part time
Point of entry: September
Attendance: 1 day a week for 76 weeks
Course description: fully accredited, professional, masters level professional course in Oriental herbal medicine for TCM practitioners, including a certificate in pre-prepared herbs (patents) at the end of year one.
Course layout: (click on the units for more information)
In the first year of the course you will study around 200 herbs and the formulas that they go into. You will focus on each individual herb, and experience it first hand in the pharmacy - the taste, colour, texture, name, action and application. You will then learn several formulas each week until, at the end of year one, you will have learnt all the commonly used, classical formulae (around 100 of them): these are the ones which are made up into tablets as “patent” herbal medicine. At this point, you will receive a Certificate in Patent Herbal Medicine.
Then in the second year, which is entirely clinical, you will learn how to modify these formulas adjusting the classical standard to fit your individual patients. You will have the chance to make up your patient’s modified formula in the herbal dispensary, cementing your knowledge even further.
In addition to your classes at LCTA you will attend a weekend course in Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy in association with the Chinese Medicine Herb Garden in Bristol and a day at Kew Gardens.
Qualifications:
- Postgraduate Diploma in Oriental Herbal Medicine (PGDip), awarded by the University of East London
- Licentiate Diploma in Oriental Herbal Medicine (LicOHM)
- Eligible for membership of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM)
- Certificate in Patent Herbal Medicine
For more information on these courses (timetables, application forms etc) or just to talk things through, call Carolina on 020 8369 5733 or email carolinam@lcta.com