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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)

Year 1
HFS
HP&P

Year 2
HCL

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

Masters Degree in Oriental Herbal Medicine



Entry: PGDip in Oriental Herbal Medicine

Length of study: 1 year

Mode of study: Fridays, part time

Point of entry: September

Attendance: 9 days (including 3 days at UEL in East London)

Course description: a research master’s programme in Oriental herbal medicine

Course layout: (roll over units for full name, click on the units for more information)

Year 1
HRES

The third year of this course is the MSc year, where you will be assigned a supervisor and work with them one to one to design and implement your Masters research. This year is quite light on attendance and the focus is very much on you taking the initiative and following your own path.

Qualifications:

  • Masters in Oriental Herbal Medicine (MSc), awarded by the University of East London

For more information on these courses (timetables, application forms etc) or just to talk things through, call Bonny on 020 8369 5733.

Request a prospectus here