Oriental Herbal Medicine

“Oriental Herbal Medicine is a powerful and beautiful tool to add to your practice. It has revolutionised my treatment of infertility, gynaecology, skin problems and many other conditions. Learning about herbs is a wonderful and illuminating journey, I thoroughly recommend it.” Frances Turner, Herb course co-ordinator.

“When you learn herbs, you improve generally as a practitioner because it gives you a much deeper understanding of TCM.” Marina Yang, herbs graduate.

Our unique “Herbal Nuggets” teaching scheme makes learning easy and accessible - use touch, taste, sight and sound to help you learn.

“The Herbal Nuggets give me a clear and concise route forward. They’re very visual and they build on one another over time which makes them easy to remember.” Hilary, Herbs student.

With over 450 clinical hours you will have plenty of practical experience at modifying formulas to suit your patients’ exact needs.

We have taught herbal medicine for over ten years and our course has been accredited by the EHTPA since 2004 and validated by the University of East London since 2005 - longer than any other Oriental herbal medicine course in the UK.

Herbs are great for your practice

“I wanted to have a more complete system for treatment and I found that certain patients really needed the added qi of herbs, rather than just the moving and supporting action of acupuncture. Herbs are an excellent addition to my practice in terms of both the effectiveness of treatment and the extra income they generate.” Amanda Ody, Acupuncture and Herbs graduate.

Gain essential hands-on practical experience at making prescriptions for your patients in our herb dispensary

Create a specialism with the MSc

“I chose to do my Masters at LCTA because it was a research MSc rather than predominantly taught. I had a question I wanted to find the answer to, and the format at LCTA permitted me to do just that. The MSc has given me more confidence and a much deeper understanding of herbs, formulas and of how and why they work”. Rebecca, Herbs graduate