Phytotherapy
The Diploma in Phytotherapy (Dip. Phyto.) also known as Diploma of Botanic Medicine (DBM) is specifically designed to provide already qualified health care practitioners with an adequate professional knowledge of herbal medicine to be used as a secondary or adjunctive clinical modality in their current practice or business. In the past, the Course has proved useful to professionals such as medical practitioners, pharmacists and registered nurses.
This course is available at any time by distance and presented on DVD’s with handout material from the 12 seminar days that were presented in the last face-to-face presentation of the Course.
Enrolment in individual units is outlined below.
Course Outline
Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine Seminar 1 (2 days of lectures)
Covers the scientific explanation of why and how herbs work. It includes a study of herbal constituents and active principles and a survey of herbal preparations, such as extracts and tinctures.
Also covers the importance and establishment of herbal medicine dosage and provides an introduction to Herbal Energetics (Ayurveda).
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Each Seminar day is $220 (incl gst) |
Herbal Medicine for the Digestive System Seminar 2
Provides treatment protocols for various GIT disorders, such as, peptic ulcers, reflux conditions, irritable bowel syndrome, hepatitis, gall bladder disease and inflammatory bowel syndrome.
$220 (incl gst)
Herbal Medicine for Dermatological Conditions Seminar 3
Indicates topical and oral herbal medicine treatment protocols for various skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema and acne.
$220 (incl gst)
Herbal Medicine for the Respiratory Condition Seminar 4
Indicates the treatment protocols for upper and lower respiratory disorders such as cough conditions, bronchitis, asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis.
$220 (incl GST)
Herbal Medicine for the Immune System Seminar 5
Provides treatment protocols for such conditions as chronic fatigue syndrome, cold and influenza and auto-immune conditions.
$220 (incl gst)
Herbal Medicine for the Urinary and Male Reproductive Systems-Seminar 6
Provides treatment protocols for such conditions as chronic urinary infections, prostate enlargement, impotency.
$220 (incl GST)
Herbal Medicine for the Female Reproductive System-Seminar 7
Provides treatment protocols for such conditions as functional infertility, endometriosis, dysmenorrhoea and more.
$220 (incl gst)
Herbal Medicine for the Nervous System Seminar 8
Provides treatment protocols for such conditions as anxiety, depression, insomnia, headaches and more.
$220 (incl gst)
Herbal Medicine for the Cardiovascular System-Seminar 9
Provides treatment protocols for such conditions as essential hypertension, cardiac insufficiency, circulatory disturbances and others.
$220 (incl gst)
Herbal Medicine for the Muscular /Skeletal System Seminar 10
Provides treatment protocols for such conditions as gout and rheumatism.
$220 (incl gst)
Herbal Toxicology & Drug Interaction Seminar 11
Indicates precautions to be taken when administering herbal medicine, particularly to patients on conventional medications.
Each seminar is $220 (incl gst)
Previews of seminars from the course can be found by going to our ‘Herbal Shop’. Go to the Menu Bar, then ‘Herbal DVD’s’ click on one of the Diploma of Botanic Medicine seminar DVD icons and scroll down to the YouTube insert and hear Denis Stewart lecture. Although these lecture previews are from the Diploma of Botanic Medicine course the seminars hold exactly the same content as the course for the Diploma of Phytotherapy. Course name has been updated that is the only difference.
Tuition fees
The cost of each unit is $220 (includes postage & handling of DVD’s and lecture material but excludes any text books that may be considered desirable). If the Course is undertaken on a seminar by seminar basis the total cost of the 12 Seminar units is therefore $2640, includes gst. HOWEVER, if enrolment in all units is made at commencement of the course, the total fee is REDUCED to $2420, includes gst
Enrolment in individual seminars or the full Course can be on-line by PayPal, by phone with a credit card (0243 226771), or by mail with a cheque made out to “Southern Cross Herbal School”.
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Whole course $2420, incl. gst |
