ACH 523 - Chinese Herbs 3

2 Credit(s)

Prerequisites: ACH 511 - Must be taken either prior to or at the same time as this course. Satisfactory progress in first year curriculum.
The student will explore the traditional Chinese Medicine Materia Medica in depth and learn to discriminate between herb categories, their general applications and associated Treatment Principles and individual, unique applications, signs and symptoms. The student will explore at least 100 herbs. This course will focus on Herbs from the Drain Damp, Transform Phlegm and Stop Cough, Aromatic Herbs that Transform Damp, Food Stagnation categories. In addition at least 10 representative formulae that reflect these categories will be investigated. This course will serve as partial basis for the formulae courses. Offered: Spring semester