There is strong demand for alternatives to pharmaceuticals for a variety of common illnesses due to concerns of safety, efficacy, and a desire for more “natural” products. Despite this growing interest, “conventional” healthcare providers may have little to no knowledge about herbal medicines, which is further compounded by the sometimes misleading information in the media and on the internet. This course provides the necessary background for providers to begin to incorporate herbal medicines into their practice, particularly in regards to their therapeutic properties, efficacy (or lack thereof), and safety concerns, including quality control and potential adverse effects.
Este curso faz parte do Programa de cursos integrados Integrative Health and Medicine
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Informações sobre o curso
Practicing healthcare professional or healthcare student, but anyone can benefit from this course for personal use.
O que você vai aprender
Discuss the role of herbal medicines in healthcare overall as well as your potential role.
Discuss overall botanical actions and methods for creating botanical preparations.
Assess patients, including potential for herb-drug interactions and other potential contraindications and considerations for special populations.
Educate patients on quality control and safety issues.
Habilidades que você terá
- herbal preparations
- integrative care
- symptom management
- botanical safety
- evidence-based practice
Practicing healthcare professional or healthcare student, but anyone can benefit from this course for personal use.
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Universidade de MinnesotaUniversidade de Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Herbal Medicines in Healthcare
Using Botanicals Safely
How Do Botanical Medicines Work?
Botanical Medicines for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health, and Musculoskeletal Pain
Avaliações
- 5 stars88,15%
- 4 stars10,79%
- 3 stars0,59%
- 1 star0,44%
Principais avaliações do FITOTERAPIA
This course was incredible helpful... the professor explained everything so great that I understood really good and I was able to start helping patients right away.
This lesson about herbal medicine aims to return the body to a state of natural balance so that it can heal itself. I was able to treat my headache at home by using ginger tea (fresh crushed).
I'm glad to be a part of this course. As it changed my entire perspective about utilizing botanicals. And I have learned that which type of data should be searched about to gather information.
It's really benefited for me to follow up in the future. I like to suggest elaborating this course by sharing future opportunities and more courses related to this course
Sobre Programa de cursos integrados Integrative Health and Medicine
If you want to help your patients or clients manage conditions or symptoms such as pain and anxiety, this specialization will provide the knowledge and skills needed. In these five courses, you will explore integrative therapies, including herbal medicine, guided imagery, aromatherapy, and mindfulness. For each therapy studied, you will gain skills to: Assess if a therapy is appropriate, Educate patients or clients about benefit and risk, Administer or advise on use, and Evaluate if the therapy was useful (our AEAE approach).

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