Prepared Medicine

HB410 Prepared Medicine               

3 Units/20 Hours
Prerequisites: Two of HB401-404

This course provides an overview of how to combine and prescribe formulas using tea pills and prepared powders with an emphasis on the traditional formulae from which today’s modern patents are derived, and ancient and modern modification trends. Students will be exposed to the different ways of extracting the formulae (i.e. powder form, tincture, capsules, etc.), as well as introduced to the various herbal companies that make them. Throughout the course, guest speakers from the various herbal companies will present their product lines.