Basics Of Herbal Medicine

Plant Taste Therapeutic Activity

What you'll learn
How to use the taste to improve your health
Understanding some basic concepts of herbal medicine
Understanding the system of tastes in traditional medicine
Step-by-step instruction on how to use the herbal taste in selection of the most adequate medicinal plants
Descriptions of some of the most important medicinal plants for each taste category
Identify which taste you might use in excess
Learning how to integrate new discoveries in taste science with traditional knowledge on taste
Requirements
No previous knowledge about herbalism is required, excepting a strong motivation to understand the concepts of herbalism on a deeper level
Description
TASTE IS MORE THAN TASTE IN HERBAL MEDICINEThe present course will reveal you how to decode the therapeutic potential of a medicinal plant by simply tasting the medicinal plant.If you are motivated to understand the traditional perspective on why taste is an important tool in selection of medicinal plants, attend this course, and you will get answers! Interestingly, this knowledge, which originates from ethnomedical systems, such as Ayurveda, is not completely devoid of a scientific basis, according to the recent discoveries in taste sciences.The course addresses to the motivated beginners without any experience in herbalism, but highly interested in medicinal plants, as well as to the more experienced practitioners in herbal medicine.You will improve your health by using the algorithm of diagnosis and therapeutic selection based on taste described in this course.You will be more self-confident in using traditional natural remedies.You will play a more active role in achieving a state of better health by incorporating taste based selection of herbs and even dietary items.Your instructor, Marilena Gilca, has more than 20 years of experience in phytotherapy practice and research of medicinal plants. Her integrative medical background is a plus for this course over similar ones.

Overview

Section 1: BASICS OF HERBAL MEDICINE- Introduction on Taste System

Lecture 1 Plant Taste Therapeutic Activities- Introduction

Lecture 2 Taste qualities

Lecture 3 Recommendations for the Use of Tastes

Section 2: Sweet Taste

Lecture 4 Sweet Taste- part 1

Lecture 5 Sweet Taste- part 2

Section 3: Pungent Taste

Lecture 6 Pungent taste

Section 4: Salty Taste

Lecture 7 Salty Taste

Section 5: Bitter Taste

Lecture 8 Bitter Taste- part 1

Lecture 9 Bitter Taste- part 2

Section 6: Sour Taste

Lecture 10 Sour Taste- part 1

Lecture 11 Sour Taste- part 2

Section 7: Astringent Taste

Lecture 12 Astringent Taste- part 1

Lecture 13 Astringent Taste- part 2

Section 8: Concluding Remarks on Tastes

Lecture 14 Concluding Remarks on Tastes

Those interested in medicinal plants, traditional medical knowledge,Those interested in self-healing and preventing diseases,Herbalists,Ayurveda Therapists,Alternative Medicine Practitioners