Professional Certifications in Equine Herbal Medicine
In our Equine Herbal Medicine course students enter the wonderful world of herbal medicine to learn the differences between historic holistic and modern herbalism, along with the notable merits of herbal medicine methodologies in treating the equine body from the ‘whole-body’ wholistic perspective. Herbal Medicine specific to horses provides the student with information to build professional credibility in herbal medicine as it should be applied in clinical practice.
Learning the foundation, therapeutic and clinical principles behind herbal medicine ensures the students have gained the required knowledge to comprehend the safety and efficiency of herbal medicine for horses.
As students’ progress through the course, they will learn the art and science of plant morphology, botanical terminology, taxonomy, and nomenclature. Students will learn to recognise micro and macroscopic physical characteristics of plants, identify plant specimens and describe relationships between plants and their environments. This information serves as the foundation for the study of herbal pharmacy and pharmacology, and herbal therapeutics. Understanding the therapeutic actions of herbs for equine use, will aid in the students’ knowledge of what herbs are appropriate for in each of the body’s systems.
Students will also learn herbal identification, actions, constituents, indications, contraindications and medicinal combinations in detail. It is important for our students to have a sound understanding of the active chemistry associated with plant medicine and the Pharmacokinetics associated, that may influence the actives both negatively and positively.
There is no doubt the information learned in this course is a journey to behold, a journey we hope will never be lost, forgotten and disregarded, especially for our beloved herbivore plant eating Equine partners.
Enrolling in this course may very well earn the graduating student a place in Equine herbal history.
Students can access the Course Outline of the Equine Herbal Medicine course by clicking on the course LINK below to be redirected to the Online Learning Portal to find out more:
After completion, students have the opportunity to continue their studies in order to obtain the Full Equine Naturopathic Medicine qualification. Refer to the Equine Naturopathy course page for details.
Please note: Students also have the option to enrol in our other Herbal Medicine courses on offer at ANME. Click on the Course below to read the Course Outline and access the Learning Portal:
- Certificate in Botany.
Students will learn how to grow, harvest, and preserve herbs. Herbs need to be processed quickly to prevent deterioration and retain their healing properties. Learning the foundation principles of herbal horticulture and companion planting will put the student in good success when creating their own herbal garden.
- Professional Certification in Manufacturing & Dispensing of Herbal Medicine.
Manufacturing and Dispensing of Herbal Medicine gives students an in-depth knowledge in how to convert raw plants to medicines. This is a wonderful journey and offers the herbalist extraordinary opportunities. The information contained in this course is unique as it covers many subjects that form the foundation of creating their own herbal dispensary.
- Certificate in Herbology.
Students are introduced to each of the many fascinating philosophies and lores of herbal knowledge throughout the world through an in-depth study of the history of herbal medicine and how this has shaped modern herbalism.
