Herbal Courses
Herb Nutrition
Unit Duration : 20 hours home study and assignments
Core or Elective Unit: Core Unit
Mode of Delivery External studies delivered with a combination of texts, workbooks, written assignments and an online final written assessment
Unit Objectives The objectives of this unit is to provide a greater knowledge into the nutritional component of herbs. This unit works towards giving dietary considerations and recommendations from the introduction of these herb nutrients. This unit will discuss nutrient classes, absorption, elimination and interaction with others foods and drugs. It also discussed the introduction to super foods and super herbs, as well as herbs high in certain nutrients and their benefits.
Course Content:
- To understand the nutrient constituents found in Herbal Medicine
- To highlight how these nutrients contribute to greater health and wellbeing
- To discuss the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of these nutritional plant constituents
- To highlight the nutritional activity found from these herbal nutrients including their absorption, their dosage and duration of treatment
- To identify the vitamins and minerals found in herbs
- To discuss the use of super herbs or super foods
- To identify appropriate dietary modifications using herbs
Learning Outcomes
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Learning Outcome 1 A basic understanding into nutrition and terminology related to nutrition |
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Learning Outcome 2 Macro nutrients and their absorption |
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Learning Outcome 3 The nutritional plant constituents - Vitamins |
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Learning Outcome 4 The nutritional plant constituents – Minerals |
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Learning outcome 5 |
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Learning Outcome 6 Super foods and Super herbs |
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Learning Outcome 7 Other super nutrients and antioxidants found in herbs |
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Learning Outcome 8 Incorporating these into our diet |
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Lecture Plan:
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Lecture |
Lecture Content |
Recommended Reading |
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Basic introduction to nutrition |
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Macro Nutrients and their absorption |
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Nutritional Plant Constituents – Vitamins |
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Nutritional Plant Constituents – Minerals |
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Break |
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Identify the Vitamins and Minerals in herbs |
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Super nutrients and antioxidants |
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Super foods and super herbs |
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Incorporating these nutrients into our diet |
Resources and Texts
Fisher C. & Painter G. – 1996 – Materia Medica of Western Herbs for the Southern Hemisphere
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating 1998 – Commonwealth of Australia
Henry Osiecki - The Nutrient Bible – 2002 – Bio-Concepts Publishing, Qld Australia
Perspectives in Nutrition – Wardlaw G. & Hampl, J. , McGrawHill Higher Education, 7th ed ISBN 978 0 07 282750 5
Relevant texts or journals, paper based material or DVD s.
Alive Organics – Exotic Raw Food Information, Bayswater WA
Chevellier A. 2001 – Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants . Dorling Kindersley
Fisher C. & Painter G. – 1996 – Materia Medica of Western Herbs for the Southern Hemisphere
Heinerman, J. – 1993 – Heinerman’s encyclopaedia of fruits, vegetables and herbs, Parker Publishing Company, New York
Heinrich, E. H. – 2006 – The Root of all disease, U.S. Naturals Inc, USA.
Jenson Dr. B., 1993 – Foods that Heal, Avery Publishing Group Inc, NY, USA
Phyllis A. Balch – 2002- Prescription for Herbal Healing. Penguin Putman Inc
Phyllis A. Balch – 2006- Prescription for Nutritional Healing Penguin Group Publishing
Mills S. & Bone K. – 2000- Principles and practice of Phytotherapy – Churchill Livingstone
Rotblatt M, Ziment, I – 2002 – Evidence Based Herbal Medicine, Hanley & Belfus Inc, Philadelphia, USA
Shippard I. 2003 – How can I use herbs in my daily life? David Stewart
Tabrizian Dr. I – 2006 – Nutrition: The Good, The Bad and The Politics NRS Publications, Australia
Wolfe E. – 2009 – Superfoods. North Atlantic books, California USA
The Energetics of Western Herbs by Peter Holmes (1997).
A key to Galen’s Method of Physic” (Culpeper, 1990,
Roger French – The man who lives in three centuries – Natural Health Society of Australia, 2002
S. Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs and Spices. 1979.
S. Mills and K. Bone – Principles and practice of Phytotherapy,2000 Churchill Livingstone
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99. CD Rom
Alan Moyle – Nature Cure Explained Health for All Publishing, London 1950
Roth, G. 1991 – When food is Love, Judy Piatkus Publishers, Great Britain
Dr H.C.A. Vogel – The Nature Doctor – Bookman Press 1995
Weiss and Weiss, 1992, 35
Alternative Medicine," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation.
http://www.health.gov.au/tga/
www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/dietsyn.htm
