Phytotherapy or professional medical herbalism is synthesis of age old wisdom of traditional use medicinal plants from around the world as well as modern medical biosciences and phytochemistry.
Phytotherapists use whole plants and their extracts for the prevention and treatment of disease as well as the promotion of optimum well-being. Every prescription is tailor made to fit the particular patient. Lifestyle and dietary counselling are also critical to meeting therapeutic goals.
Herbal Pharmacy- equips the students with practical skills on the compounding of different herbal medicines. Phytotherapists compound and dispense their own medicines from several raw materials. They make mixtures of teas, tinctures, syrups, capsules, creams, salves, ointments, etc.