By studying the course, the student should be able to prescribe herbal remedies as a type of alternative medicine or complementary medicine for treatment of the diseases of different organs. After completion of the course, the student should have the knowledge and skills about herbal drugs concerning their active constituents, mechanism of action, medical application, dose and dosage forms, contra-indications and side effects.

By the end of the course the student should be able to:

Define complementary medicine and describe the main applications of complementary and alternative medicines.

Describe different systematic disorders with respect to pathology and symptoms and name herbal medicine(s) that can be used a part of an alternative treatment regimen.

By the end of the course the student should be able to:

Classify the different branches of complementary medicine.

Propose appropriate herbal medicine(s) for co-treatment of different systematic disorders.

By the end of the course the student should be able to:

Follow a documented scheme for identification of systematic disorders and choose the appropriate herbal treatment therapy.

By the end of the course the student should be able to:

Implement writing and presentation skills.

Work effectively in team.

Introduction to Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) and Natural drugs discovery.

Introduction to Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) and Natural drugs discovery (cont.).

Cardiovascular Disease Phytomedicines.

Digestive system: mouth, throat, stomach and intestinal diseases

Urogenital Tract Phytomedicines

Nervous system: sedatives and hypnotics, antidepressant nervous exhaustion

Respiratory Diseases Phytomedicines

Immunomodulatory and anti-oxidant herbs.