Diploma in Herbal Medicine

The Chinese herbal medicine course introduces students to the use of Chinese herbs and formulas. As part of the program, it offers training in our herbal pharmacy where they will receive first-hand interaction with Chinese herbs as well as being supervised by our team of experienced doctors.

This course teaches students how to think like a Chinese herbalist and prepare herbal formulas for treatment of different ailments.

The use of correct Chinese herbal formula complements and reinforces acupuncture treatments. Therefore the combination of the two Chinese medicine therapies often can reach more effective results in clinical practice than with acupuncture treatment alone.

In the West, this study is often followed after the completion of the acupuncture course. The advantage is that the Chinese medical concepts are already integrated, making the study of Chinese herbs more tangible for students.

In addition to the teacher contact hours you will work together with fellow students in a Literature study group and practice together in the Interactive Practice groups. During the first year of the Herbal Medicine course, the apprenticeship takes place mainly at the herbal dispensary preparing herbal prescriptions, whilst the second year apprenticeship will take place with herbal specialists. In the second and final year, students write a thesis about the subject as part of the course programme.

Shenzhou Open University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SOU), formerly European Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Advanced Training Center, was established in 1990 and is one of the largest European Traditional Chinese Medicine educational institutes.

Teaching based on the Chinese model on training university students, Shenzhou Open University tailors the core curriculum to the European situation. Shenzhou Open University takes “innovation based on the inheritance of the traditions” as her school motto.

Shenzhou Open University curriculum ranges from Chinese medicine, acupuncture & moxibustion, Tuina and Medical Qigong to the Foundations of Western Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine language course.