Whether you are a student completing an assignment, or a practitioner writing a journal article or commencing research, knowing how to write a literature review is an important skill. This YouTube video is a great 10 minute summary, passed to me courtesy of Amanda Richardson, lecturer at ACNT. Enjoy! (more…)
It is great to see Oborne Health Supplies, in their August newsletter, reminding everybody of the regulations around extemporaneous dispensing of herbal liquids, and what we absolutely should not be doing. Liquid extracts and tinctures are made specifically for extemporaneous dispensing by practitioners. The Australian Regulatory Guidelines for Complementary Medicines (November 2013) states the following on […]
The American Botanical Council’s HerbClipTM service recently provided a summary of a paper entitled Cocoa & human health. The review provides an interesting summary of some of the epidemiological and interventional studies on humans which have demonstrated positive benefits on a number of cardiovascular risk factors, discusses some of the known constituents, and potential […]
I often hear people refer to the disciplines of naturopathy and herbal medicine as an “industry”, and I have to say it grates on me every time. Why? Because we are a profession, not an industry. What is an Industry? According to the Oxford Dictionary of English an “industry” is … “economic activity concerned with […]
Last night the NHAA Sydney Chapter hosted Lyndsay Shume, fourth generation herbalist and Life Member of the NHAA, as the guest speaker. It was great to hear Lyndsay speak about old-school herbal medicine in Australia, and discuss some of his time proven formulae. He also spoke about his past experiences with the NHAA, discussing historical […]
Following on from my last post, here is a video on the topic of why Bachelor degree is a more appropriate qualification level than Advanced Diploma, in the disciplines of naturopathy and herbal medicine. This video is based on a presentation I delivered at the 8th International Conference on Herbal Medicine in 2013, and thanks to the […]
For a little over 10 years the minimum qualification in naturopathy and Western herbal medicine in Australia has been the Advanced Diploma. After December 2015 all that changes, but the real question is how and why? In late 2013 I published a commentary piece in the Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine (Volume 25, Issue 4) […]
On 2nd July 2014 the Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council (CS&HISC) announced that as of December 2015 the Advanced Diplomas of Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine, Nutritional Medicine and Homoeopathy would be aligned at Bachelor degree level and removed from the Training Package. Why is this fantastic news, and what does this mean for […]
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