Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.37 - Energy-based and biologically-based therapies

51.3702 - Herbalism/herbalist

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to utilize the materia medica and clinical practices of Western, Native American, African, Australasian, and other herbal medicine traditions to prevent and cure illness and temporary physical disorders. These programs include courses in basic anatomy, physiology, pathology, and toxicology; nutrition; terminology and materia medica; therapeutic herbalism; herbal pharmacy; botanicals and ethnobotany; wildcrafting and harvesting; labelling and dispensing phytotherapy; counterindications; practice management; consultation skills; and professional standards and ethics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • herbal medicine
  • herbalism
  • herbalist
  • herbology
  • phytotherapy

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • recreational therapy(51.2309)
  • traditional Chinese medicine(51.3302)