Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings
- 10 - Health and related fields
- 51. - Health professions and related programs
- 51.33 - Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems
51.3302 - Traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbology
This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of Chinese herbal medicine, a system based on the use of nutrition, natural products, and prescribed medical formulae to treat imbalances in the state of bodily health as defined in the Nei Ching Su Wen and other authorities. These programs include courses in the basic Western medical sciences, history and theory of Chinese medicine, Chinese medical anatomy and physiology, Chinese herbology, herbal prescription preparation, herbal patent medicine, herbal pharmacology, Chinese internal medicine and gynecology, febrile diseases, food therapy, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.
Illustrative example(s)
- Chinese herbal medicine
- Chinese herbology
- Chinese medicine
- Chinese traditional medicine
- traditional Chinese medicine
- traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese herbology
Exclusion(s)
- alternative medicine(51.3300)
- herbal medicine(51.3702)
- oriental medicine(51.3301)
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