- Docente: Simona Nanni
- Credits: 3
- SSD: BIO/15
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (cod. 8518)
Course contents
1. What is herbal medicine
2. Legislative framework of the herbal sector
3. Fiscal requirements to open a herbalist's shop
4. Examination of some issue of medicinal plants used in the herbal sector more views under current regulation
5.How, how much and when? Correct use of herbal preparations
6. Herbal preparations
a. tisanes
b. extracts
c. bud derivatives
d. essential oils
e. oligoelements for human health
7. Use of medicinal plants invarious apparatuses
a. the herbal help to respiratory system
b. the herbal help to osteoporosis
c. the herbal help to anxiety and insomnia
d. the herbal aid in constipation
e.The most common requests in herbal medicine
8. The bee and the man – an ancient alliance
9.The tonic
10. Clay and its use
11.Interpersonal communication customer / herbalist: cultural requirements, professionalism and experiences in comparison
12. The shop management
13. The quality of service
Readings/Bibliography
Suggested readings
- Piante officinali per infusi e tisane Prof. Roberto Della Loggia – Ed. UTET S.p.A. Divisione Scienze Mediche
- Piante e integratori per il benessere Fausto Mearelli e Anna Giogli – Edizioni ERBAMEA
- Compendio di gemmoterapia clinica Fernando Piterà – De Ferrari Editore
- Gemmoterapia nuovi studi clinici Max Tétau-Nuova Ipsa Editore
- Il grande manuale dell'aromaterapia Marco Valussi- Ed. Tecniche Nuove
- Gli oligoelementi nel futuro terapeutico Alfredo Torti – Ed. Giuseppe Maria Ricchiuto
- Compendio bioterapico di integrazione alimentare di oligoterapia e fitoterapia Bruno Tirillini – Edizioni Akros
- Le api biologia,allevamento,prodotti Alberto Contessi-Edagricole
- Le nuove frontiere della propoli Giuseppe Maria Ricchiuto – Giuseppe Maria Ricchiuto Editore
- La propoli: chimica,farmacologia e terapia A.Alì F. Mearelli M.Sgrignani A.Camporese-Edizioni Planta Medica
The text of the lectures will be made available to students
Assessment methods
Final paper and discussion on it. Oral exam
Teaching tools
powerpoint slides
Office hours
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