Pharmacognosy Course
This course equips you with essential pharmacognosy knowledge for pharmacy practice in New Zealand. Learn to select safe plants using ethnobotanical methods, identify species accurately, perform extractions and standardisation, implement quality control, determine safe dosing, and ensure regulatory adherence. Build confidence in evaluating and applying herbal medicines with scientific precision and reliability.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on, research-driven skills in pharmacognosy to handle medicinal plants for digestive health effectively. Master ethnobotanical selection, secure sourcing, precise plant identification, and study design including sampling, drying, and quality checks. Delve into phytochemistry, extraction techniques, standardisation, safety protocols, dosing guidelines, regulatory compliance, and professional reporting for evidence-based herbal applications.
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Develop skills
- Ethnobotanical selection: quickly pick safe, legal, non-threatened medicinal plants.
- Botanical identification: distinguish medicinal plants from toxic mimics accurately.
- Pharmacognostic quality control: develop protocols for sampling, drying, and testing herbals.
- Extraction and standardisation: select optimal methods, solvents, and markers for consistent potency.
- Safety, dosing, and reporting: calculate doses, identify interactions, and produce clear reports.
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