In order to receive your Diploma of The Mexican Traditional Medicine and its Medicinal Plants, you will have:

a). - Had paid the total amount of the Graduate.
b). - Had fulfilled the requirements of permanence and evaluation.
c). - Had made the tasks and works of the theoretical module.
d). - Had fulfilled the activities of the practical module.
e). - Had passed the final examination of the Graduate.

The 160 hours of the Graduate are divided in two modules:

a). - 120 hours of study of the Theoretical Module. 6 hours daily, five days to the week, during four weeks, intensive study, readings of the texts that the professor sends by electronic mail, and consultations to sources of intelligence specialized in the network. The "Virtual Classroom of Tlahui" and the accomplishment of examinations are included here four hours to the week of class in real time in in line.

b). - 40 hours in the Practical Module. 6 hours daily, five days to the week, during two weeks with practical activities of intensive character, exits to the field for collect and identification of the medicinal plants, visit the botanical garden and traditional medicine museum, practices of herbolarios product preparation, dyes, syrups, capsules, pomadas, soaps, and essences, practice of the massage, preparation and use of temazcalli.

Program of the Theoretical Module: 120 hours

Submodule I. the Traditional Medicine of Mexico

Objective: To enable the students to know and to understand history, the characteristics and the essential concepts of the Traditional Medicine of Mexico and their therapeutic methods.

1. The foundations of the Traditional Medicine of Mexico

• The historical antecedents of the Traditional Medicine of Mexico, their basic characteristics and the traditional specialties that have been developed.
• The traditional medical concepts, like cold-heat, "nature", thickness-thin blood, strong Vista, airs, watered pulse, the shade and the soul.
• The ten main causes of demand of attention in the Traditional Medicine and the traditional remedies, like badly of eye, shyness, scare and fright, fall of mollera, disentería, airs, diarrea, twists, damage, anginas.

2. The attention to the woman in the Traditional Medicine

• The traditional concepts and their handling: the childbirth, sterility and coldness of the belly, ovaries and fallen matrix, opened hip, flow, heat of belly and badly of rust.

3. The Temazcalli in the Traditional Medicine

• The uses and the therapeutic practice of the Temazcalli in the Traditional Medicine of Mexico.

4. The traditional Hueseros and Mexican masajistas -- its therapeutic techniques and practices.

Submodule II. Fitoterapia of Mexico

Objectives: To enable to the students in the foundations for the understanding and therapeutic clinical use of the medicinal plants of Mexico.

1. A brief history on the use of medicinal plants in Mexico.

2. The methodology basic for the study of the medicinal plants of the locality; since one becomes a herbario and basic bibliography.

3. The obtaining of the medicinal plants: wild harvesting of plants; correct forms of the harvesting of plants; taken care of of the atmosphere and the natural resources; the harvesting of cultivated plants; the purchase of medicinal plants; suitable places and some recommendations; the characteristics of quality of dry plants; correct identification of the medicinal plants in the market.

4. The processing of the medicinal plants: drying, ground, storage; the simple preparation of cofoundations, infusions and macerations; simple compounds; dyes, syrups, pomadas and oils.

5. The basic picture of medicinal plants its scientific names, their common names; its traditional identification and its uses.

6. The 10 diseases more common in this region and its treatment.

7. Revision and analysis of present cases.

Program of the Practical Module: 40 hours

Submodule I. the Traditional Medicine of Mexico

Objective: To acquire the abilities and experiences so that the students can include/understand of summarized way the essential practices of the Traditional Medicine of Mexico and their therapeutic methods.

1. The foundations of the Traditional Medicine of Mexico

• Visits guided the Traditional Medicine Museum, Acapatzingo, Morelos, Mexico.
• Interviews to healers of Morelos to ask on its experience in the diagnosis and treatment of the cold-hot sufferings, thickness-thin blood, strong Vista, airs, watered pulse, the shade and the soul.
• Clinical experiences for the diagnosis and treatment with traditional and herbolaria medicine of badly of eye, shyness, scare and fright, fall of mollera, disentería, airs, diarrea, twists, damage, anginas.

2. The attention to the woman in the Traditional Medicine

Attention and handling with traditional and herbolaria medicine of the childbirth, sterility and coldness of the belly, ovaries and fallen matrix, opened hip, flow, heat of belly and badly of rust.

3. The Temazcalli in the Traditional Medicine

• Preparation and therapeutic practice of the Temazcalli in the attention of some pathological syndromes of the Mexican traditional medicine.

4. The traditional Hueseros and Mexican masajistas

• Initiation to the practice of the techniques of the Mexican therapeutic massage.

Submodule II. Fitoterapia of Mexico

Objectives: To initiate and to develop between the students the necessary experience for the identification and correct harvesting of the medicinal species, and the clinical-therapeutic practice on the use of the Mexican medicinal plants of the basic picture of Tlahui.

1. Exits from field to the low forest caducifolia and forest mesófilo of mountain, coniferous and latifoliadas, for the identification and suitable harvesting of some medicinal species.

2. Preparation of a herbario in dry.

3. The supplying of medicinal plants for the herbolario doctor's office and of Mexican traditional medicine. Correct harvesting of wild plants; culture and harvests of some cultivated species; places to buy; correct identification of the medicinal plants in the market; recommendations and characteristics of quality of some dry plants; prepared acquisition and use of commercial.

4. Experiences for the processing of the medicinal plants: drying, ground, storage; the simple preparation of cofoundations, infusions and macerations; simple compounds; dyes, syrups, pomadas and oils.

• Virtual Classroom - Chat.
• Virtual library of Tlahui.
• Documents of study in format pdf with the theoretical content of the modules.
• Classroom.
• Blackboard.
• Materials for the elaboration of prepared galénicos.
• Temazcalli
• Transport for visits to market and you collect.
• Raw material for the elaboration of prepared galénicos.
• Other materials of support.

The diplomas will be given in an act of closing to the students who have fulfilled the requirements of the course. The diplomas will have the recognition of the Electronic Magazine Tlahui, the Mexican Institute of Traditional Medicines Tlahuilli To C., and of the School of Infirmary of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos.

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