Training in Phytotherapy involves rigorous
study of medical sciences, diagnostic skills, pharmacy, materia medica and dietetics.
Phytotherapists are trained in the same
diagnostic skills as orthodox doctors but take a more holistic approach to illness. It involves identifying the cause of the
problem and treating this rather than the symptoms alone. The reason for this is that treatment or
suppression of the symptoms will not rid the body of the disease itself.
Phytotherapists use their remedies to restore
the balance of the body thus enabling it to mobilize its own innate healing
powers.
