Aromatherapy - Horticulture
Course
Distance
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
295 €
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Class hours
100h
Suitable for: Anybody with an interest for Aromatherapy.
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Course programme
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are 8 lessons as follows:
1. Plant Identification
Understand the classification system used for naming plants and to be able to identify the family, genus and species names of plants used to produce essential oilsDefine aromatherapy and its history, to understand how aromatherapy works, and the basic chemistry behind it.
2. Introduction to Aromatherapy
To define aromatherapy and its history and to understand how aromatherapy works, and the basic chemistry behind it
3. Essential Oils
Identify a range of essential oils, their uses and contraindications
4. Safe Use of Essential Oils
Ensure that essential oils are used in a safe and controlled manner.
5. Carriers
Identify what can be used as a carrier for essential oils and why they must be used.
6. Growing and Harvesting Herbs for Essential Oil
Identify methods which can be used to grow, and harvest herbs used in essential oil production.
7. Methods of Extraction
Identify methods used to extract essential oils from plants.Identify herbs and oils acknowledged as hazardous to people, and which should not be used in aromatherapy, or with great care.
8. Hazardous Herbs and Oils
Identify herbs and oils acknowledged as hazardous to people, and which should not be used in aromatherapy, or with great care.
AIMS
- Understand the classification system used for naming plants and to be able to identify the family, genus and species names of plants used to produce essential oils.
- Define aromatherapy and its history, to understand how aromatherapy works, and the basic chemistry behind it.
- Identify a range of essential oils and their uses.
- Ensure that essential oils are used in a safe and controlled manner.
- Identify what can be used as a carrier for essential oils and why they must be used.
- Identify methods which can be used to grow, and harvest herbs used in essential oil production.
- Identify methods used to extract essential oils from plants.
- Identify herbs and oils acknowledged as hazardous to people, and which should not be used in aromatherapy, or with great care.
What you will do in this Course
- Undertake brief written report on what you understand about how plants are named
- Give the scientific names of ten different plants from which essential oils are derived.
- Give a brief summary of your knowledge of aromatherapy and essential oils.
- Understand how herbs are promoted to the public in order to sell them.
- Write an essay on the history of aromatherapy and essential oil use.
- Suggest different blends that can be used for insomnia and other complaints
- Suggest different blends that can be used for treating a head cold
- Discuss a range of oils that would be suitable for a travel kit
- Understand the use of aromatherapy for children.- List a range of oils that would be considered safe to use for children.
- Write a short essay on ways in which essential oils can be used.
- Understand the use of essential oils on animals.
- List a range of types of vegetable oils appropriate for use in massage and indicate what types of skin the oils are good for.
- Explain how oils enter the body and how a carrier will assist with this entry.
- Submit the bath oil blends from a Set Task along with instructions on how to use them in the bath and what conditions they are good for.
- Understand why some herbs tend to be collected in the morning, some before flowering, some during flowering, and others at various times of the year. What impact does this have on the essential oil?
- From catalogues collected, explain why some oils cost more others.
- Discuss different methods of oil extraction and list their benefits and disadvantages.
- Comprehend what is the difference between an essential oil and an aromatic oil
- Compile a detailed costing for processing herb materials to produce essential oils.
- List a range of essential oils that are not safe for use in aromatherapy.
- Discuss how essential oils can be used safely and ways in which they should not be used.
- Understand which essential oils may not be safe for use during pregnancy.
Aromatherapy - Horticulture
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
295 €