MATERIA MEDICA

SCHEDULE: January 2026

TIME: Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:00AM -1:00PM

COURSE LENGTH: 180 hours

DELIVERY: Online (Attendance is taken but recordings are available for all classes.)

COST: $2,700 or $385.71 per month

Cost for AIM Alumni: $257.14 per month (save $900)

Cost for Current AIM Students:  $192.85 per month (save $1350.00) *required to have completed Diagnosis

PREREQUISITES: Registered Acupuncturist OR Student enrolled in an Acupuncture program.

Course Description:

This course presents both an exhibition of Chinese herbal theory as well as identification, application and use of individual Chinese herbs.  Complementing the three main modules of herbal theory covered is a presentation of Chinese herbs employed clinically in combination with each other.  This provides a well rounded foundation for the study of herbal formulas as well as a basis for planning individualized and modified herbal prescriptions.

Course Objective:

The students will learn about the name, nature, flavour, properties, functions, uses, and contraindications of Chinese medicinal substances, which will be used to make herbal formulas, which will be learned later.

Students will study individual herbs that will include:

• Latin name
• Pin Yin name
• Herb category
• Meridian affiliation
• Energy and taste
• Therapeutic actions
• Contraindications
• Dosage
• Preparation and processing
• Combinations
• Visual identification

Categories to be covered:

• Exterior-releasing herbs
• Qi regulating herbs
• Blood invigorating and stasis removing herbs
• Stop bleeding herbs
• Substances for topical application
• Obsolete substances
• Heat-clearing herbs
• Downward draining herbs
• Wind-Damp dispelling herbs
• Aromatic damp-dissolving herbs
• Water regulating and damp-resolving herbs
• Interior-Warming herbs
• Digestive herbs
• Orifice-opening herbs
• Shen calming herbs
• Antiparasitic herbs
• Tonifying herbs
• Liver calming and wind-extinguishing herbs
• Phlegm resolving, coughing and wheezing relieving herb
• Astringent herbs

NOTE: This course is also offered as part of the TCM Practitioner Diploma Program

Enroll Now by emailing info@aim-academy.ca

or by calling 416-323-1818 ext.202