Their are sellers and producers of various categories of traditional medicine liquors. Some are genuine, some are counterfeit, some have been said to contains tablets and other chemicals mixed together in the name of herbs, some have said to have cause damage to liver, and kidney because they are not original. Pure herbs, prepared by a trained Practitioners under clean environment and given to people in the right proportions don’t cause harm.
Today, as a result of the lack of control and genuine commitment on the part of people ruling this nation, several people who are not interested in the health of people but in the interest of making money are coming out with various drinks, they have money to pay and meet up with the regulatory demands, they flooded the nation’s market with various drinks.
The essence of this course is to train the existing Practitioners and upcoming Practitioners on the healthy ways of production and sales of traditional medicine liquors to the general public
This course is designed for just a session, divided into two semesters including practical activities. People or Target Audience are majorly elderly or mid age doing and Hawking what is generally called Agbo. They are sometimes the breadwinner of their family with the little they make from selling, so the aim of the course is to allow them in their activities and still get trained, so the lectures could be arranged as it suits the students and their lecturer. It could be weekend or two in a week.
Course Contents.
First Semester.
1. Medicinal Plant identifications
2. Tropical diseases.
3. Understanding Traditional Medicine.
4. Good and drug safety.
5. Introduction to existing Liquor
6. Practicals.
Second Semester.
1. Plant Medicinal contents.
2. Behavior Commutation Change.
3. Understanding common diseases and complaints.
4. Referral system.
5. Identifications of existing liqour and their producers.
6. Practical productions.