Medicinal Plants and Their Use

Students complete tests for each videotape.

Perform the practical work and tasks in the minutes of the lesson.

Performs a case analysis.

Prepare and present the final work according to the criteria from medicinal herbs, in conformity with the given description of the situation and the acquired skills in the classes, using the databases of the Register of medicinal products and food supplements and justifying the choice of medicinal herbs for the treatment and prevention of particular diseases, and in forecasting possible adjacent phenomena, submit a presentation of the final work.

Final assessment is cumulative: assessment in tests 25%; assessment of practical classes 35% and assessment of final work 40%.

The participation of students in the classes – compliance with safety regulations and methodologies in laboratory work – is formally evaluated; ability to use plant morphology regimens, plant determinants; the skills to use the Latvian, Latin names and terms of the medicinal herbs covered by the lecture and class; the skills to explain the results of the experiment on the chemical and physical properties of biogenic substances and their basic structure, to draw conclusions in accordance with the results obtained; the ability to present material on the target of exposure to biogenic substances present in plants; the skills to use databases of the Register of medicinal products and food supplements; the skills to choose according to the purpose of the treatment, the herbs for the treatment and prevention of certain diseases, the skills to predict possible adjacent phenomena; skills to discuss the use of droves in therapy and prevention, skills to prepare forms of medication.