Category: Chinese Herbal Medicine

What’s it like to study Herbs with us? Michael tells all!

Michael is about to come to the end of Year 2 of our MSc in Chinese Herbal Medicine, and in this blog he talks about how online learning works, what it’s like in the teaching clinic and how his practice has already been transformed by a deepened TCM knowledge....

Online – a different way to study Chinese Herbal Medicine

Student Bruce McCallum reflects on his first year of the MSc/PGDip Chinese Herbal Medicine course the positives and challenges he’s faced with online study…. Last October, having spent considerable time weighing the options, I started studying Chinese Herbal Medicine at the NCA. After an initial weekend at the college...

Chinese medicine shaped my life from an early age

Many of our cohorts discover Chinese medicine later in life, however some are fortunate enough to begin their journey much earlier in life. Online MSc in Oriental Medicine student Jo Rochford shares how she discovered the fascinating world of Chinese medicine at just 18 years old…… I have been...

What is it really like studying Chinese Herbal Medicine at the NCA

We asked a couple of our students, Sam Hamilton Stent and Pavlinka Fialova to share their stories with us…… Update….. watch what Sam has to say about her recent studies Samantha why did you choose to study herbs at the NCA? It took me about 5 years all told...

The incredibly rich world of Chinese Medicine is only a mouse click away….

What has it honestly been like studying and treating patients in the teaching clinic at the NCA during these unprecedented times? Who better to ask than one of our students? We asked Chinese Herbal Medicine student, Samantha Hamilton Stent, to share with us what it’s really been like studying...