While conventional allopathic medicine recognises and treats the symptoms of various chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes, more and more emphasis is being placed on lifestyle management. The TIBB cientific approach to well-being takes this concept even further.

What is TIBB Medicine

TIBB Medicine is a comprehensive healing system with roots in Ancient Greece and Africa. TIBB Medicine offers a clinically proven, cost-effective therapeutic approach which may be used as a stand-alone complementary therapy, or in conjuction with conventional medicine. The TIBB health discipline is practiced and endorsed by more than 200 000 doctors world-wide.

What makes the TIBB Discipline different from any other discipline?

TIBB Medicine recognises the roles played by a person's lifestyle, diet, emotions and environment when it comes to health.....or illness. One of the fathers of modern medicine, Hippocrates, was quoted as saying, "It is more important to know what sort of person has the disease, than to know what sort of disease a person has." TIBB embraces this philosophy, taking care to advise the individual about emotional and environmental factors, amongst others, that may influence the state of his or her health. In addition, the popular TIBB Herbal Health Sciences range of products is incorporated into treatment.

What options are available for healthcare workers interested in some form of TIBB qualification?

It is important to note that the TIBB scientific approach is one of the modalities accepted by the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (the AHPCSA). Numerous courses are available to accommodate all health care workers at their particular level of expertise and qualification. Becoming a TIBB Doctor involves completing a five-year undergraduate degree with a one year internship. Alternatively, postgraduate diplomas are on offer for doctors and primary health care nurses who wish to adopt a broader approach to treatment. Courses are run by the Ibn Sina Institute of TIBB in conjuction with the University of the Western Cape. Additional workshops are held for members of the public who wish to investigate the TIBB philosophy of health and healing.

For further information on the Ibn Sina Institute of Tibb's courses please call 011 991 7323 or fax: 011 472-6672 or to find out more about the TIBB range of products click here