Successful graduates are able to use medicinal plants and herbal preparations professionally. They know the effects and areas of application as well as side effects and contraindications and know when they need to work together with specialists from other disciplines or with conventional medical services. Phytotherapists can assess the special features of tea mixtures, ointments, extracts or tinctures and apply them professionally. They are also familiar with complementary naturopathic measures in the areas of nutrition, exercise or psychosomatics for each clinical picture and can advise their patients on these.