Herbal Medicine Making Course
£300.00
Description
Course written by Dr Emma Bisschoff RM WMA MCMA
HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING COURSE – Learn the art of preparing and using medicinal herbs for everyday ailments
Download course outline here Herbal Medicine Making Course Outline
The whole course comprises 66 modules, broken down into bite-size manageable chunks
Accredited by the International Association of Therapists (IAOTH)
Prerequisite: None
What you will learn:
Various herbal formulations which cover how to make syrups and elixirs, vinegars and oxymels, infusions, decoctions, salves and ointments, tinctures, poultices, compressions and fomentations, glycerites, herb-infused honey, liniments, herbal baths, macerations, pills and capsules, herb-infused oils
Equipment and tools needed
Which herbs you will need
Buying and storing herbs
Herbal actions (38 pages)
In depth profiles in separate modules of 20 herbs, their medicinal uses, history and folklore, recipes, precautions, herb-drug interactions, herb-herb interactions
53 other herbs and how to use them
Body systems and which herbs to use
List of herbs to use for various other ailments (24 pages)
The safe use of herbs (16 pages)
How to match herbs to people and not just to ailments
Which herbs to use for children, dosages and recipes
Which herbs to use for pets, dosages and recipes
Which herbs to use for magickal use (81 pages)
Basic Anatomy and Physiology
Safety guidelines and poisonous plants
How to make your own Materia Medica
A calendar of herbal folklore for each month throughout the year (15 pages)
Plus much more …
Human fascination with herbs started thousands of years ago. They have played an important role in medicine, politics, religion, romance, cooking, perfume-making and superstition throughout human history.
It is believed that Neolithic man used herbs for food, healing and shamanic rituals. For instance, marjoram pollen was discovered in caves dating back 60,000 years. Some herbs were believed to have magical powers and were sometimes burned for their pleasing scent to keep the gods appeased. Many herbs had medicinal uses and have been used for millennia to cure illnesses. Today, herbal folk remedies are used by most of the world’s population, especially in countries where refined pharmaceuticals and advanced medicine are not available or affordable.
Our ancestors cultivated a deep, rooted relationship with plants; they harvested plants in ceremony, made herbal medicines with intention and passed along traditional plant knowledge to help future generations maintain wellness. In many cultures this information was shared orally, through stories or an apprenticeship with a local healer.
The potent healing qualities of herbs have been used in different therapeutic philosophies throughout history. We find plants used within the Indian ayurvedic system and in Chinese medicine alongside acupuncture and other techniques. They also play a very important role in the Spiritual healing ecology of the North American Indians.
Did you know that about 25% of the drugs prescribed worldwide are derived from plants? Of the 252 drugs in the World Health Organization’s essential medicine list, 11% are exclusively of plant origin. About 200 years ago the first pharmacological compound, morphine, was produced from opium extracted from the seed pods of the poppy flower. Since then, scientists have been studying plants to create the pharmaceutical products we know today. After years of overmedicating, facing resistant bacteria in the microbiome and treating the illness rather than the root of the problem, people are beginning to pay more attention to natural, herbal medicine.
Nature insists that we slow down, listen and observe. Beauty and stillness fill us when we stop our incessant human chatter. Deep in our being we know we have come to this place before, that we too belong in the natural world. We might start with a botanical approach to learning about the plants, with a field guide in hand.
We might be walking along with a plant person simply to hear the lore behind each herbal friend. We may be working in rich soil, rooted in a gardener’s passion bigger than ourselves. Regardless of where we are, the notes of the song begin. A melody calls to us. Where once we trod swiftly by a mass of green, now we see individual plants we know well. Miniature landscapes open before our eyes. And all the daunting information about these plants we felt we had never been able to grasp miraculously begins to take hold. Botany falls into place as surely as an understanding of energetic qualities and medicinal use.
My wish for you with this course is that you can start incorporating herbal remedies in your medicine chest. If you are like me, once you do, every herb you come across is scrutinized for its medicinal properties. I have also written this course at this time as the world is gripped in the Covid pandemic. Western medicine might become unavailable and very expensive in the future – this is where herbs come into play.
