Program overview

• Botany and plant identification
• Harvesting and processing herbs
• Plant chemistry demystified
• Concepts and principles in botanical medicine
• Actions and applications of herbs
• Clinical uses of medicinal herbs in promoting optimal health
• Pharmacy and medicine making
• Formulating and dosing
• Safety issues and herb / drug interactions
• Essential oils and aromatherapy
• Plant attunement exercises

7 monthly weekends (April - October)

95 hours of instruction

Workshops can also be taken singly

Full meal plan and medicine making supplies

Each weekend is complete in itself, and also builds on the previous knowledge so that the student taking the entire series will be given a solid foundation course in herbal medicine and be well prepared for providing herbal help to friends and family. Further levels of training will be offered in 2012 for students wishing to continue to learn about herbs. .

Cost for series: $1750 plus HST

$500 non refundable deposit payable by March 15^th 2011

Cost per weekend $285.00 plus HST

Non-refundable deposit of $100 due 2 weeks before class commences and balance due on first day.

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April 15 / 16 / 17

Foundations of herbal medicine – the art and science of Phytotherapy

Introduction to the Innisfree Gardens

Ethics of harvesting and conservation

Harvesting leaves and roots and barks

Record keeping and documentation

Harvesting log, Drying Log

Dispensary guidelines, SOPs, GMPs

Making teas and decoctions

The language of plants – Intro to botany

Plant ID

History and Philosophy of practice – Humoral Medicine

May 27 / / 28/ 29

Food as Medicine – destiny or just dessert?

Evolution of eating – the Paleolithic diet in the modern age

Liver health and Bitters

Choleretics / Cholagagues

Anthraquinones and laxatives

Detox and tissue cleansing

Parasites and candida

June 24 / 25 / 26

Immune Health with Herbal Medicine

Herbal first aid (Janette Cormier)

Deep and superficial immune tonics

Diaphoretics and lymphatics

Herbal anti-microbials

Inflammation and the use of herbs to manage it – mucilage, saponins, volatile oils, essential fatty acids, tannins, flavonoids, - pharmacology and clinical applications

July 8 / 9 /10

The Family Medicine Chest – a practical workshop to build your own First Aid Kit.

Medicine making with Keith and Maureen Robertson, founders of the Scottish Scholl of Herbal Medicine (Glasgow).

August 19 / 20 / 21

Aromatherapy – the Art & Science of Essential Oils

Introduction to the world of aromatherapy

Review of oils – biochemistry, classification, actions, uses and cautions.

Herb walk in the culinary garden – a sensory classroom.

September 16 / 17 / 18

Finding balance in a busy life – using herbs for adrenal health, energy and stamina

Plant meditation practice

Steroids and saponins

Stress and adaptogens

Alkaloids and neuro-active agents

Nervous system health - Stimulants and sedatives, Physiology, conditions, materia medica

October 14 / 15 / 16

Formulating, dispensing and dosing of herbal medicine – getting started using herbs

Therapeutic strategies, formulating

Clinical strategies

Dosing guidelines

Toxicology and safety