Course Schedule

Lesson One

Getting Started
  • Introduction to herbal medicine
  • Conscious harvest
  • Do’s and dont’s
  • Herbal Actions
  • Materials and Menstruums

Lesson Two

Water Extracts
  • Preparing plants
  • Tea infusions
  • Tea Decoctions
  • Nourishing Herbal Infusions
  • Plant Ally – Dandelion – Taraxacum officinale

Lesson Three

Poultices and Compresses
  • Spit Poultice
  • Compresses
  • Plant Ally – Plantain – Plantago major and Plantago Lanceolata
  • Plant Ally – Yarrow – Achilles millifolium

Lesson Four

Alcohol Extracts
  • Simple Extraction
  • Dual Extraction
  • Simple Spagyrics
  • Straining and Storing
  • Plant Ally – Stinging Nettles – Urtica doica
  • Fungal Ally – Chaga – Inonotus obliquus

Lesson Five

Herbal Vinegars
  • Herbal Vinegars
  • Plant Ally – Yellow Dock – Rumex crispis

Lesson Six

Honey Infusions
  • Honey Infusions
  • Plant Ally – Lavender – Lavendula Angustifolia

Lesson Seven

Oxymels
  • Oxymels
  • Fire Cider Recipe

Lesson Eight

Glycerites
  • Glycerites
  • Plant Ally – Stevia – Stevia rebaudiana

Lesson Nine

Essences
  • Sun Essences
  • Moon Essences
  • Plant Ally – Rosemary – Rosmarinus officinalis
  • Fungal Ally – Red Belted Polypore – Fomitopsis pinicola

Lesson Ten

Toner
  • Toner
  • Plant Ally- Witch Hazel – Hamamelis virginiana

Lesson Eleven

Oil Infusions
  • Choosing base oils
  • Cold infusion
  • Hot Infusion
  • Plant Ally – Calendula – Calendula officininalis

Lesson Twelve

Salves/ Ointments
  • Salves
  • Plant Ally – Comfrey – Symphytum officinale

Lesson Thirteen

Cream
  • Cream
  • Plant Ally – Rose – Rosa

Lesson Fourteen

Lozenges
  • Lozenges
  • Plant Ally – Marshmallow – Althaea officinalis

Lesson Fifteen

Fermentation
  • Sauerkraut
  • Medicinal Mead (Metheglin)
  • Ginger Ferment & Ginger Beer
  • Plant Ally – Ginger – Zingiber officinale

Lesson Sixteen

Canning
  • Waterbath Canning
  • Pressure Canning