Herbal Apprenticeship Program
The Western Herbal Tradition is a deep well full of medicine, plant wisdom and the healing path.
This a custom designed program for the person that is interested in expanding in to the herbal medicine world. The Western Herbal Tradition goes back thousands of years and is only re-emerging as a first step towards health.
In this tradition, herbalists had their own way of describing how the body functions along with how disease can present. This is quite often simplified as Energetics. This system was a way to help a herbalist understand the condition of their patient, the condition of the disease the patient was presenting and how to properly apply herbs.
Course overview of the Herbal Apprenticeship:
Herbal Energetics
- Western Energetics Intro
- 4 Elements & Conditions
- 6 Tissue states
- Tasting of herbs and learning their energetics
- Learn Clinical Observation
Herbal Medicine Formulation
- 6 steps to formulation
- Go through each step and break down for further understanding
- How to go through a Patient Intake
- Role play questioning
Herbal Pharmacy
- Learn how to pour and dose teas and tinctures
- Making salves, medicated creams and syrups
- How to make Tincture extracts
Digestive System
- Common conditions seen in the clinic and pharmaceutical approach
- List of best Digestive system herbs
- Therapeutics of most common clinical presentations
- Herb Tasting/sitting
Nervous System
- Common conditions seen in the clinic and pharmaceutical approach
- List of best Nervous system herbs
- Therapeutics of most common clinical presentations
- Herb Tasting/sitting
Cardiovascular System
- Common conditions seen in the clinic and pharmaceutical approach
- List of best Cardiovascular system herbs
- Therapeutics of most common clinical presentations
- Herb Tasting/sitting
Endocrine System
- Common conditions seen in the clinic and pharmaceutical approach
- List of best Endocrine system herbs
- Therapeutics of most common clinical presentations
- Herb Tasting/sitting
Integumentary System (Skin)
- Common conditions seen in the clinic and pharmaceutical approach
- List of best Integumentary system herbs
- Therapeutics of most common clinical presentations
- Herb Tasting/sitting
Musculoskeletal System
- Common conditions seen in the clinic and pharmaceutical approach
- List of best Musculoskeletal system herbs
- Therapeutics of most common clinical presentations
- Herb Tasting/sitting