Valerian Monograph with Heather Irvine | 45

On today's episode Heather Irvine teaches us all about valerian.  

For more monographs: www.herbrally.com/monographs

You can visit Heather online at GivingTreeBotanicals.com

Let us know what you thought of the episode! Thanks so much for listening. 

Today’s episode is brought to you by the Herbal Academy. An excellent online herbalism school as well as resource.

The mission of the Herbal Academy is to teach the art and science of herbalism and to honor our intrinsic connection to nature.

The Herbal Academy is dedicated to teaching and promoting a lifestyle of wellness and vitality through the use of herbs, sound nutrition, and optimal health practices.

They offer high quality and affordable herbal studies programs where they present many herbal traditions with a focus on sustainability and stewardship.

For a list of all of their courses you can head to herbrally.com/herbalacademy

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The Holistic Wellness Program at Hill College

Today we'll hear from Lori Rose, PhD as she discusses the Holistic Wellness Program that she created at Hill College

The Hill College Holistic Wellness Pathway provides a unique opportunity for students to pursue holistic wellness education within an accredited, degreed program that allows the use of federal financial aid and has the potential to lead to an associate of science degree. 

Lori Rose, PhD, is a board certified nutrition professional (CNP), board certified holistic nutrition consultant (BCHN), certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner (FDN-P), board registered herbalist (RH-AHG), and board certified wellness coach (NBC-HWC).

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Essential Ayurveda for Women with Adena Rose | 44

Today's episode is with Ayurvedic practitioner Adena Rose. 

She goes in depth on three tools that you can use to help promote your health and well-being.

This class was originally a webinar that she hosted. A huge thanks to Adena Rose for sharing this with all of us! 

For more from Adena Rose: AdenaRoseAyurveda.com

If you’re not feeling your best, most-likely, you need Prana.  And each of these tools infuses the cells with Prana for the deepest nourishment.

These tools have saved my life.  I have been told by other women the same.  We have all been at the bottom of our barrel, no more to give, anxious, and barely making it through the day.  And maybe you’re there right at this moment.  Over-taxed, over-giving, giving every last drop of yourself for your family, your career, just to get by.
— Adena Rose
 

Adena Rose Bright is an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Panchakarma therapist, professionally trained in The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy®. 

I take the most practical, useful tools from these authentic sources and guide women in applying them to their lives through experiential courses and women’s gatherings.  I want to explore a new model of health. To help women get out of survival mode and experience healing and wholeness using food, herbs and breath as medicine.  Ayurveda, yoga, and Maya medicine have given me these tools.  I am an action taker – and feel my place is in the role of teacher.
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Herbalism of Place: What Makes This Important? with EagleSong Evans Gardener | 43

If there was nothing to fix, cure or save…what would your relationship with plants look/feel like?   

There are many approaches to the pathway of herbal practice. Today, we will explore an earth-centered approach to the intersection of plants, people and place. If we are to begin at the beginning, coming to understand the land upon which we live, the plants that have chosen this place as home and humans place in it is a place to start. Seeing place as source is to set out upon a life of discovery.  

As you settle into place by developing relationships with the plants around you, you’ll begin sensing a vibration or resonance with place. When committed, on a daily basis, to bringing plants into your body that you have gathered, your awareness begins to extend into place.   

Light takes on a whole new quality. You begin to see and feel how water affects all life around you. The moist fire of creation begins to make sense and a sense of connection begins developing. Tiny, invisible threads, mycelium-like in nature, begin weaving you into a web of creation. The Language of the Land starts taking root within your very being.   

Health, wholeness, holiness becomes a way of life wherever you are. Tending the invisible, the hidden half of nature is a generative path. Join me on the dark side, where you’ll learn how plants turn sunlight into cookies and how minerals, plants and animals depend on this fantastic bubbling cauldron going on all the time to succeed. 

This class was recorded at the 2017 NorthWest Herb Symposium. For more information on this fabulous event, just head to NWHerbSymposium.com

For more information about the Pacific Women's Herbal Conference, head to PacificWomensHerbalConference.com

To find herbalism events in your neck of the woods: HerbRally.com/events

Thanks so much for listening! If you have a moment to leave a ranking and/or review in iTunes or your podcast player of choice, we'd truly appreciate it. 

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Yoga, Tantra, and the Alchemical Traditions with Dan De Lion | 42

Listen in on this class that Dan de Lion of Return to Nature (www.returntonature.us) taught at The Inner Warrior (www.theinnerwarriorlou.com). He explores three in depth topics which are very misunderstood and rarely discussed, but can help students of yoga learn the underlying philosophical principles bring deeper meaning to our practice. 

In this talk, Dan draws upon these ancient traditions to help ground your current yoga practice to reestablish the ancient mantra “As above, and so below” which helps us to realize that our body and our energetic centers are a microcosm for studying the entire universe. These are the ancient teachings which help us to grow awareness toward the alchemical vessel that we are, and how to train to cleanse and purify the mind body spirit connection, so that we may find our optimal service.

Dan De Lion is a Forager, Herbalist, and Musician dedicated to working with Nature to further the healing of the planet and the soul. Dan teaches through Return to Nature (ReturntoNature.us), which provides classes in foraging and herbalism, making homemade remedies from herbs, fermentation and kombucha classes, and primitive and survival skills. He also makes and sells herbal products, teaches music, yoga, chanting, and meditation as well as nutrition and health consultations, mentorships, and group in-home custom herbalism classes.

FOLLOW DAN ON INSTAGRAM

Thank you for listening! 

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An Introduction to the Three Doshas with Heather Irvine | 41

If you've been looking to delve into Ayurveda this is the episode for you! Listen in as Heather provides an introduction to each of the three doshas. I learned a lot and I know you will, too! 

You can visit Heather online at GivingTreeBotanicals.com

Thank you so much for listening!

Today’s episode is brought to you by the Herbal Academy. An excellent online herbalism school as well as resource.

The mission of the Herbal Academy is to teach the art and science of herbalism and to honor our intrinsic connection to nature.

The Herbal Academy is dedicated to teaching and promoting a lifestyle of wellness and vitality through the use of herbs, sound nutrition, and optimal health practices.

They offer high quality and affordable herbal studies programs where they present many herbal traditions with a focus on sustainability and stewardship.

For a list of all of their courses you can head to herbrally.com/herbalacademy

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7Song talks about Calamus (Acorus calamus) | 40

Herbalist 7Song goes in depth on calamus in today's episode. 

We're in the field with him where he discusses the uses of this wonderful plant ally. 

This audio is from a video on his YouTube page WHICH YOU CAN FIND HERE

For more info on 7Song along with his school’s website, the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, just head to 7Song.com.

Here's the link to jim mcdonald's monograph on calamus that I mentioned: herbcraft.org/calamus.html

Thanks for listening, enjoy.

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The Earth Spirit Medicine Herbal, Aromatherapy, and Flower Essences Program

Herbalists Robert Rogers and Laurie Szott-Rogers discuss their program at the Northern Star College of Mystical studies.

Learn about plant medicine and bring this skill into your life. Courses such as herbology and aromatherapy provide a knowledge base of plant properties and techniques for using plants, therapeutically. Other courses in the stream give learners the opportunity to connect with the higher intelligence of both plants and clients, by integrating intuitive skills. There is a strong focus on regional plants.

The Flower Essences modality focuses on personal growth, interviewing, deep personal transformations and working with clients.

For more information please visit: https://northernstarcollege.com/program/programs/earth-spirit-medicine/

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How to Compose a Herbal Compound from Intake to Prescription with John Redden (Part 2) | 39

This class was recorded at the superb event: The Great Lakes Herb Faire

If you've not been and you're in the region, I encourage you to try and make it to the 2018 shindig. Here's the details:

Great Lakes Herb Faire
September 7 - 9, 2018
Cedar Lake Outdoor Center,
2500 Pierce Rd, Chelsea, Michigan

We have had three amazing Faires so far and are so looking forward to doing this again! The feedback we received from people who attended was overwhelmingly positive. People were excited to network and meet other herbalists in their communities, learn directly from teachers rather than relying on books, and walk the trails on the surrounding land meeting the herbs in person. There were many kids attending and we heard from parents and the kids themselves that they couldn’t wait to come back next year! There was amazing energy from everyone, the food was delicious and the marketplace was loaded with fantastic herbal creations.
— Anna Fernandez

I had the great fortune of attending the 2017 Faire (as a representative for Mountain Rose Herbs) and I concur on all of that. And yes, the food was phenomenal! 

If interested in purchasing recordings from the 2016 and 2017 Faires (for a great price) you can do so here>> RECORDINGS

Here's the description for the class from the website:

We will create a template that methodically takes the practitioner through the steps of a clinical visit. First we collect the information from the intake form and with the patient generate a plan to get to our therapeutic goals. We describe what is required to go from our beginning point (now) to our end point (therapeutic goal). The descriptions become action categories within body systems. We select herbs using a set of rules or selection criteria from lists (provided) and write them down. From the many herbs listed we will then organize and de-select by simple rules. Once pared down we check our formula to see that it will bring the patient to their desired goal. We do a little math and we have a prescription for health.

A huge thanks to Anna and John for sharing the class!

 

Download the class handouts!

 
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John Redden is a Western Medical Herbalist with an eclectic background.

He has over thirty years experience growing and wild crafting herbs, manufacturing remedies and clinical practice. As a member and former vice-president of the Ontario Herbalists Association, he co-founded “A Celebration of Herbs”, Toronto’s largest herbal event.

For six years, John served as the editor of the Canadian Journal of Herbalism, the national herbal medical journal for professional herbalists and interested lay enthusiasts.

He is a hands-on teacher of numerous aspects of holistic herbal medicine and teaches popular and advanced classes in his workshop / laboratory and at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.

John is a member of the professional advisory board for the Ontario Ginseng Growers Association and a founding author of the Canadian General Standards Board on Organic Agriculture co-authoring Canada’s laws on organic farming and manufacturing.

For more on John: https://viriditasherbalproducts.com/team/dr-john-redden/

How to Compose a Herbal Compound from Intake to Prescription with John Redden (Part 1) | 38

This class was recorded at the superb event: The Great Lakes Herb Faire

If you've not been and you're in the region, I encourage you to try and make it to the 2018 shindig. Here's the details:

Great Lakes Herb Faire
September 7 - 9, 2018
Cedar Lake Outdoor Center,
2500 Pierce Rd, Chelsea, Michigan

We have had three amazing Faires so far and are so looking forward to doing this again! The feedback we received from people who attended was overwhelmingly positive. People were excited to network and meet other herbalists in their communities, learn directly from teachers rather than relying on books, and walk the trails on the surrounding land meeting the herbs in person. There were many kids attending and we heard from parents and the kids themselves that they couldn’t wait to come back next year! There was amazing energy from everyone, the food was delicious and the marketplace was loaded with fantastic herbal creations.
— Anna Fernandez

I had the great fortune of attending the 2017 Faire (as a representative for Mountain Rose Herbs) and I concur on all of that. And yes, the food was phenomenal! 

If interested in purchasing recordings from the 2016 and 2017 Faires (for a great price) you can do so here>> RECORDINGS

Here's the description for the class from the website:

We will create a template that methodically takes the practitioner through the steps of a clinical visit. First we collect the information from the intake form and with the patient generate a plan to get to our therapeutic goals. We describe what is required to go from our beginning point (now) to our end point (therapeutic goal). The descriptions become action categories within body systems. We select herbs using a set of rules or selection criteria from lists (provided) and write them down. From the many herbs listed we will then organize and de-select by simple rules. Once pared down we check our formula to see that it will bring the patient to their desired goal. We do a little math and we have a prescription for health.

A huge thanks to Anna and John for sharing the class!

 

Download the class handouts!

 
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John Redden is a Western Medical Herbalist with an eclectic background.

He has over thirty years experience growing and wild crafting herbs, manufacturing remedies and clinical practice. As a member and former vice-president of the Ontario Herbalists Association, he co-founded “A Celebration of Herbs”, Toronto’s largest herbal event.

For six years, John served as the editor of the Canadian Journal of Herbalism, the national herbal medical journal for professional herbalists and interested lay enthusiasts.

He is a hands-on teacher of numerous aspects of holistic herbal medicine and teaches popular and advanced classes in his workshop / laboratory and at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.

John is a member of the professional advisory board for the Ontario Ginseng Growers Association and a founding author of the Canadian General Standards Board on Organic Agriculture co-authoring Canada’s laws on organic farming and manufacturing.

For more on John: https://viriditasherbalproducts.com/team/dr-john-redden/

Herbs and Supplements Supporting Weight Loss with Heather Irvine | 37

This is a time of year when a lot of people are thinking of their health with diet in mind. Although it actually seems slightly unusual for a lot of herbalists to suggest herbs to support weight loss, our philosophy tends to be more holistic than that, and there is no magic remedy. Especially for this issue, it is a concern a lot of people care about.

In preparing to answer a client’s follow up question, adding this issue to their list of health concerns, I questioned myself for being biased against speaking to this particular issue. Afterall, it is a leading health concern, motivator and does have something to do with overall health. As a response I decided to compile a few of the recommendations which I think are sound and overall health promoting
— Heather Irvine

You can visit Heather online at GivingTreeBotanicals.com

 

Today’s episode is brought to you by the Herbal Academy. An excellent online herbalism school as well as resource.

The mission of the Herbal Academy is to teach the art and science of herbalism and to honor our intrinsic connection to nature.

The Herbal Academy is dedicated to teaching and promoting a lifestyle of wellness and vitality through the use of herbs, sound nutrition, and optimal health practices.

They offer high quality and affordable herbal studies programs where they present many herbal traditions with a focus on sustainability and stewardship.

For a list of all of their courses you can head to herbrally.com/herbalacademy

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Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine

Nicole Telkes, founder and director of the Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine takes a moment to tell us what her herb school in Austin, TX is all about. Let's hear about all of the great things they're up to! You can check them out online at WildflowerHerbSchool.com

About Nicole:

She believes strongly in herbal medicine being “the people’s medicine” and enlists her students and any interested parties in fulfilling her goal of putting “an herbalist in every home.” As a deep ecologist, she focuses on “weedcrafting” bioregional native and naturalized medicinal plants in herb practice. She has a great passion for the green path and education.

Nicole has taught classes and presented at conferences and symposiums including The Native Plant Society of Texas Symposium; The American Herbalist Guild National Symposium; Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference, International Herb Symposium, and the  Moonflower Herbfest

She has provided Clinic Support for WTO Seattle, Common Ground Health Clinic and a Sundance Clinic and has been published in Earth First! Journal, Plant Healer, and AHG Newsletter. In 2016, she founded a chapter of Herbalists without Borders for the school. She was a founding member of the Traditions Not Trademark Campaign to Free Fire Ciderand is currently fighting the trademark in court.  Nicole is the author of the book the Medicinal Plants of Texas.  To schedule an appointment or obtain herbs from Nicole, please contact her through her here or go to www.nicoletelkes.com

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Hawthorn Monograph with Heather Irvine | 36

On today's episode Heather Irvine teaches us all about the hawthorn tree. 

She wrote an excellent monograph on hawthorn, which you can find HERE

Hawthorn is one of those country herbs whose leading quality one might at first describe as benevolent. It is much more powerful though!  A great tree, low and broad in stature, it occurs wild in edge-lands of landscapes or occasionally planted for beauty, especially with respect to its generous white blossoms or deep red fruit in the fall and winter. It serves food and sanctuary to wildlife. Overzealous thorns protect birds and smaller critters from those larger ones which receive a memorable gauge and at best a pause to lick one’s wounds! In and around a Hawthorn’s understory, clumsy human types get so focused on the prize… zeroing in on more flowers or more berries, faster, receiving a poke followed by a clumsier startled retraction. Birds and squirrels laugh at us for sure!
— Heather Irvine

Today’s episode is brought to you by the Herbal Academy. An excellent online herbalism school as well as resource.

The mission of the Herbal Academy is to teach the art and science of herbalism and to honor our intrinsic connection to nature.

The Herbal Academy is dedicated to teaching and promoting a lifestyle of wellness and vitality through the use of herbs, sound nutrition, and optimal health practices.

They offer high quality and affordable herbal studies programs where they present many herbal traditions with a focus on sustainability and stewardship.

For a list of all of their courses you can head to herbrally.com/herbalacademy

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For more monographs: www.herbrally.com/monographs

You can visit Heather online at GivingTreeBotanicals.com

Let us know what you thought of the episode! Thanks so much for listening. 

The Human Path & Herbal Medics

Sam and Suchil Coffman discuss their 2018 plans for The Human Path & Herbal Medics.

CLICK HERE FOR THEIR ORIGINAL VIDEOCAST

 

Sam Coffman, Founder, Head Instructor

Sam Coffman has over 10 years of military experience as a U.S. Special Forces Medic, an interrogator and a linguist. He studied botany and bioregional medicine both privately and at several outdoor schools in Colorado, and during his military service as a Green Beret Medic he logged thousands of hours in the field as a team medic, military emergency rooms and troop medical clinics.

 

Over the past 25 years, Sam has not only taught survival for military and civilian students, but also has focused on post-disaster and remote-medicine using primarily (if not exclusively) plant medicine. He has worked as a clinical herbalist on his own and in conjunction with functional medicine doctors (M.D. and D.O.) for chronic as well as acute illness and injury. Sam has been highly focused on bio-regional plant medicine for infection, injury and illness most commonly encountered in a post-disaster, remote or underserved environment when there is no higher definitive medical care.

Sam has taught wilderness first aid certification, remote and post-disaster herbal medicine, urban and primitive survival skills and self-defense for over two decades. He is co-founder of the non-profit organization – Herbal Medics – that travels to remote areas in Nicaragua as well as medically underserved urban areas in the USA, providing herbal medicine clinics, off-grid and salvage-based engineering solutions (water purification, sustainable power, sustainable agriculture, etc.). Sam is the author of the book The Herbal Medic

The Herbal Medic is a comprehensive guide for beginners, preppers and experienced herbalists alike that covers practical, clinical herbalism topics for home, remote and post-disaster environments. 
 

 
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Suchil Coffman, Program Director

Suchil is the Program Director for The Human Path as well as the Director for the non-profit organization Herbal Medics. She brings a diverse background to the Provider program at the school, with a strong history of preserving and canning foods, a love of wildcrafting and a mission to take the school into more sustainable and off-grid directions whenever possible.

She has a degree in Fine Arts Photography and studied journalism, worked as a neuromuscular massage therapist for a decade, received her Permaculture Design Certificate from Geoffrey Lawton in 2015, and helps to organize and manage apothecary operations in clinics and classes.

Suchil teaches homesteading courses at the school and helped to develop The Apothecarist program, an intermediate medicine making course that she helps to instruct with two others.

Online Round Table with Leslie Alexander and Leslie Williams

Herbalists Leslie Alexander & Leslie Williams
are bringing years of clinical teaching experience together
& offering a 13 session online program
to strengthen interviewing skills and your practice
with clients, family members, friends & yourself

This online Round Table will focus on casework
with  support, advice and supervision
from practicing herbalists

Classes will run online using a Zoom platform
Tuesdays, 8-10PM EST
January 9th through April 3rd

Each week we’ll divide our time
~ working through real cases in a Round Table format
and discussing aspects of the interview & intake process.

Exploring the various styles participants bring to the Round Table
affords a safe, gentle and open-minded atmosphere
for growth & development

 

Dental Herbalism: Natural Therapies for the Mouth by Leslie Alexander and Linda A. Straub-Bruce

A comprehensive practical reference to herbal dental care for all ages.

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Laying on Leaves - The Science and Art of Herbal Poulticing with Richo Cech | 35

Today we get to listen in on a class that Richo Cech taught at the 2017 Medicines From the Earth Symposium in Black Mountain, NC. He discusses the science and art of poulticing and demonstrates the making and application of a spontaneous herbal poultice.

You can also see this class on YouTube!

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO one

 

Thanks to BotanicalMedicine.Org for sharing this class with us!

Be sure to check out their two annual conferences, as well as their recordings for purchase on their website. BotanicalMedicine.Org is an amazing resource for herbalists. 

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Richo Cech started his professional work as an archaeologist and ethnobotanist in East Africa. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1978, he began cultivating and saving the seed of medicinal plants. Over the years, his gardens have become the basis for Strictly Medicinal Seeds, growers of organic, open-pollinated, and GMO-free seed and plants of medicinal herbs, culinary herbs, succulents, trees and garden vegetables. Richo is author of “Making Plant Medicine,” “Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs,” and “The Medicinal Herb Grower.”

For more from Richo and his company, please visit StrictlyMedicinalSeeds.com

5 Tips on How to Pick an Herbalism School with Jennifer from Sea Willow Herbs | 33

Jennifer from Sea Willow Herbs lets us know her thoughts on what we should think about when deciding which herbalism school is right for you. This is what she has learned during her own search for a good herbal education.

Here's where you can connect with Jennifer!

Thanks to Jennifer for sharing, and thanks to you for listening! 

 
 

Here's her original video>>

Aromatic Virtues: The Medicinal Use of Hydrosols with Leslie Lekos | 32

Hydrosols, also known as floral waters, are an age-old way of working with the very essence of a plant in medicine. The use of hydrosols as medicines dates back over 5000 years. Traditionally, each home had a still where plant distillates for medicine were made.  Over time hydrosols fell out of favor as essential oils increased in popularity.  However, these days the aromatic virtues of hydrosols are being rediscovered. In this class, we will go over the uses of plant distillates in the home, in medicine, in cooking, aromatherapy, cosmetics and in work with the soul. This class was recorded at the 2017 NorthWest Herb Symposium.

This episode is brought to you by the NorthWest Herb Symposium. Their next event is going to be held on August 23 - 26, 2018 in beautiful Coupeville, WA. For more info you can visit NWHerbSymposium.com

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Leslie Lekos is the director of Wildroot Herb School in Bellingham, WA which offers herbal courses and intensives by top-notch herbalist from around the country.  She also offers a line of sustainable wild harvested and organically grown hydrosols and essential oils on her etsy shop at www.wildroot.etsy.com.  Leslie is a birth doula and her herbal consultation practice specializes in pregnancy and children.  She is a certified Iyengar teacher and co-author of the book Yoga for Pregnancy.

 

Yoga for Pregnancy offers detailed, precise instruction for over a hundred yoga poses to support you during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Accompanying sequences focus on a range of applications, from quick daily practices to poses for common pregnancy ailments. 

Sam Coffman on the Elder Plant: 10 Minutes About Its Herbal Medicine | 31

Listen in as Sam Coffman discusses Sambucus nigra, or the Black Elder plant. Sam covers ID, preparation and usage of this amazing medicinal plant.

This episode is brought to you by Herbal Medics University

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Herbal Medics University is a branch of The Human Path.  The Human Path is a survival school that is focused around the survival of our human species.  Their classes are sustainability and earth-centric, yet also very practical and realistic.  They are structured similar to a university, in that they have core paths as well as electives (aka “peripheral classes”).  All of their courses are focused on self-sustainability, and the subjects that fit into that focus span a very wide range as well as amazing depth in each subject.

You can visit them at HerbalMedics.University

Thanks for listening! 

To read many, well-written, lengthy plant monographs and profiles you can visit HerbRally.com/monographs