Description
Week 1: Herbal Medicine Basics
- What is “herbal medicine”
- How does it work
- What medicinal forms can herbs be prepared into
- Where to get the best herbs
- The 7 basic herbs everyone should have at home
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Week 2: Medicinal Herbs – First aid and acute conditions
- First aid and acute herbs – overview
- Cuts & scrapes, strains & sprains, burns & bumps
- Colds & flu
- Ear infections & skin rashes
- Food poisoning
- Let’s make medicine: compresses, poultices, salves & ointments
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Week 3: Medicinal Herbs – Keeping a strong and healthy immune system
- Immune herbs – overview
- Restore your immune system
- Wash away stress
- Support adrenals and thyroid
- Clean up the blood
- Let’s make medicine: syrups & tinctures
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Week 4: Medicinal Herbs – Healthy heart and circulation
- Cardio herbs overview
- Keep your heart healthy
- Restore the health of your veins
- How herbs can be used with high blood pressure and CVD
- Restoring proper circulation
- Let’s make medicine: infusions & decoctions
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Week 5: Medicinal Herbs – Healthy brain
- Brain herbs – overview
- EPO and Flax
- Preserving your memory
- Clearing up brain fog
- Restoring mental acuity
- Slowing degenerative processes
- Let’s make medicine: oils & capsules
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Week 6: Putting it all together
- Using herbs in combination
- Choosing the best preparation
- Guidelines for using herbs with children and when pregnant
- Dosing guidelines
- Building your home herbal medicine chest
- Supplies and things to keep on hand for medicine making
- Resources to help you out
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Here is a full list of the herbs we will be covering.
Here is where I do 99% of my shopping for those herbs I do not grow myself.
