TONGUE and PULSE DIAGNOSIS
with MATTHEW WOOD
January 19, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Pulse and Tongue Evaluation with Matthew Wood. A day of hands-on and eyes-peeled experiential teachings using ourselves as the sources of knowledge, plus a few charts and guidelines. Best for people who can at least find the pulse already and if you can’t time to practice! Herbal teas will be provided at all the one…REMEDY TESTING
May 20, 2015 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Come explore the practical and spiritual aspects of testing plant medicine on clients, friends, and family. This useful tool can help narrow down herbal choices, serve as confirmation, and help create a fuller picture of the person who has come to us for herbal healing. For the client, it can serve as a bridge, creating sacred space and a sense of immediacy and intimacy with self and the plant world.…PHYTOCHEMICALS: What, Why and How?
June 24, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Phytochemistry refers to the chemical structures in plants. This introduction to phytochemistry as it relates to herbal medicine will be taught in simple and friendly terminology. Topics will include polysaccharides, polyphenols, alkaloids, tannins, resins, volatile oils, and many more! This will be tied in with Organoleptic Assessment – Herbal Tastes and Activities Bring your tastebuds! You can…HERB and PRESCRIPTION
DRUG INTERACTIONS
June 25, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Mimi Hernandez, clinical herbalist and Director of American Herbalists Guild will take us through a perfect day of presenting these vital topics of herbal medicine with a clear and accessible power point that makes this necessary science for herbalism very understandable. Countless patients are taking prescription medications simultaneously with herbal products. More than ever, practitioners…DESIGNING an HERB GARDEN
~ Permaculture and Herbalism
June 27, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Join us for a day of instruction on how to set up medicinal gardens and botanical sanctuaries. We will begin with sheet mulching, look at garden layout and simple design and talk about the needs and growing conditions of common herbal medicines. We will wander back to the woodland sanctuary that has been created and…KITCHEN APOTHECARY ~ First Harvest
June 28, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
This class can stand-alone or be a wonderful conclusion to the garden class taught the day before. In this class, participants will make herbal preparations harvested from the day before. These are safe and time-honored recipes to be used for the family. We will learn the art of making salves, tinctures, oils and teas as…MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS and ADAPTOGENS
August 5, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Join herbalist Teresa Boardwine for a great day of learning about cooking and working with medicinal mushrooms and adaptogens. These herbs are incredibly useful for dealing with today’s stress as well as chronic illnesses . Teresa is a gourmet chef in our world and these foods and medicines require a certain preparation if their medicinal…The ART of FERMENTATION
August 22, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
Learn to make delicious lacto-fermented foods in this hands-on workshop. Fermentation is a traditional way of food preparation that not only preserves the harvest but also yields greater nourishment, a healthier digestive system, and thus increased vitality. We will make kimchi, brined garlic, lacto-fermented beets and ginger carrots as well as fermented and cultured beverages…INFLAMMATION & INSULIN RESISTANCE
August 26, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Inflammation abounds in all disease processes these days. A good understanding of the mechanisms behind this process is imperative for clinicians today. Mimi has taught this class numerous times to all levels of clinicians and presents the information with depth and clarity. She will tie this topic into Insulin resistance which has inflammation as a…HERBS for COGNITIVE FUNCTION
and Herbal Considerations for Geriatric Clients
August 27, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cognitive decline, lack of focus, and loss of memory affect an increasing number of aging adults. Herbs have demonstrated clinically relevant activity in the prevention and improvement of issues such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. Learn about the underlying causes of cognitive loss and how healthy oils, foods, and herbs can have a positive impact on…FIELD BOTANY for HERBALISTS
September 23, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
An herbalist can be defined by their ability to offer plant medicine as a means to relieve suffering. Our herbal practice is heightened as our understanding of these tools from the natural world grows. It is important that we constantly reaffirm our intimacy with the plant world. Botany is one way of looking and…PERCOLATION and
ADVANCED MEDICINE MAKING
September 24, 2015 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The art of Herbal Medicine Making is an endless pursuit, with wide ranging skills and equipment required. It can be as simple as brewing a cup of tea or as complex as the multi-stepped production of a fluid extract. Each remedy has its specific application and all are equally important. The more skills you acquire,…FOREST WALKS of 2015
Forest walks of 2015 – Join SPT Graduate and forester, Shirlea Pemberton on more of her wonderful walks through the woodlands to ID trees/flora of the forest with past/present herbal medicinal uses. FOR REGISTRATION, PAYMENT & all other INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT HER DIRECTLY AT forestree.farmacy@gmail.com or call 540.287.4325 More info: www.forestreefarmacy.com/woodland-walks Piedmont & Mountain Flora:…