Herbal Constituents (Early Access) Semester 1
Registration begins May 16, 2024 ... Watch this space for updates & registration link coming (very) soon!
We're doing something new this year: opening up early access to the first 12-week session of Herbal Constituents. We've had a number of requests for this, and we're limiting total registrations to 100 this year to make sure students get individual attention. So we decided to go for it and let enthusiastic students register now! Early Access allows you to view and download all the course materials and get a jump start on your studies before the live webinars begin in September. Each class in the early access version incudes a recorded 2.5-hour webinar (from the last session) with Lisa Ganora and Kat Martello, with full class support via our lively Forum.
Herbal Constituents goes in-depth to explore the nature of constituents, structure and function, solubility & extraction, synergy and variability, which plants contain which phytochemicals, how constituents contribute to the actions and energetics of Western herbs, and how to use our knowledge of them in clinical practice. If you really want to understand constituents and basic botanical chemistry, this could be the class for you: The comprehensive course includes two 12-week sessions, each with videos, study guides, PowerPoint decks, handouts, quizzes, optional assignments, a forum, and the live webinars. Sign up for one session or both!
The Art and Science of Botanical Tincturing course. We compare classical maceration, power maceration, percolation & done-in-a-day tinctures using kitchen tools and home extractors. Learn how to make concentrated, consistent & potent products with optimal ethanol percentage & extraction ratios. Explore the principles of solubility and extraction that apply to tincturing. Dive into menstruum composition and learn the power of the Menstruum Math Calculator (included). Practice using the Dilution Equation & the Concentration Equation to make the perfect menstruum for fresh and dried herbs. What's the best menstruum, ratio & method for tincturing your favorite herbs? Come find out how many different options and answers there are to that question! Explore historical pharmacy methods of percolation and how to adapt them using modern equipment. Take your tincturing game to the next level with Herbal Constituents!
Our first Short Course, Comfrey & the PA Puzzle, is now available. Learn about the constituents in Comfrey including the details on pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA), their toxicology & the safety of Comfrey as a traditional herbal medicine.
If you're interested in our Make Better Medicine course, Solubility & Extraction, for process based herbal pharmacy (the next step beyond the recipe based approach) click through for details. Our second Make Better Medicine course, Extraordinary Elixirs! (& Herbal Infused Honeys) is also available. This course shows you how to make concentrated infused honeys & potent, multi-tincture / multi-honey herbal elixirs. Elixir is the new syrup!