Online Courses, Calculators & Community
Herbal Constituents & Make Better Medicine
HC Deep Dive with Lisa Ganora,
Kat Martello & Heather Irvine
Why Study Herbal Constituents?
If you've ever had a confusing or boring experience with chemistry (or wondered how it was relevant to your practice), this course flips the script! Join us for a spirited romp through the realm of phytochemistry where we decipher the code of medicinal molecules with a clear, engaging, and clinically grounded approach. Learn the answers to questions like: What, exactly, does oligomeric proanthocyanidins mean and why does it matter? Which herbs feature these constituents? And ... how do I ensure they're present and active in my products?
If you're looking for an accessible, practical, accurate, and relevant understanding of how herbs work, you've come to the right place ... Our Herbal Constituents course will enrich your understanding of herbal medicine and take your botanical practice to the next level with functional phytochemistry.
Make Better Medicine & Short Courses
The first course in our Make Better Medicine series, Solubility & Extraction
is now available! Solubility & Extraction is the course for herbalists who want to take their medicine-making skills to the next level ... Join us to learn process based herbal pharmacy - the next step beyond a recipe based approach.
Learn the how and why of your methods and how you can dial them in to Make Better Medicine by understanding solubility & extraction with Herbal Constituents!
$97 USD
The second course in our Make Better Medicine series, Extraordinary Elixirs! (& Herbal Infused Honeys)
is now available! This in-depth course includes more than four hours of step-by-step video with corresponding study guides, a complete course booklet, elixir recipes, quizzes, and more to help you make concentrated herbal infused honeys and simple or complex multi-tincture and multi-honey elixirs. Also see the Tincture & Elixir Calculator below that simplifies elixir formulation math.
$117 USD
The Art & Science of Botanical Tincturing
Want to make more concentrated, consistent & potent tinctures? We'll show you how! Join us to 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). We'll compare classical maceration, power maceration, SWSBM & Fenner's Formulary percolations & done-in-a-day tinctures using kitchen tools and home extractors.
Explore historical pharmacy methods of percolation and how to adapt them using modern equipment. This course includes the Menstruum Math calculator. Take your tincturing game to the next level with Herbal Constituents!
$157 USD
Comfrey & the PA Puzzle - Short Course
Learn the history of the different Comfrey species & cultivars, their synergistic phenolic constituents & the pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA): what they are & why they matter.
We'll answer the many questions herbalists have about Comfrey: Is it safe? What about leaf vs. root? Is one species safer than another? What is the spectrum of PA toxicity? What are they soluble in? Can you absorb them through your skin? How does the liver metabolize them? Can they really cause liver damage? How much is too much? How valid are the case reports and contraindications? How can we interpret them in the context of clinical herbalism? What's the latest science?
We'll dive into phytochemical detail to answer these questions and give you the tools you need to make a rational risk/benefit analysis of this traditional medicinal plant. Includes detailed handouts with links to resources, an illustrated PowerPoint deck, a fun self-assessment quiz, and two recorded 2-hour Q&A Webinars with Lisa Ganora & Kat Martello!
$47 USD
Herbal Pharmacy Calculators
Elixir & Tincture Formula Calculator
If you make tincture formulas or elixir formulas to sell or for your clients, check out this handy calculator that does the math for both multi-herb tincture formulas and simple or multi-herb elixirs (tincture/s & honey together).
This calculator is the easy way to determine the final ethanol % in your formulas!
Includes a section that indicates the exact dose of each ingredient when the client takes a specific amount of your formula.
Like all our courses, the calculators also include access to the community Forum.
$99 USD
Menstruum Math Calculator
Save time and money with this convenient calculator that helps you to make any menstruum accurately, for use with any tincturing process! It will help you to dilute or concentrate a menstruum to the correct EtOH % or mix two menstrua together to get a new EtOH %. For use with fresh or dried herbs.
Note: If you register for the Art & Science of Botanical Tincturing course, this calculator is included - so no need to buy it separately. But if you don't need the full course, here's where you get just the calculator.
Like all our courses, the calculators also include access to the community Forum.
$57 USD
The PhytoSapiens Community for Advanced Herbal Studies
Monthly Themes, Weekly Emails & a Resources Library
We've created an amazing subscription membership for herbalists, practitioners, pharmacists & formulators who want to take their botanical skills to the next level - in a Community with like-minded herbal medicine enthusiasts!
Along with a lively Member's Hub & Discussion group, a regularly updated Resources Library, and exclusive member's discounts, we've scheduled weekly content drops with videos & PDFs to watch, read, download & save:
Week 1: Constituents of the Month
Week 2: Herbs of the Month (featuring those constituents)
Week 3: In the Lab - making medicine & formulating with those constituents & herbs
Week 4: Live Webinar on the Monthly Theme with a scientific study review and Q&A.
