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NAIMH Practical Herbalism
Topical Herbs
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Practical Herbalism

This course is a full immersion into hands-on herbalism in the Vitalist paradigm. We will study and use herbs in the context of a broad vision of harmony or discord in the diet, lifestyle, and constitutional individuality of the patient. You will learn how to use a set of 50 herbs to support nutrition, digestion, rest, skin conditions, pain, and common self limiting infections and fevers. We cover in-depth the practical uses of the herbs, with attention to the all-important  hot, cold, moist, dry, tense, and relaxed constitutional states of patients, conditions, and herbs.

Course Materials include:

  • 187 audio files totaling over 16 hours

  • 480 pages of notes & slides

  • A PDF library of 23 resources and classical herbal texts totaling over 5200 pages

  • total storage 1.07 GB

What you will learn

  • The uses of 50 herbs

  • How to make more than 20 kinds of herbal preparations

  • How to use herbs to improve your nutrition

  • How to use herbs for skin conditions

  • How to use herbs to improve rest

  • How to use herbs to improve digestion

  • How to avoid adverse effects by remaining aware of the hot, cold, moist, or drying effects of herbs.

  • How to use herbs for pain, infection, and fever.

Lessons

Each lesson includes audio lectures, reading assignments, study questions, and hands-on projects.

 

Lesson 1. Journaling Herbal Experience 

Lesson 2. Practical Uses for Garlic 

Lesson 3. Nutritive Herbs 

Lesson 4. Topical Herbs 

Lesson 5. Herbs to Support Digestion 

Lesson 6. Moistening and Drying Herbs 

Lesson 7. Heating and Cooling Herbs 

Lesson 8. Herbs to Support Relaxation 

Lesson 9. Herbs for Pain 

Lesson 10. Herbs for Infection and Fever

Course Materials

  • 187 audio files totaling over 16 hours

  • 480 pages of notes & slides

  • A PDF library of 23 resources and classical herbal texts totaling over 5200 pages, including PDF copies of 14 classical herbal texts, a complete copy of the NAIMH Actions Database of 150 herbs, and an abridged PDF copy of the Healing Power of Minerals and Trace Elements by Paul Bergner. 

  • total storage 1.07 GB

HOW TO LEARN

NAIMH Practical Herbalism Self Study Course

Purchase this course for your own growth and personal development. Includes audio lectures and accompanying notes. No tuition costs, no faculty support, and no certificate is earned.

NAIMH Practical Herbalism Certificate Course

Earn a Certificate by completing this course. ​​Includes the cost of the course materials, faculty support, and tuition. You will submit homework and study questions to earn a certificate.

Foundations in Western Herbalism Program

This course is a part of the

Foundations in Western Herbalism certificate program. Click below for the full program description

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