
This Herbal Medicine E-Course offers a
complete, and fully integrated system of
herbal medicine, that includes a 100+ herbal
Materia Medica, with each herb explored
through 33 individual categories, and a
system of herbal formula, created by Farida
Sharan, that has been used effectively in
practice by tens of thousands of students and
clients, for nearly forty years.
Herbal
Medicine is explored in-depth through the
continuum of inner ecology, lifestyle,
constitutional strengths and weaknesses, food
as medicine, energetics, and much more.
The use of Herbal Medicine in acute and
chronic conditions, for different phases of
life, such as childhood, adolescence,
pregnancy and birthing, lactation, menopause,
aging and dying, and it’s use in homeopathy,
flower essences, essential oils, naturopathy
and traditional healing systems such as
Chinese and Ayurvedic herbalism, is taught in
a holistic and fully integrated way, so that
the full potential of these powerful healing
agents can be utilized in practice.
The
focus of this course is on the knowledge and
skill required to become a highly effective
practitioner in clinical practice, and
students develop, through course assignments,
the structure for creating their own
practices.
This course also conveys the full scope of
information about supportive therapies
necessary to ensure the effectiveness of
herbal treatment.
• 660 page, 12 lesson digital course manual
• Herbs of Grace by Farida Sharan
• Creative Menopause by Farida Sharan
• Course includes in-depth study of 100+
herbal Materia Medica
• Anatomy and Physiology is taught by body
system and is integrated throughout the
course, with related information about herbal
treatment.
• Focus on case taking, pharmacy and
dispensary and clinical training
In brief, Herbal Medicine lessons
consist of:
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History and Philosophy
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Use of herbs in ancient and traditional societies
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Chemistry
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Climate, soil, active principles
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Collecting, harvesting, storage
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Extraction
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Food as Medicine
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Food as Poison
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Food addictions
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Affects of diet, coffee, alcohol, drugs, etc on healing process
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Creating herbal formulas
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Prescription symbols
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Herbal Pharmacy terminology
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Contra-Indications for a range of situations
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Materia Medica - action, active ingredients, activity, applications, aromatherapy, astrology, Ayurveda, cautions, contraindications, chakras, elements, emotions, Chinese medicine, combinations, cultivation, dosage, energetics, flower essences, formulas, habitat, history, homeopathy, meridians, organs, names, nutrients, part used, personality, plant description, research, spiritual properties, substitutions, systems, taste, tissues, wildcrafting, and preparation.
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Body systems and Herbal Medicine
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Holistic perceptions
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Body/Mind/Spirit
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Vitamins and Minerals for body organs, systems and glands
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Botany
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Naming and identifying plants
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Collecting and preparing herbarium specimens
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Plant classification appendix
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Pharmacy and dispensary
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How to set up a pharmacy
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Dosage
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Methods of herbal application
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First Aid Treatment
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Acute conditions
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Fomentations
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Infusions
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Ointments
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Ovules
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Pill making
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Poultices
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Smoking herbs
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Syrups and Tinctures
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Iastrogenic drug induced disease
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Herbs and Healing