Description
A materia medica, or the materials of medicine, is a vital part of any herbologists arsenal and in this course you will learn how to create a materia medica for both personal and professional use.
The study of individual herbs is a core subject in any herbology course. Contemporary courses on this subject follow a superficial theoretical approach. This course encourages a practical ‘hands on’ approach called ‘plant journaling’ to acquiring a working knowledge of herbs.
This course is intended for the serious hobbyist – and for aspiring and professional herbologists – who want to use a systematic approach to acquiring a working knowledge of individual herbs.
There are no prerequisites for participation in this course. Doing Basic Botany for Herbologists, or a similar basic botany course, either before or concurrently is recommended.
Upon completion of Plant Journaling for Family Herbalists you will be able to:
- Apply the Plant Journaling System to record and classify herbology information.
- Adapt the Plant Journaling System to suit your own individual needs.
- Compile your own Family Herbal (materia medica), consisting of detailed scientific herb monographs, for personal and professional use.
- Select reliable sources of herbology information.
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Easy Payment Plan (Only applicable to EFT payments): Two payments of R495 each. The first is due on enrollment and the second 4 weeks later. No certificate will be issued before both payments are made.
About Accreditation and Using What You’ll Learn To Serve Clients
Trixie van Niekerk (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and it gave me such a good basis to do plant journaling from! If you are interested in any aspect of herbs – from taxonomy, cultivation, culinary uses to materia medica, I hightly recommend taking this course, as it will give you a fantastic basis and understanding of the study of herbs.
nfventer (verified owner) –
Not knowing a lot about herbs, learnt me a lot on how to keep a journal on herbs and how and where to source information on specific herbs. This was a very good starting point for me and my family is amazed at what Herb Academy has learnt me so far.
I would recommend this course to any one who is interested in learning more about herbs and spices.
Alta Pretorius (verified owner) –
I’ve learned so much. This was a very interesting course. Would really recommend to anyone that have a passion for plants and herbs