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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Earn 200 Learning Credits
On successful completion of the course, you’ll earn 200 credits (called seeds) that can be used to unlock a coupon that can be used on any of our paid courses.
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Beginner Level
While this program is targeted at holistic health coaches and professional family herbalists, anyone can benefit from participating for their own personal use.
Prerequisites
Internet access and basic computer skills.
Anthony Smida (verified owner) –
Thank you for all the info. I learnt allot. Most definitely a course I would recommend
Shani Moushon (verified owner) –
I loved this class. It really taught me how to structure my journal entries and well as gave me freedom to make them my own. Highly recommended the course, plus try to take them in the order they suggest. It makes it that much easier, since the courses build on each other.
Abby Milligan (verified owner) –
This one was great! I really did learn a lot about parsley and to me it makes sense as to why it gets done the way we learnt. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to get to know their herbs more.
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