Three Step-by-Step Road Maps for an Exciting and Rewarding Herbalist Training Adventure
Learning about herbs and how to use them in a responsible manner can be bewildering and overwhelming. Especially when you want to serve others. You can easily take a wrong turn. And end up in a ditch.
But you can relax now… you’ve come to the right place.
The Herb Academy has been plotting the best herbalist training route to take – and marking out milestones along the way – since 2004.
And we’ve made it easy and affordable to learn at your own pace. All Herb Academy courses are distance learning (home study) programs and the course materials are delivered via the Internet (password protected website). We’ve broken a complex study field down into easily completed smaller standalone courses that take the strain off your time and your budget.
Simply follow the milestones along your chosen “Herbalist Training Path” and you’ll soon become a knowledgeable and competent Family Herbalist, Herbal Adviser and/or Master Green Healer.
Need Help Selecting a Course or Training Path? WhatsApp or SMS +27 082 416 7145 (during reasonable hours please)
Please note that this is just our suggested Herbalist Training Paths! Feel free to jump around after you’ve reached Milestone 1 of your chosen path.
Path #1: The Amateur Family Herbalist
This path is for you if you have a keen interest in herbs and natural medicine and you’d like to learn more to take better care of yourself and your loved ones. Basically, because you are doing this for yourself and you have no interest in serving clients, we have cherry-picked the courses that will have the biggest impact on you and your family.
Side note: To see the average time students take to complete each milestone visit this page.
Milestone 1: Basic Herbal Medicine Making
This course enables you to use herbal remedies safely and with confidence. You’ll learn how to make a variety of herbal preparations, how family herbalists structure treatment protocols, and how to create your own materia medica.
This is in all probability the best introductory online herbal medicine making course available anywhere. Period. Read the course reviews if you are sceptical about this claim.
Milestone 2: Healthy Meal Planning Masterclass
Nutritional intervention is one of the most powerful natural therapies and tools in the family herbalist’s materia medica. Anyone interested in taking better care of themselves and their loved ones should have a basic understanding of the principles of healthy meal planning. In this fun masterclass, you’ll get the meal planning superpowers every family needs. View the class outline.
Milestone 3: Growing Herbs for Fun and Profit Mini-Masterclass
A small herb garden can supply you with all the herbicide- and pesticide-free herbal medicines you need – and it’s far easier than you might imagine. If you like the idea of better health and nutrition for your family, and a bit more self-sufficiency, too, then you’re in luck! View the class outline.
Milestone 4: Cooking With Herbs and Spices Mini-Masterclass
Discover how professional and celebrity chefs season with herbs and spices. Get 7 handy cheat sheets to elevate your cooking from bland and boring to bursting with flavour and flair. If you’ve ever wondered “what goes with what”, this mini-masterclass is especially for you. View the class outline.
Milestone 5: Working With Nature’s Apothecary – Principles of Natural Healing for Herbalists
The whole thrust of treatment in herbal medicine is different from that of conventional chemotherapy. The whole herbal materia medica is used to provoke a healing response by the body rather than to directly home in on the symptom or pathology.
In Working With Nature’s Apothecary, you’ll learn the philosophy of natural healing and you’ll gain firsthand experience in using seven simple but effective natural healing protocols that focuses on key body processes. View the course curriculum.
Path #2: The Professional Family Herbalist
This path is for you if you have a professional or career interest in herbology. It is popular with people who want to start making and selling their own herbal products.
It is also for those who would like to serve clients as a holistic health and wellness coach. See Path #3 further below.
Milestone 1: Basic Herbal Medicine Making
This course enables you to use herbal remedies safely and with confidence. It also introduces you to the various disciplines within herbal medicine which enables you to plot the remainder of your own learning path.
This is in all probability the best introductory online herbal medicine making course available anywhere. Period. Read the course reviews if you are sceptical about this claim.
Milestone 2: How To Start A Part-Time Herbology Business – Mini Masterclass
The sooner you start your own herbal side-hustle, the sooner you’ll be able to make a good full-time living growing and selling herbs and herbal products, or running a niche health coaching practice. A part-time endeavour can involve a heck of a lot of fun, as well as a tremendous amount of personal and professional growth and satisfaction. View the class outline. Complete the class and you’ll be awarded a certificate as proof of your commitment to changing your life for the better.
Milestone 3: Healthy Meal Planning Masterclass
Nutritional intervention is one of the most powerful natural therapies and tools in the family herbalist’s materia medica. Anyone interested in taking better care of themselves and their loved ones should have a basic understanding of the principles of healthy meal planning. In this fun masterclass, you’ll get the meal planning superpowers every family needs. View the class outline.
Milestone 4: Basic Botany for Family Herbalists
Basic botany and plant identification are absolutely essential skills in the repertoire of the family herbalist, traditional healer or herbal adviser.
This course is intended for people who have little or no botanical background who want to develop a working knowledge of herbs. It provides a basic introduction to the field of botany, plant naming (nomenclature), plant classification (taxonomy) and external characteristics (morphology) from a herbal medicine perspective. View The Basic Botany Course Curriculum
Milestone 5: Plant Journaling for Family Herbalists
Plants are the ‘tools of our trade’. Key to the success of any family herbalist or green healer is having a proven system to learn more about the individual herbs and how to use them. In this course, you’ll get such a system and you’ll learn how to research and write herb monographs and create your own materia medica. View the Plant Journaling Course Curriculum
Milestone 6: Advanced Herbal Medicine Making
The Advanced Herbal Medicine Making Course is aimed at people who want to take their herbal medicine making skills to the next level and at people who dream of a herbal products business.
It is also popular with medical doctors, traditional healers, therapists, and health practitioners using other modalities and forms of medicine who want to use herbal medicine to be of better service to their clients. View the Advanced Herbal Medicine Making curriculum.
Milestone 7: Working With Nature’s Apothecary – Principles of Natural Medicine for Herbalists
The whole thrust of treatment in herbal medicine is different from that of conventional chemotherapy. The herbal materia medica is used to provoke a healing response by the body rather than to directly home in on the symptom or pathology.
In Working With Nature’s Apothecary, you’ll learn the philosophy of natural healing and you’ll gain firsthand experience in using seven simple but effective natural healing protocols that focuses on your key body processes. View the course curriculum.
Milestone 8: The Professional Family Herbalist Certificate
This is a BIG milestone…
When you’ve earned the Certificates of Completion in all five of the following courses you’ll be awarded the Professional Family Herbalist Certificate of Completion as a testimony of your outstanding achievement.
- Basic Herbal Medicine Making
- Plant Journaling
- Basic Botany (If you’ve had biology at the senior school level you can apply for an exemption)
- Advanced Herbal Medicine Making
- Principles of Natural Medicine for Herbalists (Working With Natures Apothecary)
View the Course Bundles page for enrollment options.
About Accreditation and Serving Clients
Path #3: The Master Green Healer
This herbalist training path is for those that want to use their new knowledge and skills to serve clients. Most participants following this path start practising as holistic health and wellness coaches.
Milestone 1: Complete The Professional Family Herbalist Training
If you want to serve others you need a solid grounding in herbal medicine. The Professional Family Herbalist training path provides you with that background.
The Green Healers Apprentice is a hands-on holistic health coaching learning program designed to help discover better health God’s way and to expand your Green Healers Medicine Chest. You’ll learn and experience first hand how to help clients boost mental and physical energy levels, lose weight, prevent and reverse disease, and switch on anti-ageing genes.
Milestone 2: The Green Healers Apprentice Level 1
In Level 1 you’ll learn the principles of health, well-being and the Modern Nature Cure. It is intended as a foundation for those that want to study the holistic health therapies in more detail. View the Novice Green Healers Apprentice curriculum.
Milestone 3: Green Healers Apprentice Level 2
The Advanced Green Healers Apprentice learning program builds on the Novice Learning Program. Your focus will be twofold: (1) Expanding your materia medica, and (2) studying the holistic health therapies in more depth. View the Advanced Green Healers Apprentice curriculum
Milestone 4: The Master Green Healer Certificate
When you’ve earned the Professional Family Herbalist Certificate of Completion and both the Green Healers Apprentice Certificates you’ll be awarded the Master Green Healer Certificate as a testimony of your outstanding achievement.
Milestone 5: Health and Wellness Coaching Certification
The Herb Academy does not offer health and wellness coaching certification but we can recommend courses. Please see: About Accreditation and Serving Clients
Milestone 6: Launch Your Health and Wellness Coaching Practice
This milestone is huge…
Launch your coaching practice to start sharing your gift with the world. We have vast experience in this area and we offer one-on-one coaching packages to help you:
- Define your health and wellness coaching packages.
- Launch your coaching practice.
- Quantum leap your existing health and wellness coaching practice.
Herbology Masterclasses
Healthy Meal Planning Masterclass
21-Day Keto For Beginners Action Plan
Growing Herbs for Fun and Profit Mini-Masterclass
How To Start A Part-Time Herbology Business
Herb and Veggie Growing – Beginner and Advanced
Cooking with Herbs and Spices – Mini Masterclass (and cheat sheets)
Making Herbal Bath Salts for Fun and Therapy – Mini Masterclass
Join Our Networking and Discussion Forum for Family Herbalists
Join The Herb Cafe (Private Facebook Group) to rub shoulders with other aspiring amateur and professional herbalists and holistic health coaches.
Join The Booming Global Health and Wellness Coaching Industry