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Module 1 Nicole Telkes, Featured Teacher
Nicole Telkes is a practicing clinical herbalist, activist, and educator. Her background is in botanical studies, plant conservation work, community activism and herbal first-aid clinics. Over the last two decades, Nicole traveled around wild and weedy corners of North America, studying and using bioregional native and naturalized medicinal plants. In 2003, she founded the Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine, where she continues as the lead teacher and Director . She obtained her credentials as a Registered Herbalist (RH) in 2009 with the American Herbalists Guild. In 2014, she wrote her first book, Medicinal Plants of Texas . She is also a cofounder of Moonflower Herb Fest and Traditions not Trademark. She manages a botanical sanctuary and apiary in her home town of Austin, Texas. In Oct 2019, she and her codefendants won the battle to return the trademarked name "Fire Cider" back to the herbal community. She currently resides between Portland and Austin and offers onsite and online education and wellness checks.
Unit 1 Nicole Telkes, Featured Teacher
Unit 2 Plant Identification for Herbalists
Unit 3 Wildcrafting Ethics and Sustainability
Unit 4 With Special Thanks & To Find Out More About Nicole Telkes
Module 2 Botanica Erotica for Rosemary & Valentines Day
Diana De Luca, herbalist in Sonoma County, Calif since 1980, author and nutritional chef, offers classes on Herbal Kitchen Crafting, Plant Lovers Menu and Naturalist strolls. She draws upon her rich Sicilian-American heritage and deep love of Mama Natura to share her passion of plants. Diana is the author of Botanica Erotica, Arousing Body, Mind and Spirit, 1998, Inner Traditions, Bear and Company.
Unit 1 Rosemary Gladstar Introduces Diana De Luca
Unit 2 Botanica Erotica for Rosemary & Valentines Day
Module 2 Featured Teacher: Lora Krall on Materia Medica

Lora Krall has been a part of our Science & Art of Herbalism team as a course teacher and forum moderator since 2016. In this special lesson, she shares her own experiences of researching plants for her Materia Medica. Lora will walk you through your first steps of organizing your own Materia Medica while exploring the world of medicinal plants, then offer examples and introduce different ways to use your work in the future.

Unit 1 Lora Krall, Featured Teacher
Unit 2 The Materia Medica: A Foundation for Your Herbal Practice
Unit 3 Materia Medica: Definitions and History
Unit 4 How to Begin Your Herbal Library
Unit 5 Developing Your Herbal Experience
Unit 6 Ways to Organize Your Materia Medica
Unit 7 Examples from Lora's Evolving Materia Medica
Unit 8 Lora's Materia Medica Entry for Zingibar officinale, Culinary Ginger
Module 3 Featured Teacher: Tammi Sweet
Featured Teacher: Tammi Sweet
Unit 1 Tammi Sweet
Unit 2 Cannabis, Not Your Hippy Granny’s Weed
Unit 3 If I read one more post...
Unit 4 Physiology with Heart 1 - Unpacking Western Science Baggage
Unit 5 Physiology with Heart 2 - Stress Responses
Unit 6 Physiology with Heart 3 - Principles of heart based physiology
Unit 7 Inflammation Actually #1
Unit 8 Inflammation Actually #2
Unit 9 Inflammation Actually #3
Module 4 Charis Lindrooth, D.C : Clear the Mental Clutter
Charis Lindrooth, D.C. is an herbalist and chiropractor with a busy practice in Pennsylvania. For more than 20 years she has helped patients work with plant medicine and natural methods to restore well-being on all levels. She has dedicated many hours studying the workings of the brain, memory, cognition as well as the influence of the microbiome on overall health.
Unit 1 About Charis Lindrooth, D.C
Unit 2 Cleanse The Mental Clutter Intro
Unit 3 Clear the Mental Clutter, Part 1
Unit 4 Clear the Mental Clutter, Part 2
Unit 5 Clear the Mental Clutter, Part 3
Unit 6 Clear the Mental Clutter, Part 4
Unit 7 Clear the Mental Clutter, Part 5 & 6
Module 5 Connecting with Your Intuition as an Herbalist
In this mini-course, you’ll learn all my best tools for navigating your inner-cartography so that you can connect more deeply with yourself and the world around you. I’ll teach you the secrets of how I came into relationship with the plants and how you can too. If you’re skeptical of intuition, start at the beginning and work through the exercises. If you’re already an intuitive herbalist, use this course to help you understand how your intuition works.
Unit 1 Let's Get Started!
Unit 2 The Plant Connection
Unit 3 Take the Quiz!
Unit 4 Your Thinking Self
Unit 5 Your Physical Self
Unit 6 Your Emotional Self
Unit 7 Your Whole Self
Unit 8 Let's Have Tea
Unit 9 A Bonus Teatime!
Unit 10 Intuition in Formulation
Unit 11 A Special Gift for You
Module 6 Caroline Gagnon’s Mini-Course on Inflammation and the Systemic Root Causes of Chronic Diseases
Caroline Gagnon’s Mini-Course on Inflammation and the Systemic Root Causes of Chronic Diseases
Unit 1 Caroline Gagnon’s Mini-Course on Inflammation and the Systemic Root Causes of Chronic Diseases
Unit 2 SRCCD - 2 - Context, Related Pathologies and Course Objectives
Unit 3 SRCCD - 3 - Systemic Inflammation
Unit 4 SRCCD - 4 - Oxidative Stress
Unit 5 SRCCD - 5 - Regulation Through Lifestyle & Diet
Unit 6 SRCCD - 6 -Affecting Root Causes With Medicinal Plants
Unit 7 SRCCD - 7 -Metabolic Syndrome - Etimology & Physiopathology
Unit 8 SRCCD - 8 - Metabolic Syndrome - Treatments, Case Studies & Model Protocol
Unit 9 SRCCD - 9 - Neurological Issues - Etimology, Case Studies & Model Protocol
Unit 10 SRCCD - 10 - Conclusion
Module 7 Dina Falconi: Featured Teacher
Dina Falconi: Featured Teacher
Unit 1 Dina Falconi
Unit 2 Field Garlic
Unit 3 Garlic Mustard (Alliaria Petiolata Brassicaceae)
Unit 4 Violet (Viola sororia Violaceae)
Unit 5 Kitchen Cosmetics & Herbal Skin Care
Unit 6 Foraging and Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook
Unit 7 Foraging and Feasting Beverage Making Episode 1: Agua Frescas & Spirited Agua Frescas (Cocktails)
Unit 8 Foraging and Feasting Beverage Making Episode 2: Herbal Essence Waters
Unit 9 Foraging and Feasting Beverage Making Episode 3: Herbal Infusions
Module 8 All Things Lavender
All Things Lavender
Unit 1 All Things Lavender with Tina Sams
Unit 2 A Word From Rosemary
Unit 3 How The Essential Herbal Came to Be
Unit 4 For the Love of Lavender
Unit 5 Lavender - Beautiful and Useful
Unit 6 Lavender - "The Grandmother's Herb"
Unit 7 Lavender Distillation (Video)
Unit 8 Links to Lavender Blog Posts
Module 9 Health from the Heart with Marie Frohlich
Health from the Heart with Marie Frohlich
Unit 1 Intro from Marie
Unit 2 Chaga: A potent immune enhancing fungus
Unit 3 My Guide to Harvesting Chaga
Unit 4 Chia Parfait for Energy
Unit 5 Filling up and not out
Unit 6 Move to the BEET of Your Lymph
Unit 7 Desk and Pantry Snacks for Energy
Unit 8 Nutritional Magic of Mushrooms
Unit 9 Pedal to the Nettle!
Unit 10 Simple Spring Cleanse
Unit 11 Horseradish Mustard
Unit 12 Cilantro Smoothie
Unit 13 Marie’s Top Ten Tips to Increase Energy with Food
Unit 14 Pesto Potato Salad
Unit 15 Purslane for the Brain and Other Weedy Wonders
Unit 16 Rhubarb Pear Crisp
Unit 17 Sprouting for Spring
Unit 18 Thyme for Souper Simple Miso
Unit 19 Self Care is Health Care
Module 10 Juliet of the Herbs
JULIETTE OF THE HERBS is a beautifully filmed lyrical portrait of the life and work of Juliette de Bairacli Levy, world renowned herbalist, author, breeder of Afghan hounds, friend of the Gypsies, traveller in search of herbal wisdom and the pioneer of holistic veterinary medicine. For more than 60 years Juliette lived with the Gypsies, nomads and peasants of the world, learning the healing arts from these peoples who live close to nature. Juliette's well-loved and now classic herbals for animals and for children have been a vital inspiration for the present day herbal renaissance and holistic animal care community. Juliette's extraordinary life story is as colorful and as exciting as her tremendous wealth of herbal knowledge. Filmed on location with Juliette and her Afghan hound in Greece, Spain, France, Portugal, Switzerland, England and America and interwoven with Juliette's vast collection of archival photographs, together with scenes of Gypsies dancing and Bedouins with their herds, JULIETTE OF THE HERBS is an inspiring portrait of a remarkable healer.
Unit 1 Juliette of the Herbs (Video)
Module 11 David Winston, RH (AHG)
David Winston, RH (AHG)
Unit 1 David Winston, RH (AHG)
Unit 2 An interview with David Winston, RH (AHG)
Unit 3 Adaptogens: Herbs For Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief
Unit 4 Herbs and Nutrition For Healthy Aging
Unit 5 Nervines, Building a Better Foundation for the Nervous System
Module 12 Science & Art of Herbalism Tropical Materia Medica by Sara Wu
Science & Art of Herbalism Tropical Materia Medica by Sara Wu
Unit 1 Sarah Wu
Unit 2 Punta Mona founder, Stephen Brooks TEDx
Unit 3 The Science & Art of Herbalism Tropical Materia Medica by Sarah Wu
Module 13 Rosemary Gladstar's Notes on Dandelion
Rosemary Gladstar shares some of her notes and experiences on the dandy Dandelion
Unit 1 An excerpt from Rosemary Gladstar
Unit 2 Dandelion, Taraxacum Officinale
Unit 3 Growing Dandelion
Unit 4 Marinated Dandy Greens
Unit 5 Wild Herb Pesto
Unit 6 Horta, Wild Greens for liver and kidney health
Unit 7 Roasted Dandelion and Chicory Root Tea
Unit 8 Wild Herb Casserole w/Dandelion Greens
Unit 9 Dandelion Burdock Root Tincture for Liver Health
Unit 10 Dandelion Mocha
Module 14 Rosemary Gladstar's Notes on St. John's Wort
Rosemary shares from some of her experience with St. John's Wort
Unit 1 St.John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum
Unit 2 Growing St.John's Wort
Unit 3 Rosemary's Notes on St. John’s Wort
Unit 4 Recipes Using St.John’s Wort
Module 15 Herb of the Month: Echinacea
Herb of the Month: Echinacea
Unit 1 Using Echinacea
Unit 2 Growing Echinacea (E. purpurea, E. angustifolia, and other related species)
Unit 3 Recipes using Echinacea
Unit 4 Rosemary's Notes on Echinacea
Module 16 Herb of the Month: Calendula
Herb of the Month: Calendula
Unit 1 Bright and Beautiful Calendula
Module 17 Herb of the Month: Have a Creative Holiday Season
Herb of the Month: Have a Creative Holiday Season
Unit 1 An Old Fashioned Christmas
Unit 2 Homemade Herbal Gift Ideas
Module 18 Herb of the Month: Goldenseal
Herb of the Month: Goldenseal
Unit 1 United Plant Savers - Herb of the Month
Unit 2 Thank You From the Plants
Unit 3 Species At-Risk
Unit 4 Creating Sanctuary
Unit 5 Goldenseal, Hyrdrastis candensis
Unit 6 Evaluation
Unit 7 Weedcrafting: Redefining Wildcrafting for the next Generation of Foragers
Unit 8 Wise Old Plants
Unit 9 Wild Crafting, why we shouldn’t: a Native American perspective
Unit 10 Ecology of Goldenseal
Module 19 Herb of the Month: Aster
Herb of the Month: Aster
Unit 1 Bio: Jim Mcdonald
Unit 2 New England Aster
Unit 3 Aster novae-angliae L. - New England Aster
Unit 4 New England Aster Stickiness...
Module 20 Herb of the Month: Tribute to Cascade Anderson Geller
Herb of the Month: Tribute to Cascade Anderson Geller
Unit 1 Some Common Conditions of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract with Corresponding Constituent Groups and Herbal Remedies
Unit 2 In Memory…..by Rosemary Gladstar
Unit 3 Cascade Anderson Geller , a tribute from her family
Unit 4 Herbal Formulas for the Digestive Tract
Unit 5 HERBAL PARENTING
Module 21 Herb of the Month : Introduction to Flower Essences
Herb of the Month : Introduction to Flower Essences
Unit 1 Reuven Fein : Bio
Unit 2 Introduction to Flower Essences
Module 22 Herb of the Month: Flower Essences
Herb of the Month: Flower Essences
Unit 1 Lupo Passero
Unit 2 Flower Essences
Unit 3 Flower Essence (Video)
Unit 4 Flower Essence Web Presentation (Video)
Unit 5 Chakra Flower Essence Web Presentation (Video)
Unit 6 Making Flower Essences Web Presentation (Video)
Unit 7 Flower Essence Downloads
Module 23 Herb of the Month: Natural Remedies of Arabia
Herb of the Month: Natural Remedies of Arabia
Unit 1 Donna Evans Bio
Unit 2 Herbalism for Kids
Unit 3 Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
Unit 4 Ginger Tea
Unit 5 Essential Oil of Rose - Wisdom of Arabia
Unit 6 Cumin
Unit 7 Cinnamon
Unit 8 Cardamom
Unit 9 Black Seed
Unit 10 ARAK – The Toothbrush Tree
Unit 11 Healing Oils of the Bible (Audio)
Module 24 Herb of the Month: Cosmic Kitchen
Herb of the Month: Cosmic Kitchen
Unit 1 Cosmic Kitchen Bio
Unit 2 The Great Cosmic Kitchen (Video)
Module 25 Herb of the Month: Herbs for Athletes & Mens health
Herb of the Month: Herbs for Athletes & Mens health
Unit 1 Guido Masé
Unit 2 Herbs for Athletes
Unit 3 Herbs for Athletes: Training and Support
Unit 4 Men's Health
Unit 5 History and Use of Bitters - 11th IHS - Disc 1 (Audio)
Unit 6 History and Use of Bitters - Disc 2 (Audio)
Unit 7 Health and Wellness for Men - Disc 1 (Audio)
Unit 8 Health and Wellness for Men - Disc 2 (Audio)
Module 26 Herb of the Month: Treasures from Kate Gilday
Herb of the Month: Treasures from Kate Gilday
Unit 1 Kate Gilday: A Brief Bio
Unit 2 Kate Gilday: A Letter to The Online Students
Unit 3 Cancer Care and Support the Herbal Way
Unit 4 Herbal Support During Menopause
Unit 5 Tired of being tired?
Unit 6 Heart Health
Unit 7 HERBS FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN
Unit 8 WINTER HEALTH CARE WITH HERBAL THERAPIES
Unit 9 Wise Water Tea Ingredients
Module 27 Lisa Phillips; our own Tuscany Herbal Correspondent!
Lisa Phillips, our own Tuscany Herbal Correspondent!
Unit 1 Lisa Phillips: Our Own Tuscany Herbal Correspondent!
Unit 2 Tuscan Spring Cleaning
Unit 3 Rosemary
Unit 4 Tantalizing Tuscan 'Sagre's
Module 28 Herb of the Month: Zack Woods Herb Farm
Herb of the Month: Zack Woods Herb Farm
Unit 1 About Zack Woods Herb Farm
Unit 2 Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum syn. sanctum)
Unit 3 Dandelion(Taraxacum officinale)
Unit 4 Zack Woods Herb Farm
Unit 5 The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer
Unit 6 Link to Zack Woods: Zack Woods Herb Farm
Unit 7 Link to Zack Woods: The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer
Unit 8 Zack Woods Facebook Page
Module 29 Beautiful Borragine - Lisa Phillips
Beautiful Borragine - Lisa Phillips
Unit 1 Beautiful ‘Borragine’ (Beautiful Borage)
Module 30 Rosemary from our own Tuscany Correspondent Lisa Phillips
Rosemary from our own Tuscany Correspondent Lisa Phillips
Unit 1 Rosemary