Engage with Christa and fellow students for this fun, supportive, and informative introductory course. Christa will guide you through hands-on processes for preparing numerous medicinal preparations from the comfort of your home.
You will learn how to confidently create herbal medicines and begin build your own home apothecary through the solid foundation, clear demonstration, detailed handouts, and Q/A time with an expert medicine maker.
Class Schedule
This live, online class will be held for seven Saturdays from 2-4 pm PST (5-7 EST), from March 11 through April 22, 2023.
Want to learn at your own convenience?
If you are unable to attend the online class, we offer a discounted rate for an asynchronous option; you can access class recordings at any time for up to a year and you will have access to all the class handouts and recipes.
What will I learn?
How to prepare internal and topical medicines including:
- How to calculate menstruum ratios and determine alcohol percentages (weight to volume method)
- Optimal extraction methods for fresh and dry plants
- Alcohol- and glycerin-based menstruums
- Acetum (vinegar extracts), oxymels, and shrubs
- Herb-infused syrups, honeys, and pastilles
- How to prepare delicious medicinal teas (hot and cold infusions; decoctions)
- How to prepare high potency infused oils and salves
- Natural body care for healthy, radiant skin
- Poultices, fomentation, and liniments
- Tools of the trade - what you need to get started and to build a thriving home pharmacy
What is included the tuition?
- A beautiful printable pdf. copy of "Medicine Making" chapter from "The Essential Guide to Western Botanical Medicine."
- A printable pdf. copy of "Herbal Therapeutic Terminology."
- A printable pdf. copy of "Tincture Worksheets" to calculate menstruum ratios
- A 10% Discount to Mountain Rose Herbs
- You will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive expert guidance valuable in the live, online class
Medicine Bundle Package
The Medicine Bundle Package includes samples of numerous medicines prepared in the course.
All preparations are made with organically cultivated and carefully wild-crafted herbs. Organic grain alcohol, vegetable glycerin, and/or organic vinegar are used for all internal products. High quality, cold-pressed organic nut, fruit, and seed oils are used for the oils and salves. Essential oils included in the package are organic, biodynamic, or wild harvested. Each product will be carefully hand-bottled, labeled, and packaged for shipping once the class is complete.
We will ship to the address provided during registration unless you provide an alternate shipping address by April 1, 2023. Orders will be shipped upon completion of the program. Package insurance is not included in the shipments, but is available for an additional fee.
Note: This option is only available for shipments in the continental United Sates. This package is not available for shipping in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or internationally.
Medicine Bundle Samples:
External Medicines
- 2-ounce floral-infused body oil
- 2-ounce liniment (alcohol-based)
- 1 ounce first aid salve
- 1 ounce muscle and joint support salve
- 1 lip balm
- 1 facial serum
Internal Medicines
- 2-ounce fire cider (acetum or oxymel)
- 2-ounce digestive bitters or Mediterranean nutritive (acetum or oxymel)
- 2-ounce cough syrup
- 1-ounce immune compound (tincture or glycerite)
- 1-ounce nervine compound (tincture or glycerite)
- 1-ounce digestive compound (tincture or glycerite)
- Herbal tea blend samples
Includes packing, shipping, and handling.
Tuition
Option One
Instruction for the live online class and the medicine bundle package (see the list below). Note: The package is only available to ship in the continental United States.
Option Two
Live, online class instruction (medicine bundle not included).
Option Three
On demand access to class recordings for one year.
