Blazing Star Herbal School offers several programs for the long distance student. Whether you are in Europe, India or the next town over you can now study herbalism through us.
Our most popular series is the :
Do-it-Yourself Herbalism Series
...practical, thrifty and fun!
Join us for these herbal medicine correspondence courses and begin an adventure into the deep, magical and nourishing world of herbalism
Sign up for all four or start of with one.
DIY Series Course 1 : Optimum Winters Health
Topics Include:
Immune System Overview
No Fear Flu
Building Immunuity
Cooking for Winters Health
Understanding Anti-Virals and Anti-Bacterials
Medicine Chest of Winter Recipes
Supplies Lists
- 4 weeks of Reading, Assignments, and Medicine Making.
- Cost $150
Traditional Spring Tonics (Homemade Root-Beers)
Nourishing Herbs
Herbal Vinegars, Honeys and Syrups
Ethical Wildcrafting
A Wild Edibles Calendar
Remedies that support Liver Health
- 4 weeks of Reading, Assignments, and Medicine Making.
- Course Fee $150
In this hands on medicine making course the focus will be on creating an at home first aid kit for summer maladies. We will address the following conditions (and others):
Topics Include:
Cuts and scrapes
Burns (sun and fire)
Bug bites, (ticks, mosquitoes and bees)
Muscle aches (Sprains/strains)
Bleeding and Bruises
Poison Ivy and Poison Oak rash
Dehydration (sun poisoning)
- 4 weeks of Reading, Assignments, and Medicine Making.
- Course Fee $150
Here's what you'll learn:
-Water Based Preparations (infusions (hot/cold), decoctions, medicinal baths, compresses, formentations, mouthwashes, inhalants)
- Alcohol based preparations (tinctures; maceration,percolation & spagyric methods)
- Oil Based Preparations: Oils, Liniments, Salves, Cremes
- Acetates, Glycerites and honeys
- Understanding interactions of plant phytochemicals to make better medicine
- Recognizing and assessing the quality of dried herbs, Choosing the appropriate form of the remedy
- The importance of effective record keeping
- Terminology and definitions
- Equipment needed for creating herbal preparations
- Principles of Ethical Harvesting
- Basic Herbal First Aid remedies
- Intro to Food as Medicine, Herbal Nourishment
- Learn to your own body care products
- How to Grow (your own) Medicine!
Through out the course you will receive individual mentorship while cultivating plant wisdom and meeting your wise woman within.** You will also receive bonus inspirational material, poetry, meditations, recipes and resources to aid you in your study**Making your own medicines at home adds opportunity for creativity, beauty, nourishment and richness to an ordinary day, more blessings to be thankful for...as your olfactory senses are stimulated it helps the brain register more happiness!
You can start this 12 module on line program anytime! and work at your own pace though we recommend one module every 2 weeks.
"I've taken several correspondence courses and non so fun as this one! Once a month I turn my kitchen into a magical herb apothecary and make all kinds of medicines and potions. This course has reminded me stop, breathe and take care of my needs! as a stay at home mom of 3 a lesson I needed to learn. My daily routine now includes teas, meditaion and plant study! This course helped me introduce my family to a healthy lifestyle that we will be living for many years to come! So much gratitude to the plants and our lifelong friends at Blazing Star Herbal School!" Rena from PA
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