Where to get herb training?

[Yarnball]

Geez ... I can't even remember what this kind of knowledge is called!!!! Guess I need some herbs/plants for memory issues!!

I am very interested in using herbs, plants, etc. for healing purposes. I would very much like to help folks feel better in a natural way.

Where does one get this kind of training? I understand that I can learn this on my own w/ books and all, but I learn better in a teacher/student way.

How did you learn all this?

Can you direct me to resources?

Thanks so much!

Yarnball

 

[ceeblue]

Some links

I've just been plugging away trying to figure out how to make myself feel better, learning to find free food, and figuring out what not to touch--poisons. I don't know much at all. To be a practitioner in herbalism would require formal courses for credit and certification. I don't know how long that would take.

Maybe you could check around your area for an herbalist who might accept a "free lunch" and who may be willing to give you some advice.

search terms: herbalism herbalist herbal medicine

http://www.swsbm.com/HOMEPAGE/HomePage.html

http://www.medherb.com/

http://www.holisticmed.com/www/herbalism.html

Herb Society isn't medical. But your local herb society will have members interested in the medical side of herbs, and maybe some herbal medical practitioners.

http://www.herbsociety.org/

 

[Trek]

I'm doing the same thing on my own. If I had money to spare, I'd be taking all the courses I could. However... no money. So I read, read, and read some more. I am my own best guinea pig, and my husband is a close second.

I'm taking it kinda slow. Taking just a few herbs at a time and trying to learn everything I can about them before moving on to the next herbs.

Two of the herbs I'm studying now are Valerian and Mullein. When I got home from the health food store, I immediately opened the baggies and put the herbs in the jars I store them in. My cat wouldn't leave me alone though, so I stopped to check his food dish thinking he was hungry.

Food dish was fine. When I returned to the herbs, I found my cat on my dining room table tearing one of the now empty baggies to shreds. It turns out Valerian is just like catnip to cats! Laughed my tush off for at least an hour watching him run around the house like a lunatic.

 

[Herbmountain]

You might also check out the American Herbalist Guild. Most of these people have good credentials.

You must first decide which herbs you want to study.

American
Chinese
Ayruvedic

Both Chinese and Ayruvedic have methodology for using the herbs. Chinese uses the 5 elements and Ayruvedic uses body constitutionality to treat with herbs.

I like all three. But most important is learning the catagorys of herbs. Nervines, demulcants, purging and such. Boy. I have been studying since the early 80's and still do not know all there is to know. It is a path unfinished.

 

[Yarnball]

Thank you all very much!

I figured I was probably gonna have to learn on my own so ... I'll just get started! Also, the "guinea pig" concept appeals to me ... kind of a hands-on training!

Do y'all have one or two specific books you wouldn't want to be without? Any that you believe are just superior?

Thank you again for your input. Reckon I'll come along here & post the results of practicing medicine on my fami ... er, guinea pigs so I can discuss w/ y'all.

Yarnball

 

[Ta-wo-di]

Try http://www.herbalhealer.com/. They have what I think is a great correspondence course. There are 22 lessons in all at $17.50 each if you buy all at once or $20.00 individually. I bought the first one to see if I liked it. Very interesting. Came with a packet of herbs. My only problem is study time. I was hoping to add herbology training to my Emergency Medicine training and background. I think in the days, months, and years to come we will all need to have some of this knowledge.

Bill