Naturally Healthy...Birth and Beyond - Shonda Parker, Professional Herbalist

The Naturally Healthy Family Home Study Course

Presented as a Course of Study by the
Institute for Family Herbal Care

Tired of searching through different health books only to find conflicting information about natural health care for the family? Or frustrated with lack of specific recommendations or exact dosages for particular health conditions?

Shonda Parker, Professional Family Herbalist, has developed a course of study to be used by anyone from high school age upward. The course covers basic anatomy and physiology, biochemistry and basic pharmacognosy (the study of medicinal components of plants), drug/herb/nutrient interactions, plant identification, growing, harvesting and preserving herbs, making herbal medicines in your own kitchen, food and nutrition, disease symptoms and epidemiology (the natural spread of disease), as well as teaching you how to evaluate your own family and make health-effective decisions during specific illnesses.

The course is now organized into a weekly format and writing student instructions, study questions, tests and answer keys, the home study course is ready for you to order. The course is designed for nine month's study (or 36 weeks at your convenience) and provides instruction in the following areas:

Anatomy and Physiology
Herbal Pharmacognosy: Active Constituents, Toxicology, Biochemical Actions
Herbal Materia Medica covering almost 200 herbs
Diseases and Symptoms: Evaluating For Diagnosis - Common illnesses and some of the more uncommon ones will be addressed
Epidemiology: Spread of Disease
Basic Nutrition: Kitchen Medicine - Food nutrients, how they affect your health, interactions with drugs or other foods
Combining Botanical and Conventional Medicine for Specific Illness
Plant Identification: Video and Field Guides
Planting, Harvesting, Drying
Making Herbal Medicines (dried herbs included for your convenience).

Select below to view the entire course outline

Complete Course Outline

When you make your first or full payment for the course, we will send you the NHF course manual, all your supplemental books, as well as immediately sign you up to receive the Naturally Healthy Living eNewsletter. We will be discounting all the supplemental books by 20%, so if you already own the books required, we will offer you a credit worth 75% of the book's retail value.

The Home Study Course

Order The Home Study Course:

Naturally Healthy Family Course Manual Only:

If you purchased the “old” NHF Home Study Course and would like to update your materials and take the fully revised course, all you need do is pay $150.00 and receive the materials that were not included in your original course. You are then ready to proceed with the revised course lessons.

Additional Student Manual:

If you purchased the NHF Home Study Course and would like an additional manual for one of your children, you may purchase an additional manual for $75.00.

Please see our Course FAQs for further course information, and e-mail us at customerservice@naturallyhealthy.org to place your order or phone toll-free 1-888-HERB-101 and leave your name and telephone number with our voice mail service (we will phone you back for your VISA/MC information) or mail your check or money order to:

Naturally Healthy
P O BOX 360
Calhoun LA 71225