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| Certified Family Herbalist Course | | 36 Lessons – May be completed within one year
Self-Paced, Progress-Reviewed, Certificate of Completion Awarded
Who Might Be Interested in the Certified Family Herbalist Course of Study?
- Those interested in instructional oversight and evaluation of progress as they seek to understand how to choose and prepare healthful food for one’s own family
- Those interested in learning to oversee family health care and administer home health care in self-limiting, and some chronic, diseases, knowing when to access outside help when necessary and how to blend conventional medicine with complementary nutrition and herbal therapies
- Those interested in the possibility of pursuing the Community Herbalist – Certified Women’s Health Educator – Certified Family Health Educator Course of Study
- Those desiring to approach the ministry of health to their family and brethren from a body and spirit Judeo-Christian perspective
What Materials and Services are Included in the Certified Family Herbalist Course?
- Naturally Healthy Cuisine: Real Food for Real Families
- Mommy Diagnostics
- Naturally Healthy Woman
- Naturally Healthy Pregnancy
- Naturally Healthy Family Herbal Textbook
- Herb Kit for Medicine-Making
- Admittance to Student Forum/Online Classroom for one year
- Three scheduled personalized Progress Review Sessions (lessons are e-mailed/mailed for grading; additional areas to concentrate on are communicated to student via e-mail and phone)
- Three 1.5 hr TeleSeminars: Dietary Evaluation and the Impact of Nutrient Deficiencies; Ancient Herbs, Ancient Medicine: Herbal Therapeutics; Body Systems Health: Herbal Intervention Strategies
- Student Discount for Workshops or Web Instruction offered
What Will You Accomplish in the Certified Family Herbalist Course?
Learn:- The Foundations of Health
- How to Make a Naturally Healthy Home
- How to Evaluate Your Own Family’s Health
- How to Make Herbal Medicines for Family Use
- How to Create and Follow a Plan to Restore Health When Illness Occurs
- Which Herbs are Suited for Particular Body Systems and Seasons of Life
- Herbal and Nutritional Care for the Pregnant Woman
- Informed WomanCare: Divine Design and Decoding Hormonal Messages
Are Other Books/Resources Recommended, Though Not Required, for Reading Should You Want to Pursue Further Study at Some Point?
Growing 101 Herbs That Heal by Tammi Hartung
Herb Walk DVD by LeArta Moulton
Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology textbook and student workbook by Valerie Scanlon OR The Human Body textbook: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Jay Wile, Ph.D.
What Amount of Time Will I Spend Studying the Course and In What Areas?
Pathophysiology: 20 hours
Medical Terminology: 10 hours
Biochemistry: 10 hours
Nutrition: 30 hours
Materia Medica/Therapeutic Herbalism: 100 hours
Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy, and Dispensing: 45 hours
Clinical Skills: 100 hours
History & Philosophy of Herbal Medicine: 20 hours
Total Study Hours: 335 hrs (12 hours per week)
| Cost: $350.00 +$14.50 Shipping Fee | |
For those who have completed the Family Herbalist lessons, the following is required to complete the Certified Family Herbalist program of study:
Must study more detailed herbal medicine making instructions and complete the making of more medicines in the provided herbal medicine-making kit; participate in three progress review sessions; and attend the three teleseminars: Dietary Evaluation and the Impact of Nutrient Deficiencies; Ancient Herbs, Ancient Medicine: Herbal Therapeutics; Body Systems Health: Herbal Intervention Strategies.
Upgrade Fee: $250 +10.00 shipping fee
2 hrs Lesson One: Health Attitude with Altitude and Health Care Stewardship
12 hrs Lesson Two: Nutritional Foundations, Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats
4 hrs Lesson Three: Vitamins
4 hrs Lesson Four: Minerals
4 hrs Lesson Five: The Naturally Healthy Pantry
4 hrs Lesson Six: Evaluating Family Diet
6 hrs Lesson Seven: Particular Nutrient Needs of the Pregnant Woman
6 hrs Lesson Eight: Your Whole Health Record
3 hrs Lesson Nine: Routine Medical Tests
4 hrs Lesson Ten: Health Evaluation Tools
6 hrs Lesson Eleven: Using Herbs as Medicines
3 hrs Lesson Twelve: Assembling the Herbal Health Chest
6 hrs Lesson Thirteen: Pharmacognosy & Herbal Therapeutics
12 hrs Lesson Fourteen: Plant Gums and Mucilages Materia Medica
12 hrs Lesson Fifteen: Glycosides: Anthraquinones, Alcohol, Aldehydes, Cyanophose Materia Medica
12 hrs Lesson Sixteen: Phenols Materia Medica
12 hrs Lesson Seventeen: Acids Materia Medica
12 hrs Lesson Eighteen: Volatile Oils Materia Medica
12 hrs Lesson Nineteen: Terpenoids Materia Medica
12 hrs Lesson Twenty: Alkaloids Materia Medica
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-One: Therapeutic Classifications: the Beginnings of Formulation
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-Two: Growing, Harvesting and Storing Herbs for Medicine
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-Three: Herbal Medicine-Making I
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-Four: Herbal Medicine-Making II
8 hrs Lesson Twenty-Five: Mommy Diagnostics for Little Ones
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-Six: Vaccinations
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-Seven: Musculoskeletal System: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-Eight: Nervous System: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
12 hrs Lesson Twenty-Nine: Endocrine System: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
12 hrs Lesson Thirty: Circulatory System: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
12 hrs Lesson Thirty-One: Immune System, Mouth and Skin: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
12 hrs Lesson Thirty-Two: Digestive System: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
12 hrs Lesson Thirty-Three: Respiratory System: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
12 hrs Lesson Thirty-Four: Urinary System: Pathophysiology and Healing Options
15 hrs Lesson Thirty-Five: Pregnancy Care; Infertility; Miscarriage
8 hrs Lesson Thirty-Six: Informed WomanCare: Divine Design and Decoding Hormonal Messages
Total Credit Hours: 335 hours
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