• Number games for the Herbalist

Let’s be real … it’s hard to avoid numbers as an herbalist! We’ve plenty to think about as herbalists and some of it involves math. I’m pretty certain that we didn’t come to the plants with burning desires to calculate percentages day after day or to spend hours converting ounces to milliliters (and back again), or with pulsing desires to calculate costings. Sometimes these necessary math skills give rise to uncertainty […more here]

• The Art of turmeric (in the year of Curcuma longa)

Since 1995, the International Herb Association has chosen an Herb of the Year. This year is no exception. We will mark time with turmeric. Literally. [… more here]

• The Person Specific Dose (PSD): An Introduction to “Finding the Sweet Spot” with Herbal Low/Drop Dosing

  with New Zealand herbalist Rixt Botello

Finding the “sweet spot” of an herbal dose is both an art and a science. [read more …]

• Hildegard of Bingen, Herbs, and the Greening Power: Women's Bodies and Balance with the Natural World

  with Dr. Minji Lee from Montclair State University

  Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), a German Benedictine nun, believed that human beings possess the power to heal themselves in body, mind, and soul as being created by God and inheriting the divine power. She used the concept of viriditas, the greening power … [read more]

• Calling All Larks & Owls: It’s time to wake up!

  We all have wondered how to dose a particular herb … about influences such as size, age, frailty and pharmaceutical regimes that can, and often do, affect dosing.

  But what else might we explore to optimize our care? In this workshop will look at patterns, time and in particular circadian rhythms. [read more]