Learn Herbal Medicine

I have loved making remedies with herbs since childhood; my toys were my first patients – drinking herbal tea made from the fennel growing in the family garden. I had no understanding of the real healing power of herbs till much later in life.

My journey into medical herbalism began with my own healing. At the tender age of 19, my body began to seriously struggle, I could not eat or digest food. For 6 months I lost weight until I looked like a skeleton with skin on. I sought alternatives because I had no choice – every remedy the doctors tried failed, my body rejected it instantly with violent purging, and all food was received in the same way.

I was lucky enough to find a therapist that understood my condition in a different way, she saw an emotional component, but more importantly also knew about herbs that could help me heal physically, to treat my symptoms and start my body’s healing process back to 100% health. She gave me a single herb called Calendula officinalis – it worked instantly and within 3 days I was eating and putting on weight again. I was transformed so powerfully by this powerful yet gentle herb, physically and emotionally – I was living again, growing, digesting food and I felt amazing to be on the upward spiral of life.

This powerful personal experience helped me realise there is a huge potential for herbal medicine to be incorporated into our western lifestyle to help us heal our physical and emotional wounds.  Sometimes the doctor's medicine cabinet does not hold the remedy or the cure. I found a Science Degree course, trained as a Medical Herbalist and passionately started to teach as soon as I could so I could share this knowledge with all who were interested too.

I have learnt that herbs can help you heal. With the right knowledge and application, you can heal many common conditions and alleviate their associated uncomfortable symptoms. Herbs can transform how your body feels, thinks and acts right down to the cellular level.

Herbs were once the only medicine we had available to us, so this knowledge of how to use herbs was more commonplace. It is still the only medicine available in many parts of the world. The tradition of using herbs as medicine has been lost over time in some Western countries, but less so in other parts of the world like Germany and India, Russia and China where Doctors are still trained in Herbal Medicine alongside allopathic pharmaceutical drug applications. I recall my doctor as a child prescribing valerian instead of valium to my mother to soothe her and help her sleep (her mother was addicted to valium – valerian is a non-addictive herb equivalent to working on the same brain receptors). But over time we have stopped teaching our Western doctors about herbs and this is a great shame in a way but there is hope.

This course is my way of reclaiming for us as a community the knowledge and practical wisdom that Herbal Medicine has to offer – this once commonly held knowledge is simple, accessible, and safe for you to explore with a little guidance from me and the continued support that these course materials can offer you.