Advanced Course
The advanced course offers students a unique opportunity to study with some of western herbalism’s leading instructors. In the 9-month course students are trained in herbal therapeutics for complex presentations, with an emphasis on understanding organ system imbalances, differential use of plant remedies based on energetics, and a review of relevant aspects of anatomy and physiology.
In addition to herbal therapeutics, class topics include: assessment including tongue and pulse evaluation and reading the body, northwest materia medica, clinical interviewing, clinical nutrition, herbal formulation, and opening and maintaining an herbal practice.
Classes consist of a balance of lecture, discussion, small group practice, fieldwork, case studies, experiential plant assessments, and some materia medica from other traditions including Chinese medicine and Ayurveda. The curriculum is based on a holistic, vitalist, energetic, and experiential approach to herbal studies.
Please click on this link to see an Overview of the 2012 Advanced Course
Advanced Course Class Dates 2012:
- Mar (30-Apr 1)
- Apr (27-29)
- May (18-20)
- Jun (1-3) – to be confirmed by Feb 15
- Jul – Still working on it
- Aug (17-19)
- Sep (28-30)
- Oct (19-21)
- Nov (9-11)
Prerequisite: Completion of the Foundation Course – or at least one year of herbal studies and permission from faculty.
The 2012 syllabus, which will include some new and exciting updates and changes will be posted here soon.
To view the Advanced Course syllabus from 2011 click on this link: Advanced Course Syllabus
