Decoding Herbalism: Volume One

Theory and History of Herbal Medicine

What you'll learn

Students will learn the different parts of the plant and how to harvest.

Students will learn 36 different ways to process a plant for medicinal benefits.

Students will learn 14 different professionals who use herbs.

Students will have an understanding of the history of biodynamic practices.

Students will learn the difference in how different herbal practices view the elements, and they will learn how the elements work in herbalism.

Students will learn the esoteric beginnings of herbalism.

Students will be able to distinguish between oral traditions, anthropology and the historical record of herbalism.

Students will learn how plants shaped human culture.

Students will learn when the written history of herbalism starts around the globe.

Students will learn about Peru, Mexico, ancient Sumer, Egypt, India and China's historic relationship to plant medicine.

Students will discover how plant medicine was exchanged on the trade routes.

Requirements

This is an introductory course in the history and theory of herbalism.

All beginners in herbalism are welcome.

If you are interested in learning about herbal professions, here is where you start.

This class is for beginners who want to learn the differences in herbal products.

Description

Decoding Herbalism Volume One: Theory and History of Herbal MedicineThis class is for anyone interested in how plant medicine helped shape humans and human culture.Learn 36 different ways plants can be processed into herbal medicine.Discover 14 different professions that use herbal medicine in their practice.Uncover the past history from paleolithic to the neolithic to modern day herbalism.  This class is for anyone who needs a roadmap to the herb department at the health food store.Learn the difference between flower essences and essential oils.Find out the difference between a tea and an herbal infusion.Discover the difference between an extract and a tincture.This class is for people who are interested in learning the different herbal traditions.Discuss the opposing views on the elements in herbal medicine.Learn which traditions came first and lasted the longest.Find out the difference between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda.This class is for people interested in uncovering our past.Discover how herbal diets shaped hominid jawlines.Read about the traditions of Atlantis and Lemuria.Learn how the Silk Road influenced the spread of herbal medicine.

Overview

Section 1: Decoding Herbalism, Volume One: Theory and History of Practice

Lecture 1 Introduction to Decoding Herbalism Volume One, Theory and History of Herbalism

Lecture 2 Instructor Bio

Lecture 3 Table of Contents

Section 2: Theory of Herbal Practice

Lecture 4 Introduction to Herbal Medicine

Lecture 5 Parts of the Plant

Lecture 6 Harvesting Plants

Lecture 7 How the Plants are Processed Determines Medicinal Use

Lecture 8 Teas, Cold & Hot Infusions, Decoctions, Powders and Capsules

Lecture 9 Extracts, Tinctures, Herbal Paste, Macerated Oil, Medicated Ghee

Lecture 10 Plasters, Compresses, Poultices, Enemas, Baths, Scrubs

Lecture 11 Masks, Essential Oils, Hydrosols, Juiced, Culinary, Homeopathic Remedies

Lecture 12 Baked, Wine, Vinegar, Ointment, Salves, Lotions

Lecture 13 Liniment, Flower Essences, Anointing Oils, Smoking Mixtures, Smudging, Steam

Lecture 14 Wrap Up of Processing Plants

Lecture 15 What is an Herbalist?

Lecture 16 What is an Herbalist?

Lecture 17 Women's Health

Lecture 18 Rudolf Steiner

Lecture 19 The Elements

Lecture 20 Wrap Up of Herbal Professions

Section 3: Impact of Plants on Human Development

Lecture 21 Introduction to the section: Plants Impact on Human Development

Lecture 22 Sustaining Herbal Knowledge

Lecture 23 Esoteric Beginnings

Lecture 24 Early Hominids and Hunter Gathering Society

Lecture 25 Gobekli Tepe

Lecture 26 Harappan Early Traditions

Lecture 27 Sumer and Egypt

Lecture 28 Peru

Lecture 29 China and India

Lecture 30 Mexico and Central America

Lecture 31 Greece and Rome

Lecture 32 The Bible

Lecture 33 The Silk Road

Lecture 34 Europe

Lecture 35 North America

Lecture 36 Summary

Lecture 37 End of History Section

Lecture 38 Bibliography

Lecture 39 Finale Decoding Herbalism Volume One

Lecture 40 Bonus Section: Shamanic Conversations with the Elements

People who are interested in learning about the different medicinal parts to the plants should take this course.,People who are interested in learning about the different ways herbal medicine is processed should take this class.,If you are interested in learning about the different professionals who handle herbal medicine, this is the course for you.,You should take this course if you are interested in learning how herbalism shaped human development throughout history.