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The Certified Family Herbalist Course is custom-tailored for those individuals wishing to have personalized interaction with their instructor as they learn how to use herbs safely and effectively in their own home.

In this 38-lesson course, you'll learn valuable lessons including the foundations of health and how to make a naturally healthy home. You'll also learn how to evaluate your own family’s health.

Do you desire more knowledge about family health care and administering home health care in self-limiting, and some chronic, diseases? How about knowing when to access outside help when necessary and how to blend conventional medicine with complementary nutrition and herbal therapies? The Certified Family Herbalist Course will point you in the right direction.
Certified Family Herbalist Course
38 Lessons – May be completed within one year but may take as long as you like to complete
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 at some later date
  • 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 Modules One, Two, and Three of the Community Herbalist Course to allow you to transition to the Community Course if you like at a later date
  • Herb Kit for Medicine-Making
  • Admittance to Student Forum/Online Classroom - you are welcome to unlimited access to the forum as long as you continue your study with us
  • 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 in MP3 format on CD: Dietary Evaluation and the Impact of Nutrient Deficiencies; Ancient Herbs, Ancient Medicine: Herbal Therapeutics; Body Systems Health: Herbal Intervention Strategies
  • Admittance to bi-weekly study group teleconference calls where you may get your questions answered and receive further instruction (calls are held every two weeks spring and fall and once monthly in the summer months)
  • 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.
Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy by Simon Mills and Kerry Bone

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: 50 hours
Materia Medica/Therapeutic Herbalism: 100 hours
Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy, and Dispensing: 45 hours
Clinical Skills: 120 hours
History & Philosophy of Herbal Medicine: 20 hours

Total Study Hours: 375 hrs (average 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 from Family Herbalist to Certified Family Herbalist Fee: $250 +10.00 shipping fee

4 hrs Lesson One: Health Attitude with Altitude and Health Care Stewardship
12 hrs Lesson Two: Nutritional Foundations, Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats
12 hrs Lesson Three: Vitamins
12 hrs Lesson Four: Minerals
12 hrs Lesson Five: The Naturally Healthy Pantry
12 hrs Lesson Six: Evaluating Family Diet
12 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: 375 hours