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Professional Herbalist Training Program
Steven Horne and Thomas Easley, professional members of the American Herbalists Guild, are putting together a professional herbalist training program, which will be taught via a combination of webinars, correspondence courses and live classes. Currently they are offering a series of ten webinar classes teaching herbal materia medica called the Advanced Herbal Training Program. They also plant to offer classes in advanced health assessment techiniques, botany and basic sciences for herbalists (anatomy, physiology and pathology). Watch this area for more information as the courses are developed.
An Introduction to Plant Identification (Field Botany)
- Webinar Recording
- March 19, 2012
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Free Preview: Herbs for the Glandular System
- Webinar Recording
- January 1, 2012
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This is the free introduction to Module Six of our Advanced Herbal Training Program, which will cover Herbs for the Glandular System. In this introduction, we talk about how hormones work and how herbs and supplements can be used to support the glandular system. We discuss the pituitary and hypothalamus and do three herb profiles on plants that affect these glands—yarrow, chocolate (cacoa) and alfalfa.
Facts and Myths About Detoxification
- Webinar Recording
- October 17, 2011
- 2 comments
In this free class with professional herbalists Steven Horne, RH(AHG) and Thomas Easley, RH(AHG) you'll learn why cleansing or detoxification is a valid therapy and why there isn't a "one-shoe-fits-all-sizes" cleansing program. We'll help you understand when cleansing is needed and when it is NOT a good idea to cleanse. We'll also give you some practical suggestions on how to use detoxification therapy in a way that doesn't mean you have to "feel worse before you feel better."
Herbs for the Nervous System - Free Preview
- Article
- July 2, 2011
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This is a free preview of the fourth module in our Advanced Herbal Training program. It is about herbs for the nervous system. This free webinar was held August 2. The handouts and recording are available for viewing online or downloading. Click here to register for the paid class.
Module One: Herbs for the Immune System
- Article
- July 2, 2011
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This was the first module of Steven Horne and Thomas Easley's Advanced Herbal Training Program. It was taught via webinar (an internet based class). These five modules covered in great detail herbs that can fight bacterial, fungal and viral infections. It also discussed cancer-fighting herbs and herbs that boost immune responses, as well as commercial herbal formulas for the immune system. This module will be available soon as a correspondence course and a downloadable e-course.
Herbs for the Respiratory System - Free Preview
- Webinar Recording
- May 10, 2011
- 9 comments
This is the free preview webinar for Module Three of Steven Horne and Thomas Easley's Advanced Herbal Training Program. Module Three covers Herbs for the Respiratory System.
If you'd like to register for the five session course, click here.
Module Three: Herbs for the Respiratory System
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- May 8, 2011
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Module Two: Herbs for the Circulatory System
- Article
- March 2, 2011
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