Be Your Own Doctor Series

Receive a Family Herbalist Certificate with the completion of all 5 classes

Cost $300 for all 5 classes/Early Bird discount, pay $275 before Sept. 20

Bring a friend for $200

Registration deadline is Sept. 27   Call 740-689-1111

BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR - HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES   Oct. 2    6-8 pm

Learn simple remedies you can use in the home: vinegar, castor oil, charcoal, and onions. Be confident in using herbs with your family: black walnut, cayenne, chamomile, cloves, comfrey, echinacea, garlic, ginger, peppermint, red raspberry, and slippery elm. Learn about respiratory difficulties, working with fevers, flu, allergies, diarrhea, constipation, bladder/kidney infections. Learn how to make and use poultices. Be prepared to face health challenges naturally.

BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR – EMERGENCIES   Oct. 9   6-8 pm

Be ready with first aid to help with wounds, sprains, broken bones, burns, shock, heart attack, choking, bug bites, infection, cramps, appendicitis, liver/gall bladder, and hormone health. Discover the uses of aloe vera, bentonite clay, cayenne, colloidal silver, goldenseal, honey, lavender oil, lobelia, milk thistle, and turmeric/curcumin. Be prepared for family emergencies.

BACKYARD PHARMACY - WEEDS THAT HEAL   Oct. 16   6-8 pm

Did you ever wonder if weeds were good for anything?  Yes, they are!  Learn about alfalfa, black walnut, burdock, calendula, chickweed, common mallow, dandelion, elderberry, mullein, stinging nettles, plantain, rose hips, and teasel.  Know how to identify, gather, and prepare weeds to be used for herbal medicine.

BE YOUR OWN DOCTOR II – AGING GRACEFULLY    Oct. 23   6-8 pm

Discuss natural solutions for common complaints such as: acid reflux, leaky gut, ulcers, candida, memory, brain injury, artery care, anemia, blood pressure, cholesterol, joint pain, osteoporosis, blood sugar, prostate trouble, and cancer. Support your body naturally as you age. You can avoid common drugs and their side effects.

MAKING HERBAL MEDICINE   Oct. 30   6-8 pm

Hands on! In this class you will learn how to make herbal medicine for your family. Take home echinacea tincture, ALJ glycerite, super tonic, healing salve, wound paste, elderberry syrup, mullein/garlic ear oil, and homemade toothpaste. Gain the confidence you need to make and use herbal medicine! Complete all 5 classes and receive a Family Herbalist Certificate.

Purchase the book series by Rachel Weaver M.H.    $24.95 each/all 4 for $90

Be Your Own Doctor   Classes 1 and 2                   Back yard Pharmacy   Class 3

Be Your Child’s Pediatrician   All Classes              Be Your Own Doctor II   Class 4