THE HERBAL CLINICIAN PROGRAM

Herbal medicine courses at Herbal Medics Academy are designed to give the maximum amount of information, hands-on experience and even clinical scenarios, in the shortest amount of time.

The concept is that we want to teach you the most necessary and crucial elements in regards to a materia medica (your personal list of herbs that you learn to use), preparations (tinctures, salves, syrups, etc.), a structure that is western-physiology based in order to create your own herbal formulas, medicinal plant identification and growing, ethical wildcrafting, diagnosis (assessment), creating a home or neighborhood clinic in a post-disaster setting, creating a treatment plan, and much more.

To this end, our botanical medicine classes have a core set of classes, and elective modules.

2018 Course Schedule

Herbal Medicine for Professionals – August 27th – December 10th, 2018.

Understanding Herbal Constituents and Plant Chemistry – September 10th – October 1st, 2018.

Intermediate Level (440 Class/Clinic Hours + Case Studies and Thesis)

Pathophysiology Module Dates: (ONLINE) – presenting physiology, anatomy, pathophysiology and herbs from the standpoint of an herbalist. These modules are completely online. (Each module is 16 class hours for a total of 192 class hours)

Infection & Inflammation for Herbalists – March 5 – April 2, 2018.

The Liver System for Herbalists – April 2 – 30, 2018.

Ethnobotany in the Texas Hill Country – April 13 – 15th, 2018

Cardiovascular System for Herbalists – May 7 – June 4, 2018.

Introduction to Herbal Medicine for Beginners – June 4 – July 11, 2018.

The Musculoskeletal System for Herbalists – June 4 – July 2, 2018.

Anatomy & Physiology – June 4 – August 27, 2018.

Formulating & Formulas – Botanical Medicine – June 24 – July 8, 2018.

The Nervous System for Herbalists – July 2 – 30, 2018.

The Respiratory System for Herbalists – August 6 – September 3, 2018.

The Genitourinary System for Herbalists – September 3 – October 1, 2018.

The Integumentary (Skin) System for Herbalists – October 1 – 29, 2018.

The Endocrine System for Herbalists – November 5 – December 3, 2018.

Intermediate Clinical Courses

Clinical Case Studies

Clinical Case Management for Herbalists – June 2018, 9 week course begins June 5 – July 31st.

Individual Case Study Round Table Discussions

These are discussed in group, online/conference call round table discussions. Round Table discussions are conducted regularly and take place in the evenings for 1 – 2 hours.
12 total class hours.
Each Round Table class will be limited to 8 participants.

Clinical Work (ON-SITE) 2018

120 clinical hours involving the student clinics – clinical work done during the basic level applies to these hours, as do clinical scenario hours that are run at the school during various courses. Full clinical weeks last 5 days and are hosted around the country and internationally. Students that can not attend clinics in San Antonio need to attend at least 3 of these to complete 120 hours.

Week 1: Detroit, July 16 – 20, 2018

Week 2: Navajo Nation in Arizona, September 17 – 21st, 2018

Week 3: San Antonio Area, To be announced, Fall 2018

Functional Medicine & Clinical Nutrition

Clinical Nutrition 1, 5 week course, October 9-30, 2017.
Clinical Nutrition 2, 5 week course, November 13 – December 4, 2017.

Intermediate Common (Herbalist Skills) Modules (ONLINE AND ONSITE)

Field Botany for the Herbalist (8 on-site hours), Nov. 10th
ONSITE 5-day intensive – hands on portion on one subject per day on the above topics (40 onsite hours), 11/10 – 11/14, 2016, San Antonio, TX.
Horticulture/Gardening and Harvesting, Constituent Theory (12 online hours): TBA
Intermediate Herbal Remote and Post Disaster Medicine (16 hours online): TBA

Intermediate Clinical Elective Courses

SHTF Post-Disaster Herbalism Course (Online) – Jan. 15th – March 6th, 2018.