• How do you convert that capsulated formula into a tea or glycerite so a small child can take it?
• How do you get herbs into someone who is having a difficult time swallowing?
• What’s the difference between an alcohol tincture, a standardized extract and a glycerite?

These are just some of the questions answered by Steven Horne in Herbal Preparations and Applications.

Understanding the difference between the various herbal preparations (capsules, tablets, tinctures, oils, etc.) and the advantages and disadvantages of each is one of the factors that distinguishes a skilled herbalist from a beginner. Knowing creative ways to get the herbs where they are needed (poultices, baths, gargles, eyewashes, linaments, enemas, douches, etc.) is another. This knowledge provides an herbalist with flexibilty and options to meet every need.

In these videos, professional herbalist Steven Horne takes you into the kitchen where he “cooks up” a several useful herbal recipes. You’ll learn about how herbs work in combination, how formulas are designed, how to understand different potencies in tictures (1:1, 2:1, etc.) and much more. If you are a “do-it-yourself” kind of person, you’ll find his easy-to-follow information will have you “cooking up” your own herbal “brews” in no time. Even if you’re not a “do-it-yourselfer,” and rely primary on commercial herb products, the information contained in these videos will help you become a better herbalist by learning how to use your products more effectively.

There are many ways that herbs can be prepared and administered in addition to taking them in capsules. This course teaches the various application methods and instructions for preparation of plant medicines both internally and externally, including making infusions, decoctions, tinctures, glycerites, syrups, boluses, and more. It also covers the many ways to administer herbs, including enemas, baths, poultices, compresses, fomentations, and so forth. It explains how different preparations can alter, diminish or enhance an herb’s particular energetics. Learn all the different ways to prepare and use your herbal remedies.