This course is for all those interested in supporting children’s immunity and emotional health with gentle and effective plant medicine.

Suitable for parents with children of all ages, and no prior herbal knowledge is needed. This course is based on 14 years of experience of supporting kids in our clinic and in our families.

As an optional addition in person medicine making morning in Bristol for an extra cost if you wanted to make the medicines with us and take them home. We will take bookings for this once the course has started.

Course Structure ~ this is self-paced learning.
 

• 2-3 hours of video and handouts will be sent out each week
• Each week there will be a series of short videos of us teaching about that week's theme and one medicine making video
• Even though we are sending the videos out weekly you can do the course in your own time and the videos will be yours forever.

What You’ll Learn
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• How to safely give children of any age medicinal herbs 
• Basic medicine making skills with easily accessible plants 
• Lots of different ways of getting incorporating herbs into your child's life
• How to save money by making your own cough syrups and medicines.

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Session 1: Herbs for children’s wellbeing that enhance nutrition, immunity, digestion, and resilience 
​Session 2: Treatment for colds, fevers, and other viral infections 
Session 3: Remedies for coughs, chest infections, tonsillitis, croup, and earache Session 4: Herbal first aid for bumps, bruises, injuries, stomach bugs, and sleep issues 
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Medicine Making videos will include:
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• Rejuvenating syrup as a daily tonic to enhance immunity and wellbeing 
• Herbal immune/cough syrup, with a blend of useful antimicrobial herbs 
• Herbal “Vicks” balm for chest infections, coughs, swollen glands, earache, tonsillitis, and sinusitis – but not petroleum based, so the herbs will be actually absorbed into skin
• A bump and bruise ointment for fast skin healing. 

First Session
​Your Child's Wellbeing

We will start by focusing on general wellbeing and health rather than illness. We will cover herbs that you can get into your child's general daily life that are full of nutrition, enhance immunity, calm spirits, help with digestion and build general resilience. We will also look at a 'holistic' approach to immunity to see all the things that can be supported to build a child's immunity.
We will offer many different approaches to incorporating herbs into your child's life. 

Medicine making: a rejuvenating tonic with rosehips and other berries​

Second Session
​Acute Immunity Part 1 (Colds & Fever)

We will cover treating colds and fevers and other viral infections.

Medicine Making: a Herbal Immune/Cough syrup. A blend of useful herbs that are anti-microbial so can help with boosting immunity during colds and for all types of coughs to be used in conjunction with the herbal balm from the previous week.

Third Session
Acute Immunity Part 2 (Coughs & Chest Infections) 

We will cover how to support different types of coughs, chest infections, tonsillitis, croup and earache.
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Medicine Making: a Herbal "Vicks' balm which is not petroleum based like vicks so the herbs can actually be absorbed into the skin. This can be used for chest infections, coughs, swollen glands, earache, tonsillitis, and sinusitis.

Fourth Session
​Bumps, Bruises & Injuries

Herbal first aid in the home, including bumps bruises and injuries, stomach bugs and sleep issues.

Medicine Making: a general bump and bruise ointment. This is an incredible ointment that can help bring down bumps and bruises very quickly. It can also be used for general healing for grazes and cuts.​

You will be able to write in with your questions and at the end of the course we will answer each one and send the compilation of answers out to you.

Cost

We can work out a payment plan with you so please get in touch directly to discuss.

Band C - Comfortably waged - £140 (£35 per week's classes)
​Band B - Low waged - £120 (£30 per week's classes)
Band A - unwaged -  £100  (£25 per week's classes)

Extra medicine making day (3 hours): £50
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We have one bursary place. Please get in touch if you would like to apply for this.
Cancellation Policy: The course fee is only refundable if you cancel your place 2 weeks before the course starts.
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We are just putting this course onto our new teaching platform which we will launch in Spring 2025. Add your name to the waiting list if you are interested.

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