As with Want to learn how to use herbs to support your children? Does your child constantly have a cold, runny nose or prone to coughs?
Do you prefer herbal home remedies for yourself, but don’t know how to safely offer your children the same? We cover important subjects like immunity, colds, coughs & fevers, tummy bugs and emotional health.
We’re excited to share our self paced Herbal Health for Children, a 4-week course beginning the 8th November 2023. 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 on January 19th 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.
What You’ll Learn
Medicine Making videos will include:
DETAILED COURSE CONTENT
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.
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 and Bruises and injuries
Herbal first aid in the home, including bumps bruises and injuries, stomach bugs and sleep issues.
Medicine Making: a general bump & 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.
Do you prefer herbal home remedies for yourself, but don’t know how to safely offer your children the same? We cover important subjects like immunity, colds, coughs & fevers, tummy bugs and emotional health.
We’re excited to share our self paced Herbal Health for Children, a 4-week course beginning the 8th November 2023. 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 on January 19th 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, starting 8th November
- 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
- 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
- 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
Medicine Making videos will include:
- 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.
DETAILED COURSE CONTENT
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.
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 and Bruises and injuries
Herbal first aid in the home, including bumps bruises and injuries, stomach bugs and sleep issues.
Medicine Making: a general bump & 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.
We can work out a payment plan with you so please get in touch directly to discuss.
Cost
Band C - £140 comfortably waged (£35 per week's classes)
Band B - £120 low waged (£30 per week's classes)
Band A - £100 unwaged (£25 per week's classes)
Extra medicine making day (3 hours): £50
We have one bursery place please get in touch if you would like to apply for this.
*** The course will be sent to you on the 8th November and then each Thursday for the next 3 weeks. You will can do this course at your own pace.
Cost
Band C - £140 comfortably waged (£35 per week's classes)
Band B - £120 low waged (£30 per week's classes)
Band A - £100 unwaged (£25 per week's classes)
Extra medicine making day (3 hours): £50
We have one bursery place please get in touch if you would like to apply for this.
*** The course will be sent to you on the 8th November and then each Thursday for the next 3 weeks. You will can do this course at your own pace.
Cancellation Policy: The course fee is only refundable if you cancel your place no later than 2 weeks before the course is due to start.
