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IN-PERSON FORAGING & MEDICINE MAKING INTENSIVE
Tannehill State Park, McCalla, Alabama
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FORAGING & MEDICINE MAKING INTENSIVE
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✔ Daily Plant Walks: Every time we meet we will spend time in nature learning about the plants available at that time of the year, their distinguishing characteristics, and their uses.
✔ Herbal Preparations Prowess: By the end of the course, you will have the knowledge to make over 20 different types of preparations with skill and ease.
✔ 48 Hours of In-Depth Instruction: I don't skimp on quality instruction. I will guide you step by step in a hands-on environment through making each herbal preparation, warn you about the pitfalls, and show you how to make effective, and delicious herbal medicines.
✔ Course Manual: Over 250 pages of honed course material that contains charts, graphs, recipes, and notes on making all the preparations in this course.
✔ In-depth plant knowledge: In each class, we will spend time tasting and learning about one plant in-depth so that you feel confident utilizing each plant with skill.
✔ Organoleptics: Learning to relate to plants through tastes, smell, and touch is hugely important to becoming proficient in and comfortable with using herbs.
✔ Herbal Medicine Chest: By the end of the class you will have a medicine chest of preparations that you have crafted throughout the course for you to utilize at home and with your friends and family
✔ BONUS 1 - The Deep Roots Materia Medica Foraging Workbook
✔ BONUS 2 - Textbook - Modern Herbal Dispensatory by Steven Horne and Thomas Easley
Join Waitlist NowTHE JOY AND WONDER OF HERBALISM
IS AT THE TIP OF YOUR FINGERS...
But so far it has been hard to know where to start and difficult to get your bearings.
Can you relate?
You love walking in the woods or wandering around your backyard and desperately want to be able to identify plants and learn about their uses.
You want a defined way to know what types of herbal preparations to use, how effective they are, and the dosages and just want someone knowledgeable and experienced to ‘lay it all out’ for you.You read herb books but are left scratching your head over terms like demulcent, vulnerary, and soporific and end up with more questions than answers.
You find yourself perplexed and then doubtful that an herb can be ‘good for’ so many different things.
You find yourself constantly dreaming of what taking care of your friends and family naturally would look like but you are lost as to how to even begin to become proficient enough to help.
You are in total paralysis over which herb to choose and when and just want a clear road map.
I GET IT. AND I CAN HELP.
I am Clinical Functional Herbalist Cameron Strouss and I have 14 years of experience in the art and science of herbal medicine.
Let's paint your new reality...
You wake up in the morning with a handcrafted herbal tea blend that suits what your body needed that day perfectly.
You go for a morning walk and snag a few greens for your scrambled eggs.
You treat your child’s UTI or your friend’s sore throat with ease and know which plants to use, how much and for how long they need to take them, and what type of preparation would be best suited for their issue.
You draw up a bath infused with herbs not just to help you relax but to manage your tension headache or that case of poison ivy.
You can take care of your needs and your families needs with relative ease and you know what questions to ask to do so effectively and confidently.
This is my reality...
I collect food and medicine, taking care of my clients and family with things I can find in the woods, or crafting tasty herbal formulations to ease…well…whatever.
I know what to gather when I feel under the weather, I know how to prepare what I have gathered to make it the most effective and I know the dosage needed for it to work its magic.
It is the most satisfying and empowering feeling I can express.
And I want to share that security, confidence, and connection to nature with YOU.
INTRODUCING...
IN PERSON FORAGING & MEDICINE MAKING INTENSIVE
Tannehill State Park
January - April 2024
THE IN-PERSON HERBAL MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAM
TO EQUIP YOU WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO MASTER FORAGING & HERBAL MEDICINE.
JANUARY 2024 SCHEDULE
WEEKEND 1
Saturday & Sunday, January 20th-21st , 2024*
Foraging & Botany Basics
Plant Walk, Wild Harvesting & Foraging How-To's, Common Medicinal Plant Families
Introduction to Herbal Medicine
Harvesting, Ordering, & Storing Basics, a framework and vocabulary, herbal energetics/organoleptics/the tastes of herbs
Water Based Preparations
Hot/Cold Infusions, & Decoctions
WEEKEND 2
Saturday & Sunday, February 17th-18th, 2024 *
Foraging & Botany Basics
Plant Walk, Wild Harvesting & Foraging How-To's, Common Medicinal Plant Families
Tea Blending & Formulating
The Standard (Tinctures)
Plant, walk, tincture making and when to use them, shelf life, storage, ratios, etc.
WEEKEND 3
Saturday & Sunday, March 16th-17th 2024 *
Oil-Based Preparations (Salves)
Massage Oils, Salves, etc.
Essential Oils, & Hydrosols
Plant Walk, making and using hydrosols, essential oil best practices and when to use them, shelf life, & storage.
WEEKEND 4
Saturday & Sunday, April 20th-21st, 2024*
Glycerine Based Extracts & Sweet Medicines
Plant Walk, glycerine-based extracts, medicines for children, shelf life, & storage.
Food as Medicine/Sour Medicines
Vinegar Extracts, Fire Cider, Medicinal Salad Dressings, Smoothies, Succus, Pestos, Jams, Jellies and Syrups
Our time together will include:
4 Weekend Long Class Sessions: That's 48 hours of instruction with the strategies, concepts, and framework that will take you from confused to confident in your preparation and use of herbal medicines.
Plant Walks: every class time to help you learn plants in your area at that time of the year, their distinguishing characteristics, and their uses.
Course Manual: Over 250 pages of honed course material that contains charts, graphs, recipes, and notes on making all the preparations in this course.
Herbal Medicine Chest: By the end of class you will have a medicine chest of preparations that you have crafted throughout the course for you to utilize at home and with your friends and family
The Bonuses
BONUS 1
The Materia Medica Foraging Workbook
BONUS 2
Textbook
The Modern Herbal Dispensatory
REVIEWS
"QUALITY information that helped me reframe the way I think about my body, the potential of the plants around me, and gave me the tools to help deepen my relationship and understanding of the land."
"No one could have known that today we'd be sitting in the middle of a pandemic that has so many looking to natural protectants and remedies.
I'm grateful for the knowledge I gained from Cameron, a highly knowledgeable and experienced herbalist, who has extensive hands on clinical experience.
The base knowledge I gained helps me to cut through all the information that so many fly by night herbalists are posting because they read a few books."
"Cameron is amazingly knowledgeable and relatable. I felt like I could ask any question and she would have a genuine and informed response."
"Cameron deftly adjusted her firehose of knowledge down to a drip when needed and up to a stream when we were ready for more.
Whether an individual brought a tea cup or a 5 gallon bucket to fill with new facts, each one of us left full to the brim and running over."
"I could not soak up enough of Cameron's wealth of knowledge and experience.
I hope to carry on her humble, understanding, realistic and approach to herbal medicine."
"I wish we were best friends! I resonated deeply with Cameron and feel she's exactly the kind of person I want to learn from...
Will be looking into her other courses! "
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ABOUT CAMERON:
Cameron Strouss B.S., RH (AHG), FH, Aromatherapist
Bachelors of Science, Registered Herbalist (American Herbalist Guild), Functional Herbalist, Aromatherapist
Cameron is the owner and founder of The Deep Roots School of Herbal Medicine (formerly Deep Roots Apotheké & Clinic) and has been a professional in the field of herbal medicine for 14 years. She has 9 years experience in Clinical Practice, and 10 years of experience teaching, and has over 4,000 hours of training in the Sciences and Herbal Medicine.
Cameron is a graduate of the University of Montevallo with a Biology Degree and Environmental Studies Minor with Honors, the Southeastern Institute for Traditional Herbal Studies ( Darryl Patton, 2008-2011) and The Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine (Thomas Easley, RH(AHG), 2012-2013) with her Clinical Herbal Certification. She also held internships at The Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Herb Pharm in Williams, Oregon, The Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine.
In 2018 she was awarded the professional distinction of Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild (denoted RH, (AHG)).
She also earned the distinction of FH or Functional Herbalist in 2018 through the Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine. She completed her 100 hour aromatherapy certification in 2018 through the New York Institute of Aromatic Studies and is now a Level 1 Certified Aromatherapist.
