One of the most difficult challenges a parent who wants to use herbal remedies faces with their kids is, “how do I get my child to to take it?”  While there are a number of tricks for getting children to use herbs, I find that the easiest and safest method of administering herbs to children is to make herbal glycerites.  This article contains instructions for making sealed simmer glycerites, a very easy-to-make, but effective herbal preparation for children (and adults).

Cancer is a very difficult illness to treat and one that causes a lot of emotional stress.  I don't treat cancer, but I do provide people with education about alternative or complementary methods of dealing with it, so they can make informed choices about what they should do.  Part of my goal in helping people with cancer is to empower them to take control of their own life and start making their life pleasant and enjoyable to them. 

Get Trained as a Professional Herbalist In Your Own Home or Office with the School of Modern Herbal Medicine The School of Modern Herbal Medicine is unique because it involves a combination of webinar based classes, correspondence courses and li...

This is a description of the second module in Steven Horne and Thomas Easley's Advanced Herbal Training Program, which covered herbs for the circulatory system. This module is complete and will soon be available as a correspondence course.

This is a description of the third module in Steven Horne and Thomas Easley's Advanced Herbal Training Program. It covers herbs for the Respiratory System.  It will be available soon as a correspondence course or a downloadable e-course.

This is the free preview webinar for Module Three of Steven Horne and Thomas Easley's Advanced Herbal Training Program.  Module Three covers Herbs for the Respiratory System. If you'd like to register for the five session course, click here.

This was the first module of Steven Horne and Thomas Easley's Advanced Herbal Training Program. It was taught via webinar (an internet based class).  This five-module covered herbs that can fight bacterial, fungal and viral infections in great detail.  It also discussed cancer-fighting herbs and herbs that boost immune responses, as well as commercial herbal formulas for the immune system. This module will be available soon as a correspondence course and a downloadable e-course.

This is a free preview of the fourth module in our Advanced Herbal Training program.  It is be about herbs for the nervous system.  This free webinar was held August 2.  The handouts and recording are available for viewing online or downloading.  Click here to register for the paid class.

In this free class with professional herbalists Steven Horne, RH(AHG) and Thomas Easley, RH(AHG) you'll learn why cleansing or detoxification is a valid therapy and why there isn't a "one-shoe-fits-all-sizes" cleansing program.  We'll help you understand when cleansing is needed and when it is NOT a good idea to cleanse.  We'll also give you some practical suggestions on how to use detoxification therapy in a way that doesn't mean you have to "feel worse before you feel better."

This is the free introduction to Module Six of our Advanced Herbal Training Program, which will cover Herbs for the Glandular System.  In this introduction, we talk about how hormones work and how herbs and supplements can be used to support the glandular system.  We discuss the pituitary and hypothalamus and do three herb profiles on plants that affect these glands—yarrow, chocolate (cacoa) and alfalfa.