Our educational courses may be taken individually and when any five courses are completed, you will earn Certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP). 

CONVENIENCE

Course materials are accessible twenty-four hours a day, and seven days a week, so you can study and learn whenever and wherever you choose. You can read and review lessens, discussions, articles, and additional commentary at anytime and as often as you would like to. You also have the convenience of studying in the comfort of your own home, or taking your HAI studies with you while traveling, working, or visiting your favorite internet café. 

The Origins of

Holistic Medicine

Holism and holistic medicine are often thought of as new concepts only recently developed, but they are actually rooted in antiquity.  Ancient cultures such as the Indians, Chinese, Europeans, Native Americans, and others, have applied holistic principles in their healing practices for centuries.  As early as 5,000 B.C., the physician sages formulating the healing traditions of Ayurvedic medicine from India and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from China recognized that health represented a balance of body, mind, spirit, and the universe.  This belief was, and remains, the underlying foundation in the healing traditions of indigenous peoples around the globe. . . . MORE!

Tuition:  $195.00

Prerequisites:  None

In the HAI Herbal Preparations Course, you will discover that herbal medicine making is fundamental to every culture on the planet, and accessible to everyone.  Covered are the herbal actions and indications for numerous herbs; the fundamentals of gardening, harvesting, drying, garbling, and storing herbs;. and detailed information concerning the essential equipment, materials, and processes for herbal medicine making.  Step-by-step instructions are provided for making numerous herbal preparations including water infusions and decoctions, hydrosols, flower essences, tinctures, wine infusions, vinegar infusions, glycerin infusions, oil infusions, ointments, salves, balms, lotions creams, syrups, honeys, poultices, and much, much more.  In this extensive course, you will gain the herbal medicine-making wisdom necessary to create an herbal pharmacy tailored to your lifestyle; develop and refine your medicine making skills to suit your needs; and prepare your very own superior quality herbal medicines.

Upon completion of the Herbal Preparations Course, you will be able to: 

• Describe the actions, and indications of various tonic and therapeutic herbs. 
• Describe the gardening, harvesting, drying, garbling, and storing of herbs. 
• Describe the primary pharmacy equipment for herbal medicine making. 
• Explain the herbal extraction process. 
• Explain the solvent actions of various menstrua. 
• Describe the principle constituents of plants and their solvents. 
• Describe various forms of herbal medicine. 
• Explain how to prepare herbal infusions. 
• Explain how to prepare herbal decoctions. 
• Explain how to prepare herbal hydrosols. 
• Explain how to prepare flower essences. 
• Explain the process for tincturing by maceration. 
• Explain the process for tincturing by percolation. 
• Explain how to prepare wine infusions. 
• Explain how to prepare vinegar infusions. 
• Explain how to prepare glycerin infusions. 
• Explain how to prepare oil infusions. 
• Explain how to prepare ointments, salves, and balms. 
• Explain how to prepare lotions and creams. 
• Explain how to prepare suppositories and boluses. 
• Explain how to prepare herb jellos. 
• Explain how to prepare syrups, honeys, oxymels, and electuaries. 
• Explain how to prepare baths for water therapy. 
• Explain how to prepare poultices and fomentations. 
• Describe various complimentary techniques and terms. 
• Apply the processes of herbal preparation in your daily life. 
• Apply the processes of herbal preparation in your holistic practice. 

With this course, you will receive one text book and an HAI developed course workbook.  When all academic and financial requirements have been met, you will receive a personalized Certificate of Completion with our gold embossed seal for the Herbal Preparations Course. 

Tuition:  $195.00