Herbal Medicine Foundations

Sun May 31 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

665 Franklin St. First Floor, Framingham, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01702 | Framingham

The Gentle Place Massage & Yoga
Publisher/HostThe Gentle Place Massage & Yoga
Herbal Medicine Foundations
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In this six month course, you will learn how to make herbal teas, tinctures, vinegars, oils and salves, honeys, and glycerites. Students will make their own in class during monthly 2 hour in-person sessions.

Nicole will help you identify and source quality dried herbs, reference materials, and how to go deeper in your understanding of the properties of herbs.


In monthly, in-person, 1 hour sessions, class will go to Farm Pond and see what's growing nearby. Nicole will help you identify the wild herbs growing there and talk about how to ethically gather herbs from nature.

Syllabus
May 31st:Making herbal medicine using water: teas, decoctions, poultices and fomentations. Exploring our “why.” Safety and sourcing. Choosing an herbal companion to research.
June 28th: Using alcohol to make effective tinctures. When and why tinctures are used. Beginning your Materia Medica.
July 26th: Making herbal vinegars and oxymels: fire cider and beyond. Exploring more ways to bring herbs into your life, and experimenting safely.
August 30th: Oil based medicine part I: oils and salves. Herbal vocabulary and the ways we describe plants.
September 27th: Oil based medicine part II: lip balms and creams. How to choose and use herbal reference books and the internet for research. What makes something worth adding to your library and how to find accurate info on the web.
October 25th: Sugar based medicine: Honey/Syrups/Glycerin. Next steps on your journey: reflecting on what you’ve learned and ideas for the future.
$695 for the six month course, monthly 2 hours in studio sessions hands-on making your own medicines, monthly 1 hour meetups at Farm Pond to identify local flora. Group chat available to ask on-topic questions between sessions.
EARLY BIRD $100 DISCOUNT: $595 through Marathon Monday 4/20!!!
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