Susun Weed, founder of the Wise Woman Center, world-renowned herbalist and author, empowers students to take charge of their health. She does this in part by introducing them to the native wisdom of using plants that grow locally and abundantly, and preparing them in their own kitchens.
Susun’s annual class, “Herbal Medicine Chest,” allows participants to identify, discuss, and learn how to prepare and use simple herbal remedies that prevent and relieve headaches, herpes, sciatica, rashes, wounds, insect bites, bee stings, indigestion, parasites, Lyme disease, sunburn, and much more. Remedies such as plantain oil can soothe cuts; yarrow tincture can be used as an insect repellant more effective than DEET; and dandelion root tincture can be carried along on trips to help soothe stomach troubles.
At the Wise Woman Center, one can find most of these plants growing wild, so students have the opportunity to see the live plants, harvest them and prepare them, to help ensure success when endeavoring to do so at home.
“Herbal Medicine Chest” will be held at the Wise Woman Center on May 10, 2008, from 10am-5pm. The fee of $75 includes a delicious wild foods lunch.
Weather permitting, the class leaves promptly at 10:15 am for a walk in the woods with the goats, where you will have a talking stick ceremony, and lots of time to identify and talk about plants and ask questions. When the goats take a break, a wild food lunch will be prepared and enjoyed. Class size will be kept small to allow personal attention. Class held indoors in case of rain.
To register, contact the Wise Woman Center (address and phone below) or register online at http://www.ash-tree-publishing.com/bookshop.
Vibrant, passionate, and involved, Susun Weed has garnered an international reputation for her groundbreaking lectures, teachings, and writings on health and nutrition. She challenges conventional medical approaches with humor, insight, and her vast encyclopedic knowledge of herbal medicine. Unabashedly pro-woman, her animated and enthusiastic lectures are engaging and often profoundly provocative. Susun is one of America's best-known authorities on herbal medicine and natural approaches to women's health. Her four best-selling books are recommended by expert herbalists and well-known physicians and are used and cherished by millions of women around the world. Learn more at www.herbshealing.com or contact the Wise Woman Center at PO Box 64, Woodstock, NY 12498; 845-246-8081, Wednesdays, 11am-4pm Eastern time.
