Do you have a yearning to learn about all aspects of Herbal Medicine? Then these courses are for you .

Introductory Course

This course will introduce you to the wonderful and fascinating world of herbs. This course is designed to give you a good grounding in herbs for home use. We will be covering different body systems and the herbs relating to those systems. We will also be looking at herbal terminology, specific herbs and their properties. Plus we will be covering the spiritual & majikal uses of herbs as well as learning Herb identification. There is also a manufacturing component in this course where you will learn the art of brewing herbal concoctions for health, healing and beauty.

Alchemy is a big part of Herbal Medicine as I see and practice it . Purification, regeneration and transformation through the use of Herbs.

Ways that Herbs can be used:

Tablets, capsules , infusions, decoctions, tinctures, fluid extracts, syrups, juices (succus) glycertracts, oxymels, Externally as : creams, ointments, infused oils , compresses, lotions, poultices, liniments , pastes, in baths, suppositories {vege glycerine, liquid – infusion, decoction, tincture or fluid extract, and vege gelatine or agar agar) powders, herbal wines , herbal vinegars, edible herbal oils, jams, soups, broths, smoke, pillows, sachets, plasters , lozenges, snuffs. Pastes, Edible Pastes, Smudge sticks.
©Dipaunka : Macrides 1998

Intermediary Course

The pre requisite for this course is obviously the Introductory Herbal course . To me , Herbs are a source of healing and enhancement on many levels , physical, mental, emotional, spiritual . They contain many vitamins , minerals , nutrients, hormones and chemicals which our bodies can utilise . In this course we will be looking at herbs in depth, basically Materia Medica ( a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing, what we would call a drug ) This course is designed to give you an indepth understanding of specific herbs, the energetics of the herbs and their properties . This course is very detailed .We will be looking at the way to use the herbs in a practical sense , how I use them and perceive them to act on the Human body, emotions and psyche . We also will be working with the plant spirits and energies .

NEW DVD

Click Here for information and video clips from the DVD.

I completed Dipaunka's beginners course last year. I wasn't sure exactly what to expect and got so much more than I ever could have anticipated. The course is fun, informative and comes with plenty of written information. It contains a deeper, more spiritual approach but also a very practical element in which you will get to see how to make some herbal preparations. I was able to use the information immediately and have continued to expand on my knowledge since then. Dipaunka has a lovely style of teaching and is a joy to be around. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this course to anyone (and everyone!).
 
Nancy Davidson

Since taking the intro to herbs course:
-I have changed to 80% organic fruit / veg
-cut out all preservatives / unnatural additives
- thrown away any remnants of unnatural beauty / care products
- Harmonised my menstrual cycle through herbs
- Know an effective herbal remedy for the (slight) period pain i still experience
- Feel empowered to deal with any health issues that arise
- Believe health issues are unlikely as i have neuked any nasty parasites and feel soooo much better.
- Also am stepping away from relationships that no longer serve my higher self...

Thankyou so much for the course,  as you can see it has been transformational for me.

Love Lizzy.

Beginers Course information:
A 10 day intensive IntroductoryCourse .

Classes can be run in the evenings or during the day. I require at least 10 participants to run the classes. The course would run over 2 weeks, 1 class per day/ night for 5 days . A 2 day break , then 3 day or night classes followed by a 2 day break then 2 full day classes.

Course Fee for the 10 weeks :
AUS $500 for waged
AUS $450 for concession
Deposit of $150 is required to secure your place

Registration:
+61412180796
or email the Herbalist

Testimonial

Intermediary Course Information

12 day intensive course comprising the healing , medicinal , spiritaul and majikal properties of 120 herbs

. 1 very large assignment

A12 day intensive Introductory Classes can be run in the evenings or during the day. I require at least 10 participants to run the classes. The course would run over 2 weeks, 1 class per day/ night for 5 days . A 2 day break , then 5 day or night classes followed by a 2 day break then 2 full day classes.

Course Fee :

AUS $600 for waged

AUS $500 for concession

Deposit of $150 is required to secure your place

Registration:

+61412180796
or email the Herbalist

---------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------

Herbal Medicine is as old as man himself. Plants have been used from prehistoric times down through the ages for food, healing, givers of knowledge and shelter.

Instinct and generations of trial and error have led us to where we are and what we know today about herbs . To me, Herbs are a source of healing and enhancement on many levels, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. They contain many vitamins , minerals, nutrients, hormones and chemicals which our bodies can utilises.They also are Living Entities with personalities of their own . Their energies interface with ours and they also can speak to us in a language long forgotten. If we listen clearly we can be told exactly which plants/ herbs we need for our healing and which herbs to use with each other.

The learning never stops . I find in my clinic practice , in my herb garden and when manufacturing , new things about herbs that are not recorded in any text books , and knowledge that cannot be taught by anyone , only Experienced . David Hoffman , whom I have met and briefly studied with sums it up in the title of his most popular book - “The Wholistic Herbal."