DAVID WINSTON’S CENTER FOR HERBAL STUDIES TO OFFER ON-LINE COURSE!

Until now, David Winston’s world-renowned two year herbal studies program was only available to a limited number of students and those within commuting distance. Beginning with the next semester (September, 2006) any serious herb student with a high-speed internet connection will be able to participate in this unique course. For over 25 years this program has been educating Herbalists, Physicians, Nurses, Naturopathic Physicians, Veterinarians, Nutritionists, etc. in the art and science of clinical herbal medicine. contact us at 908-835-0822, or dwherbal.office@verizon.net. And Visit www.herbalstudies.org for more information as well.

Dear Friend,

Thank you for your interest in Herbal Therapeutics School of Botanical Medicine (HT-SBM). David Winston, AHG, an internationally respected herbalist, is the dean and primary instructor for this program. He teaches throughout the US, Canada, and the UK and has been teaching the two year HT-SBM program for 24 years.

The program runs from September through August for two consecutive years and is offered every other year. The next two-year Herbalist’s Training Program will begin Tuesday, September 12^th, 2006.

Michael Anthonavage, M.A., is offering the prerequisite course for the two-year Herbalist’s Training Program, Anatomy and Physiology. This class is required unless you have completed college level Introduction to A&P. For further information, please contact Michael at 908-832-5046. Attending this class does not guarantee automatic acceptance into the Herbal Therapeutics program.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us at the above address, send an E-mail to the attention of Admissions.

Coursework:

Starting Date: The duration of the course is 2 years. The 2006-2008 Tuesday class will start September 12^th, 2006. Class will meet once per week on Tuesday evenings from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. (includes potluck dinner break).

Format: Each class begins with a question & answer session, or an herb walk (once per month spring through autumn). The remainder of class will be lecture, demonstration and discussion.

Location: 51 S. Wandling Ave., Washington, NJ 07882

Prerequisite: Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology:
Offered by Michael Anthonavage at the same location. This class is required unless you have completed college level Introduction to A&P. Please call 908-722-2350 or 908-874-1352 for class schedule and registration.

Curriculum (all classes taught by David Winston AHG unless noted)
* Introduction to Health & Healing

* Field Botany:
Introduction to Botany
Field identification
Botanical terminology
Herb walks/Slide presentations

* Introduction to Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants: (taught by Michael Anthonavage)
Chemistry of the cell
Medicinal compounds produced by plants

* Introduction to Concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Chinese Organ Systems
Theory of Energetics (4 energies, 5 tastes); yin/yang theory; 4 precious substances, and external pernicious influences
Materia Medica of 90+ herbs

* Ayurvedic & Unani-Tibb Materia Medica
a) Materia Medica of 35+ herbs

* Introduction to Cherokee Medicine & Culture:
Cherokee Language of Plants
The Cherokee Medicine Tradition
Native American Materia Medica of 100+ herbs

* Herbal Pharmacy (taught by Kerry Adams):
a) Hands-on experience making extracts (alcohol & glycerites), oils, ointments, fomentations, compresses poultices, and cough syrups, creams, ointments, pills and suppositories

* Diagnostics:
a) Analysis of the tongue, face, hand/nail, pulse, diet, iris, and sclera

* Materia Medica III:
80+ World-wide herbs including African, European, and Polynesian medicinal plants

* Therapeutic Protocols:
a)   System wide reviews of the herbs utilized for correcting immune disfunction, digestive issues, cardiovascular
problems, imbalances of the nervous system, intestinal tract, respiratory, and genito-urinary system

* Constitutional Therapy:
a) Clinical use of herbs, diet, supplements, exercise, counseling techniques, flower remedies, and essential oils for creating patient specific protocols

* Case Histories & Clinic:
a)   Patient intake and case history preparation
b)   Case history practicum utilizing the triune method and other
techniques for creating patient specific formulas
c)   Starting an herbal practice
d)   Professional ethics

* History of Western Herbal Medicine:
The Roots of Medicine - Greek, Arabic, and European traditions American Herbal Traditions: Thomsonian Medicine, Physio-medicalism, and Eclectic Medicine

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The Herbal Therapeutics program offers two payment plans:

Plan A: The student pays $2,500.00 per year due on the first class of each year. Total cost of program is $5,000.00.

Plan B: $300.00 due August of each year, $225.00 for each month thereafter, due on the first class of each month. Cost per year is $2,775.00. Total cost of program is $5,550.00

Interview and Acceptance Process
Completed applications will be reviewed by admissions and qualified applicants will be contacted to arrange an interview. Interviews will be held during May & June, 2006.
The Herbal Therapeutics program does not deny enrollment, or make any distinction of, students regardless of race, color, creed, nationality, sexual orientation or gender. You must be 18 years of age or older to attend classes.

Certificate of Completion & Recognition
Students will be eligible to receive a certificate & participate in graduate programs upon satisfactory completion of all program requirements.

Grounds for Dismissal
Failure to comply with standards of conduct, failure to make up-to-date payments of tuition, excessive absence (more than 7 in one year) or chronic tardiness may result in dismissal from the program. Any other conduct which unduly interferes with the educational function of the class or which harms or threatens the welfare of the premises, its students or staff, may be cause for termination of your enrollment.

The HT-SBM program meets 43-45 weeks out of 52 per year (5:00pm-10:00pm). Promptness, regular attendance, an active interest in work assignments, and a cooperative attitude toward the instructors and fellow students are required. We want you to succeed both in our program and after graduation.

Success is a two way street and we at Herbal Therapeutics will do our share to help you attain success through mutual commitment, cooperation & responsibility. Our philosophy is to offer a quality program providing the successful graduate with the necessary skills to understand, utilize and work effectively with herbs, nutrition, and health issues.

About The Instructors

David Winston, Herbalist, RH (AHG)
David has a unique background in herbal medicine. Trained in Cherokee, Chinese and Western/Eclectic Herbal Traditions, he has over 36 years of experience as a practitioner and educator.

A founding member at the American Herbalist Guild, he also acts as an herbal consultant to physicians and industry. David is the author of Saw Palmetto for Men & Women, Storey Books (1999), Herbal Therapeutics (2003), and the co-author of Herbal Therapy and Supplements: A Scientific and Traditional Approach, Lippincott (2001). He is a frequent contributor to numerous journals as well as the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. In addition, he is president of Herbalist and Alchemist, Inc. a manufacturer of superb herbal extracts.

As an educator, David frequently lectures throughout the USA, Canada, & Europe, teaching at universities, medical and herb schools and symposia. He is an adjunct professor at the Tai Sophia Institute and is the Dean of the Herbal Therapeutics School of Botanical Medicine. In his spare-time, David directs the Herbal Therapeutics Research Library, one of the premiere herbal/ethnobotanical libraries in North America and is a traditional ceremonial leader (didahnewisgi) for his community.

Michael Anthonavage, MA Biology, BS Biology/Chemistry
Michael is a board certified Medical Technologist with 16 years of experience. Having worked in 3 major North Jersey hospitals, his areas of experience include clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology, molecular pathology and dietary formulations. In addition, Michael has 12 years experience at major international pharmaceutical companies as a Senior Research Scientist. His present work involves basic research in skin biology using cell culture and molecular biology techniques.

Michael has been an adjunct professor for Montclair State University as well as Bloomfield College for close to 10 years. Courses include Human Biology, Biological Sciences, and Biology for Survival. Michael has been an instructor at HT-SBM for 7 years and has given lectures on Plant Phytochemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and Clinical Laboratory Interpretations.

Kerry Adams, ABT dip NCCAOM
Kerry is a Clinical Herbalist and educator with over 25 years of experience. She is a 1993 graduate of the Herbal Therapeutics School of Botanical Medicine 2 year program and the one year graduate program. Kerry also graduated as a Charter Herbalist from Dominion Herbal College, Burnaby, BC, Canada in 1979; the Meridian Institute of Shiatsu and the East/West Institute. She currently practices at the Holistic Health Care Center in Lebanon, NJ, a clinic combining traditional and comprehensive medical care, and at her own clinic, Herbally Yours, founded in 1979. Kerry is also a licensed massage therapist, nationally certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine as a Diplomate in Asian Bodywork Therapy and is a member of the American Herbalist Guild and the Herbal Exchange since 1995. In addition, she is an experienced teacher giving classes in herbal medicine, medicine making, fiber arts and Asian bodywork for the last 20 years.

Comments from Previous Students

"David Winston's Herbal Therapeutics,’ School of Botanical Medicine offers the most comprehensive and professional herbal education, with emphasis in the Scientific tradition, available to any serious student of herbal medicine in the USA today."

"David is clearly devoted to providing the most accurate and appropriate information on a wide range of subjects, including human disorders, herbal materia medica, diagnostic techniques, treatment protocols, dietary and lifestyle considerations as part of the curriculum. His wide experience in clinical practice, his extensive research library, his Cherokee and Oriental Medicine training and his knowledge of manufacturing superior herbal products, combined with his casual, yet intensely thorough teaching style, brings a unique opportunity to get a wealth of information condensed into a two year program."

"It provided me with a solid foundation to begin clinical practice as an herbalist nurse, and David has been an ongoing resource of material during these two years since graduating. I look forward to continuing in a graduate - level program, as knowledge is ongoing in this field, and with David's programs, I know I will always receive more than I anticipate."

Dale Bellisfield, RN

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"As a Massage Therapist and Herbalist, I felt this comprehensive course gave me a deep understanding of the role of herbs in the healing process as well as the confidence to work with individual clients."

Susan Lembo, Massage Therapist

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"I spent two years studying American Herbalism with David Winston. Dollar for dollar and pound for pound his class was one of the most information intense, practically and clinically useful presentations on the nature and use of herbs that I have ever been exposed to."

Sakhshot W. Flowers, MD, FAC

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"David Winston's program is not only thorough, comprehensive and fun but life-changing. I highly recommend it to anyone contemplating the practice of clinical herbology."

Mercedes Hnizdo, CMT, CA, CAI
Institute of Aromatherapy

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"I am a gynecologist practicing more and more as a naturopath. My specialty is in the use of natural hormones, and more importantly, I assist my patients in recognizing the doctor within, thus empowering them to heal.

What a wonderful experience I am having in David Winston's herb course. Not only am I learning about an enormous amount of herbs which I can incorporate into my very busy practice; the beauty about my new wisdom is how I can be a bridge between traditional and herbal medicine.

This is not only a win-win situation for my patients, but more importantly for my physician colleagues who are ready and willing to expand their horizons."

Helene B. Leonetti, MD

Herbal Therapeutics
School of Botanical Medicine
P.O. Box 553
Broadway, NJ 08808
(908) 835-0822
classes@herbaltherapeutics.net

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