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Herbal Medicine

Understanding Herbal Medicine is an important part of Holistic care for all health care providers. These courses are open enrollment, just click enroll now, and register. Courses may be taken for credit or audited. Must be taken for credit to transfer into the midwifery, lactation, or maternal-child health programs. Aviva Institute in collaboration with United Nurses Seminars has approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP11487 for 9 .0 contact hours.

HERB 0201 Introduction to Herbal Medicine

Course Description: Herbal medicine is the people's medicine. This class will provide a basic overview of the fundamentals of herbalism. Topics include basic botany, plant identification, making your own herbal remedies, and herbal therapeutic actions.

It is a pre-requisite for all other herbal classes for those without previous experience with herbs.

Dates: 7/12-8/1/2010

Instructor: Astrid Grove, LM, CPM

Prerequisites:
None, credit course open enrollment.

Credits: 2

Tuition: $230.00

For list of required textbooks visit the bookstore.

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Please Note: there are herbal supplies needed for making medicines, a list will be provided.

HERB 1211 Herbal Medicine for Childbearing

Course Description: Herbal Medicine with a focus on pregnancy, birth, postpartum and lactation. This is an open enrollment course, but is the same course taken by the matriculating students. It can be taken now for those who want to take it early.

Dates: 8/2-8/22/2010

Instructor: Astrid Grove, LM, CPM

Prerequisites:
HERB 0201 Introduction to Herbal Medicine or instructor permission

Credits: 2

Tuition: $230.00

For list of required textbooks visit the bookstore.

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Instructor

Astrid Grove, LM, CPM is a licensed homebirth midwife, a community herbalist, and a practitioner of The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage. Being the daughter of an osteopathic physician, she was raised in an environment which focused on preventative health care. She has lived her entire adult life seeking and learning all that she can about how to be as healthy as possible herself and in turn how to help others find this for themselves.

She received her Bachelor’s degree in Eastern Medicine and Philosophy from UMASS at Amherst. She has studied extensively with herbalists Ellen Evert Hopman, Pam Montgomery, and Susun S. Weed. She is also a graduate of Birthwise Midwifery School of Maine.

She has been in practice in Vermont since 2006 and has just relocated to the west coast where she is slowly sinking her roots into this new land. She lives in the Puget Sound on an island with her husband and her three cats.

“The root of every culture's success lies in its birthing practices. Let's create a culture based on love and trust, on peace and compassion, on empowerment and respect.?