Will The Science & Art of Herbalism course make me a registered/master herbalist?

The Science & Art of Herbalism is a wonderful and well-respected course. Students who satisfactorily complete all ten homework assignments receive a lovely certificate for completing the coursework. However, there is no way that a home study course, no matter how well written, could possibly provide the years of hands-on experience and study required to achieve the title of Master Herbalist. The Science & Art of Herbalism course will provide a very strong foundation on the road to herbal knowledge, but only you will know when you are ready to start working with patients outside of yourself and family.

Rosemary suggest that to get the kind of hands-on practice one needs to open a practice, you really should attend an onsite school, learning directly from teachers and getting clinical practice by working one on one with others in a supervised way. There are schools that do this, some that offer full time programs and others that offer shorter programs for those, like yourself, that already have some training.

You might just wish to take a short-term program that augments what you already know and gives you that invaluable one-on-one, hands-on clinical practice. Schools and programs that you might wish to look into include:  David Winston's Center for Herbal Studies, School of Integrated Health at Notre Dame of Maryland, The Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, The California School of Herbal Studies, Dandelion Herbal Center, and there are other programs as well.

For more information and other school listings, you may want to look at the American Herbalist Guild or the New England Herbal Association websites.