The Art of Formulation
with Maria Noël Groves, Clinical Herbalist & Author
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 6-9 PM
Live Streamed via Zoom & Recorded
Feeling anxious about creating your own herbal BLENDS?
Confused or lacking confidence in how to best extract and delivery your herbs for maximum potency or how to create a custom formula that works well? Explore the art and science of herbal formulation with Maria.
Main Webinar class will cover…
- Starting off with “simples” and getting to know your single herbs
- Moving on to herbal “pairs” and “trios”
- Pros and cons of “shotgun” and “kitchen sink” formulation
- Formulation based on primary, supportive, and synergist/harmonizer herbs (plus some “good vibrations”)
- Considerations when formulating herbs into a single remedy or a full protocol
- Considerations when formulating for an individual person
- Formulation worksheet
- Bad combinations & tricky constituents
- Fresh vs dry herbs
- Hot vs cold extraction
- Converting dose by format
This on-demand online class is accompanied by
* main webinar video
* lengthy notes
* longer audio and video class recordings
* full-color slides
* additional resource tips for further learning
The main webinar time is woefully short for this complex topic!
You’ll receive these extra details in your 25+ page notes (and bonus recordings):
- When to opt for tea infusion, decoction, super infusion, cold infusion, ideal length of time
- Tips and pros/cons via format for tinctures, teas, glycerites, vinegar, honey, oxymel, pill, powder, oils...
- How to make remedies taste good
- How to make remedies more potent
- Bad combinations
- Worksheet for formulating for a client
- Food as Medicine: best herbs for delivery in food (hot milk, soup/broth, honey, vinegar, smoothie, oatmeal, hummus, nut butter balls, applesauce, yogurt, pesto…)
- Alcohol-free options
- Various tastings and hands-on activities to see how blending various herbs can elevate the medicine and flavor of your remedy
Your class registration also includes
- Maria’s “Beyond the Bottle” 3-hour demonstration class VIDEO and detailed class notes with recipes on making yummy alcohol-free remedies
NOT included but recommended is the Energetics online class available here.
Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG), clinical herbalist, runs Wintergreen Botanicals, nestled in the pine forests of New Hampshire. Her business is devoted to education and empowerment via classes, health consultations, and writing with the foundational belief that good health grows in nature. She is the author of the award-winning, best-selling Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self Care and Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies. Learn more about Maria and herbs at WintergreenBotanicals.com.
You will receive an email at least 24 hours prior to each live class as a reminder and zoom/class materials access links. If you do not see that message, check your spam folder. If it's not there, email the Wintergreen Botanicals team directly at support@wintergreenbotanicals.com or call 603-340-5161.
The post-class recording link(s) will be sent out within 24 hours after the live class. There is no deadline to watch or access materials.
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