The Art of Formulation
with Maria Noël Groves, Clinical Herbalist & Author
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 (about 1.5+ hour long) 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
The class is pre-recorded and on-demand, online, available anywhere in the world. Access will be emailed immediately upon registration. No deadline to watch. Scholarship discounts available (see below.)
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 was recorded in spring 2021 (you will also have access to similar but less expansive recordings from my 2021 and 2022 live streamed classes and 2019 audio of an in-person class).
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.
This class is part of Maria's Advanced Herbalist Training Program and available for drop-in registrations. It is geared towards intermediate/advanced herb students who already have a basic understanding of common herbs and materia medica. Drop-in students have access to the live stream class, video replay, slides, and detailed class notes but not other series student perks.
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.
On-Your-Honor Scholarship Discounts Available
Choose and Enter Your Discount Promo Code at Check Out:
10%OFF 25%OFF 50%OFF
- Financial Need
- BIPOC (Black Indigenous & People of Color) Reparations
- Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming
- Folks with Physical or Other Disabilities
- Folks Living with Challenging or Terminal Diseases
If these prices are not accessible to you and you need a deeper discount, please email office@wintergreenbotanicals.com with your requested price.
