Course Description
As plant workers, we often intuitively know which plants to reach for, but the deeper *why* can sometimes elude us. How do these complex and intelligent green beings behave in the equally as complex bioscapes of our bodies? What is the best way to understand their language, to make their their medicine, available to us? Understanding these pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of plant medicine begins with foundational concepts such as bioavailability, absorption, excretion, and mechanisms of action, as well as understanding the secondary metabolites of plants and fungi. In this course, you’ll gain a working knowledge of determining actions of plants and fungi by recognizing common constituent classes and understanding how they act in organic living systems. For each class of constituents, commonly used species will be discussed and you’ll become familiar with each class’s molecular structure and learn how to maximize the potency and bioavailability of your plant medicine by understanding which methods of extraction are best depending on a plant’s constituents. By the end of the course, you will be able to engage in lively discussions involving pharmacodynamic mechanisms of phytotherapy including tissue-level effects, hepatic effects, extra- and intracellular signaling effects, and epigenetic/gene regulation effects.
The course material will be evidence-based, and supplemental reading will be suggested for furthering your knowledge in the subject.
Suggested companion text: Mills and Bone, Principles and Practices of Phytotherapy, 2nd edition.
30 hours course total.
All recordings, handouts and resources, are available in the online classroom.

Guest Instructor
Guido Masé
Course curriculum
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1
Class 1: Herbal Pharmacology Prerequisites
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Welcome
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Prerequisites - Atoms-molecules-polarity-reactions
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Prerequisite handouts
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Prerequisite handouts (2 slides per page)
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Prerequisite handouts (4 slides per page)
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Prerequisite handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 2: Herbal Pharmacology Introduction
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Introduction - Areas Of Action
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Herbal Pharmacology Introduction handouts
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Herbal Pharmacology Introduction handouts (2 slides per page)
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Herbal Pharmacology Introduction handouts (4 slides per page)
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Herbal Pharmacology Introduction handouts (6 slides per page)
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3
Class 3: Tannins-Anthraquinones-Mucilage
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Tannin-Anthraquinone-Mucilage
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Tannins-Anthraquinones-Mucilage handouts
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Tannins-Anthraquinones-Mucilage (2 slides per page)
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Tannins-Anthraquinones-Mucilage (4 slides per page)
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Tannins-Anthraquinones-Mucilage (6 slides per page)
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Class 4: Polysaccharides
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Polysaccharides
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Polysaccharides handouts
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Polysaccharides handouts (2 slides per page)
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Polysaccharides handouts (4 slides per page)
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Polysaccharides handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 5: Coumarins
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Coumarins
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Coumarin handouts
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Coumarin handouts (2 slides per page)
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Coumarin handouts (4 slides per page)
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Coumarin handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 6: Phytosterols
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Phytosterols
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Phytosterols handouts
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Phytosterols handouts (2 slides per page)
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Phytosterols handouts (4 slides per page)
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Phytosterols handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 7: Essential Oils
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Essential Oils
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Essential Oils handouts
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Essential Oils handouts (2 slides per page)
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Essential Oils handouts (4 slides per page)
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Essential Oils handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 8: Resins
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Resins
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Resins handouts
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Resins handouts (2 pages per slide)
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Resins handouts (4 pages per slide)
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Resins handouts (6 pages per slide)
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Class 9: Pungents
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09-Pungents
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Pungents handouts
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Pungents handouts (2 pages per slide)
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Pungents handouts (4 pages per slide)
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Pungents handouts (6 pages per slide)
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Class 10: Alkaloids
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Alkaloids Part I
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Alkaloids Part II
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Alkaloids Part III
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Alkaloids handouts
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Alkaloids handouts (2 slides per page)
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Alkaloids handouts (4 slides per page)
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Alkaloids handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 11: Bitters
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Bitters
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Bitters handouts
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Bitters handouts (2 slides per page)
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Bitters handouts (4 slides per page)
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Bitters handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 12: Saponins
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Saponins
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Saponins handouts
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Saponins handouts (2 slides per page)
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Saponins handouts (4 slides per page)
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Saponins handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 13: Polyphenols
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Polyphenols Phytoestrogens Part I
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Polyphenols - Phytoestrogens Part II
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Polyphenols handouts
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Polyphenols handouts (2 slides per page)
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Polyphenols handouts (4 slides per page)
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Polyphenols handouts (6 slides per page)
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Class 14: Clinical Pharmacognosy 1
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Clinical Pharmacognosy Part I
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Clinical pharmacognosy 1
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Clinical pharmacognosy 1 (2 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 1 (4 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 1 (6 slides per page)
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Class 15: Clinical Pharmacognosy 2
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Clinical Pharmacognosy Part II-A
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Clinical Pharmacognosy Part II-B
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Clinical Pharmacognosy Part II-C
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Clinical pharmacognosy 2
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Clinical pharmacognosy 2 (2 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 2 (4 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 2 (6 slides per page)
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Class 16: Clinical Pharmacognosy 3
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Clinical Pharmacognosy Part III
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Clinical pharmacognosy 3
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Clinical pharmacognosy 3 (2 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 3 (4 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 3 (6 slides per page)
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Class 17: Clinical Pharmacognosy 4
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Clinical Pharmacognosy Part IV
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Clinical pharmacognosy 4
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Clinical pharmacognosy 4 (2 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 4 (4 slides per page)
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Clinical pharmacognosy 4 (6 slides per page)
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Pricing options
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6 x $100.00
Regular price
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$550.00
One-time payment