Are you a practitioner looking to enhance your knowledge of the safe and effective use of low dose botanicals?


Would you like to understand this class of herbs to better support and serve your clients?


If yes, this weekend intensive is for you!

Lodging Information

At this time, housing options include camping onsite or booking nearby accommodations such as Airbnbs or local rentals. There is a possibility that limited indoor housing will become available, but we likely won’t know what (if anything) will open up until June. If camping isn’t your preference, we strongly encourage you to secure alternative lodging just in case. 

Interested in sharing a space? We’re happy to connect attendees who’d like to coordinate housing—just send us an email and we’ll put you in touch with others. [email protected]

Low Dose Botanicals Weekend Intensive

Understanding Nature's Potent Remedies

Attention all practitioners: We are excited to announce our upcoming Low Dose Botanicals Weekend Intensive, designed exclusively for Clinical Herbalists, advanced clinical students and other qualified healthcare practitioners. This unique and highly specialized intensive focuses on the safe and effective use of low dose botanicals, which have a greater potential for toxicity and require a more in-depth understanding than commonly used herbs.

If you're looking to expand your knowledge and leverage the targeted potency of low dose botanicals in your practice, our weekend intensive will provide you with the essential information and professional guidance you need. The course has been tailored to meet the needs of practitioners experienced in herbal medicine.
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What You'll Learn

At the Low Dose Botanicals Intensive

Students will:

-Explore the history of low dose botanicals in traditional medicine systems, such as the Eclectic system

-Understand the difference between toxicity and low dose herbs, and how strategic dosing can lead to powerful healing properties

-Master the art of administering low dose botanicals, with a focus on safety, efficacy, and minimizing potential harm

-Learn about the most common low dose herbs used in North American clinical practice, as well as their unique benefits and applications

-Gain insight into the advantages of low dose herbal medicines, including cost-effectiveness and patient compliance

Attendance Requirements

Due to the potential toxicity of low dose botanicals, this weekend intensive is only open to Clinical Herbalists and other qualified healthcare practitioners.


Low-dose botanicals can be safe and effective medicines for a variety of ailments when used with intention and proper training. 

However, using these herbs in clinical practice requires a strong foundation in critical thinking, physiology, toxicology, formulation, and clinical experience. Without this knowledge, low-dose botanicals have the potential to cause harm to both the practitioner and the client. 

Because of the potential for harm that low-dose botanical presents when used incorrectly, this workshop is only available to advanced clinical students and those in active clinical practice who meet at least one of the following prerequisites: 

1.  An advanced clinical student with a reference letter from a current teacher or mentor in active clinical practice. 

2.  A practitioner with a reference letter from their primary teacher. 

3.  Active student in the Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine Clinical Program. 

If you are not an active ESHM clinical program student, you will need to send your prerequisite reference letter to us via email: [email protected].

By limiting participation to those who meet these prerequisites, we can ensure that all participants have the necessary knowledge and experience to safely use low-dose botanicals.

Limited Spots Available!

Book your seat now and expand your professional horizons in the world of low dose botanicals.

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FAQ

  • Who is this live weekend for?

    This class is only available to advanced clinical students and those in active clinical practice who meet at least one of the course prerequisites. Please review the Attendance Requirements section for more information.

  • What should I expect during class?

    During this weekend intensive, we will:

    -Delve into the history of low dose botanicals, exploring their traditional use and role in Eclectic physician practices

    -Learn how to match the appropriate intervention to the severity of the condition, ensuring the safe and effective application of these powerful herbs

    -Master the art of proper preparation and dosing, using up-to-date guidelines and research

    -Develop your skills in creating potent formulations that maximize the effects of these powerful remedies while minimizing potential risks

    -Discover the role of low-dose botanicals as potentiators in reducing overall dosages required for desired therapeutic effects

  • Can this class be taken online?

    No, but there is an online component to this in-person class.

A Note About Low Dose Botanicals

from Thomas Easley

Herbs with a potential for dose dependent toxicity are commonly referred to as toxic botanicals or low dose botanicals. I like to use the term "low dose botanicals" myself because honestly, almost everything is toxic in a high enough dose.

Low dose botanicals have an effect on the body closer to what we would expect of modern pharmaceuticals than many of the medicinal herbs that we use. Most low dose botanicals aren't readily available on the market, and honestly, that's probably a good thing. But there's a weirdly cautious attitude amongst trained Herbalists and even Naturopaths about low-dose botanicals that's not shared with pharmaceuticals.

That's why this weekend intensive is created especially for practitioners, and will provide participants with the essential information and professional guidance they need to work safely and effectively with low dose botanicals in their clinical practices.

Don't miss out!

Reserve your spot today and join us in exploring nature's potent remedies with skill and confidence.

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Student Testimonials

About the Low Dose Weekend Intensive

“This class provided equal parts knowledge and direct experience with plants and their effects, grounded in the good company of fellow herbalists. It was stimulating to the mind and nourishing to the spirit, as well as just a whole lot of fun.” 



“I went to the low dose weekend and all I got was a bunch of amazing, kind, intelligent, bad ass, plant-loving friends who always have my back and whom I now talk with in a group chat on a near daily basis.”



"Ahead of the weekend intensive, Thomas assured me that no one had ever died at his low dose class. Sure enough, no one did!” 



“I went into the low dose botanicals class a bit nervous about working with these remedies. By the end of the weekend, I’d gained so much confidence by learning about safe dosages and proper indications for use, experiencing the plant in my own body, and hearing from fellow students and teachers in real-time about how they were experiencing each plant.”

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Belladonna via https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/belladonna.shtml | Henbane via https://www.britannica.com/plant/henbane | Gelsemium via https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/gelsemium-sempervirens/ | Ghost Pipe via https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/beauty/mycotrophic/monotropa_uniflora.shtml | Nux vomica via https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/498755-Strychnos-nux-vomica | Poke via https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/phytolacca-americana/