Low Dose Botanicals for Practitioners 2024
2024 Weekend Intensive
with Thomas Easley
and special guest instructors
July 27-28, 2024
Please review attendance requirements, then email [email protected] to purchase this class.
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!
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.
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.
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
-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.
Low Dose Botanicals Weekend Intensive 2024
at the Solon Dixon Center in Andalusa, Alabama
The Dixon Center sits on 5,430 acres of land near Andalusia, Alabama. The Dixon Center functions as a living laboratory for hands-on, experiential learning for students of Auburn University's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment. Focused on providing hands-on natural resource education, the Center was designed to be a living classroom, emphasizing experiential learning in forestry and natural resources management.
FAQ
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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.
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Where will I stay?
Lodging is available at the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center (part of Auburn University). Lodging is $150/night. All on-campus lodging also includes a meal plan. Please see the "Lodging and Travel FAQ" section below for more info.
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Can my family travel with me?
Yes! You'll want to book additional lodging as needed for your family members. Please see the "Lodging and Travel FAQ" section below for more info.
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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. The online classroom opens on July 1.
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.
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.
July 27-28, 2024
Andalusia, Alabama
Join Thomas Easley, Mel Kasting, and special guest instructors for this weekend intensive hosted at the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center (part of Auburn university) in Thomas' hometown of Andalusia, Alabama.
Lodging and Travel FAQ
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Where will I be staying for the class weekend?
You have two lodging options!
1. Stay with us at the Solon Dixon Center in Andalusia, Alabama.
2. Reserve your own lodging elsewhere, like an Air BnB, and drive to join us for class each day. -
What's included with on-campus lodging?
On-campus lodging includes 1 room with 2 twin beds and private bath, and includes 1 meal plan per room. We'll send a full info sheet with more details to participants after signup.
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Can I fly to Andalusia instead of drive?
Yes! The airport in Pensacola is most accessible, but you could also fly into Fort Walton Beach or Montgomery, AL.
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If I fly in, should I rent a car?
We're planning on doing one shuttle from the Pensacola airport to campus on the evening before class. If rideshare spaces fill up, or you'd like to be able to leave campus while you're in Andalusia, you'll want to rent a car.
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What type of meal plan is included with my lodging?
Meal plans include breakfast/lunch/dinner on Saturday, and breakfast/lunch/snack on Sunday.
Meals will be gluten-free and dairy-free. If you'd prefer a GF/DF vegetarian meal plan, or a vegan meal plan, this can also be accommodated as long as you email [email protected] immediately after signing up.
Please email [email protected] ahead of signing up if you're celiac.
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.”
Pricing Plans FAQ
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What does "Class Enrollment Only" pricing include?
If you'd like to attend class and stay off-campus in an AirBnb (or similar) then this is the option for you! It includes just enrollment in the class.
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What does "Class + Lodging/Meals Included" pricing include?
This includes your course enrollment and on-campus lodging (plus meals) for one student.
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What does "Class + Meals Only/No Lodging" pricing include?
This option is for folks who are attending class but staying off-campus who want to eat on-campus instead of prepping meals at their own lodging. It includes class enrollment plus meals but no lodging.
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Can I choose one pricing plan now, then change it later?
Make sure you're certain of the pricing plan(s) you'd like to choose because once purchased, they're locked in. If you have any questions about pricing plans or logistics before purchasing, email [email protected].
Image credits
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/