How to Choose Herbs with Confidence (+ My Favorite Free Training)

How to Choose Herbs with Confidence

Have you ever felt lost or confused when learning about herbs?

Have you ever wondered exactly how experienced herbalists match the remedy to the person instead of the disease?

Do you want to understand how YOU can choose the right herb for the right person (yourself, family, or friends) with confidence?

Maybe you have a shelf full of herbal books and don’t know where to begin. Or you’re sick and tired of the “one size fits all” information on the Internet.

I totally get it and I have been there.

My Herbal Journey

In 2012, I started getting really interested in herbs. Up until then, I really had not explored the topic. I knew about herbalism and that herbs can do amazing things for the body. This period of time was really the start of my healing journey and I was ready to explore any and all things natural health and get this healing show on the road.

I checked out a bunch of books at the library and started watching videos on YouTube. And I got more and more confused, overwhelmed, and then paranoid that I’d select a “bad” herb and have some sort of negative reaction (and maybe die — yes, that is a thought that went through my head!).

Then, randomly, a friend introduced me to the folks over at LearningHerbs. She didn’t even know that I was starting to get into herbs and just shared about it with me in passing.

It was like the heavens opened for me.

Well, maybe not that dramatic, but it was perfect timing and EXACTLY the information I was looking for.

You see, I was so new to herbs that I had zero foundational information to pull from. I was just reading what I could and trying to figure out how herbs fit into my life (mostly what herbs I could use to help my autoimmune disease). Because of this lack of foundation, I found myself getting pretty overwhelmed with all the info out there.

When I found LearningHerbs, I was able to start building that foundation that I needed to better utilize herbs in my own healing journey and it’s something I have continued until this day.

I also learned that there is MUCH more that goes into selecting the proper herbs for my needs than just randomly picking one out of a book. There’s a “sweet spot” that comes with knowing different aspects of the herb + your own body and needs. See image below.

It’s really important to be able to match herbs to the person, not the ailment. One great way to learn how to do this more efficiently is when you learn by experimenting with the different tastes of each herb. When we learn by taste (one of your most powerful senses), the knowledge is more rapidly implemented into our minds — much more so than just reading a book without any personal context.

But how do we do that? How do we get started with tasting herbs?

It’s really easy with LearningHerbs! I’m super excited to have partnered with LearningHerbs as an affiliate partner this year and they just released an AWESOME new training video – and it’s free. I got a sneak peek of the video before it went live and it was fantastic (and a perfect refresher for my own herbal knowledge).

This free training is applicable to anyone and everyone interested in herbs, no matter what your experience or your background is. If you are serious about wanting to learn more about herbs and how you can implement them into your busy life, this free training is for you. Consider it the compass that you need for finding the herbs your body wants.

Watch the free training video here

About the Free Taste of Herbs Training

What I love about the folks over at LearningHerbs is that they strive to make herbal knowledge accessible to everyone. They want to share about the magic of herbs without having their audience fall into information overload. Their newsletter alone is worth signing up for because it is jam-packed with amazing information every month.

Their new video training has some incredibly powerful info in it, like:

• The #1 proven way to learn about herbs…that doesn’t require book study or memorization.
• How to dramatically improve your chances for success when making a remedy.
• How to take a bookshelf of information and get it off the shelf and into practical use for your family.
• What “energetics” are and why are they important to your long term success as a home herbalist.
• How to get herbalism into your daily life, even when you barely have time to make dinner.

What’s great about the video training is that you’ll learn the cure for information overload, and how to match the herb to the PERSON and not the illness (which was my first mistake when I was just starting out).

You get to learn about herbs and plants the way your great, great grandmother learned. The way ancient people learned… how they knew what worked and what did NOT work. There is a lot of value in returning to our roots…to traditional knowledge that was once passed down from generation to generation.

Watch the free training video here

When you sign up, you won’t JUST get the video training. You also get access to a complete downloadable packet with the Taste of Herbs Flavor Wheel, worksheets, and more! The Taste of Herbs Flavor Wheel was one of my favorite parts of the training I went through and I still have my laminated copy all these years later! 🙂

Don’t forget that the price is right for this great training — FREE — which means it won’t cost you anything (other than your email address so you can get the link to the video).

This first training video will completely change the way you navigate herbalism… go check it out here.

I can’t wait to hear what you think about the video. Leave a comment below and tell me what the most interesting part was for you. Or, tell me what you like most about the Taste of Herbs Flavor Wheel. I can’t wait to hear from you!

’till next time!