BASIC HERBAL SALVE, CREAMS, AND LOTION CREATION TECHNIQUES. 11am to 1pm
Mixing herbs and creams for topical medicinal application is a foundational skill in herbalism. This class will focus various techniques of extracting herbs into fats and oils for topical application and will draw upon skills used in the first two classes to apply them in new ways. Topics covered will include types of oils and fats used, proper storage, proper heat processing and formulation for topical application. We will make an herbal oil, salve, and cream, in the class for you to take home. This class is hands on and provides written recipes for you to take home.
Come learn the basics of herbal formulation, herbal extraction, and herbal salve and cream making with experienced herbalist Brita Wynn Dinsmore! This is the third course in a series of four. Take one or more to gain herbal knowledge over the weekend. The focus for this series will be the adaptogenic herbs (stress relieving herbs) and fall and winter preparation.
Brita Wynn Dinsmore M.A. is an experienced herbalist, anthropologist, ethnobotanist, healer and hedgewitch. She has studied with many well known herbalists in face to face courses and has taught and co taught 25 Gaia Conscious 9 month apprenticeships over the course of the last 30 years. She currently teaches herbal crafting and other classes in Tacoma, WA and has taught herbal intensive and apprenticeships on her own small farm in Shelton, WA. She currently teaches intensive herbal healing series in Olympia, WA and teaches herbal craft and medicinal courses at Morningsun Herb Farm. She grows most of the herbs she uses and has decades of experience in formulation technologies.
Course fee $45
Sunday, September 7
11 am - 1 pm
at Morningsun Herb Farm, in Vacaville, CA