Wild Medicine For Beginners

Learn to Read the Plants Around You The plants are right outside the door. They always have been. Our grandparents and great-grandparents knew how to use them. They didn't need books to tell them. This was ordinary knowledge, passed down through families, shared by the women in the village who knew what to reach for when someone was ill. Then it stopped being passed down. And most of us grew up without it. What we have instead is a health service under pressure, and a habit of reaching for a packet or a prescription whenever something goes wrong. That works, often. But it isn't the only way, and it isn't how things always were. What's covered in this course How our ancestors understood and categorised plants, by taste, texture, smell and colour, and why that system still works today What flavonoids are, why the yellow and green plants matter, and how they support your circulation, immune system and gut flora How mucilaginous plants soothe the digestive tract and lungs, and when to reach for them What tannins do to damaged tissue – and why a strong bark tea can be a genuine first-aid remedy for wounds and gastroenteritis How bitter plants switch on your digestion within seconds, and which conditions they're most likely to help The difference between warming aromatics and cooling ones – and how to find out which suits you Which plants to be careful with, and why (including the honest truth about alkaloids, nightshades and comfrey) How almost all the plants in this course also work as restoratives – building you up over time, so that eventually you don't need them What makes this different Most courses about herbal medicine teach you plants one by one – a long list of species with their uses attached. It's useful, but it's slow, and it doesn't give you a way of thinking. You end up knowing facts without having a framework. This course teaches you what people knew before the books were written. The system our ancestors used was based on what they could directly perceive – the sliminess of a mucilaginous plant, the puckering of tannins, the bitterness that switched on digestion, the heat of a mustard plaster. Across cultures and centuries, people arrived at remarkably similar conclusions because the plants were telling them the same things. This course puts you inside that way of seeing. That means when you finish, you're not just carrying a list. You're carrying a way of reading the land around you – one that will keep developing the more time you spend with it. Simon Mills has been a practising medical herbalist in Exeter since 1977. He's spent his career at the intersection of traditional plant knowledge and modern clinical research, and his great passion has always been to make this knowledge available to people who want it. Not just to practitioners. To everyone. Who this is for This IS for you if: You want to understand the healing plants growing around you, not just identify them You're drawn to the idea of caring for yourself and your family with plants, but want grounded, trustworthy teaching — not wellness vagueness You're starting from scratch and want a system you can build on, not just a list to memorise You believe this kind of knowledge belongs to ordinary people, and you'd like it back This is NOT for you if: You're looking for miracle cures or alternatives to medical care you actually need You want a quick reference guide without the understanding behind it What you'll get 2 hours of virtual herb walk video — filmed in the field, structured around the eight plant categories Simon teaches, with identification and use for each plant 60-minute recorded Q&A session — real questions from students, answered fully by Simon 2 years guaranteed access to all course materials, on a mobile-friendly platform What people say "This course has made something click in my brain about understanding wild medicines. After reading about herbal medicine for a while and feeling like it wasn't going in, it's now falling into place with this brilliant course." – Charley C. "Having just finished the first section of the course I wanted to thank you. How little I knew about so many of the plants with which I am so familiar. Thank you for this insightful course and your gentle and easy sharing of your immense knowledge." – Paula S. About Simon Mills Simon Mills has been practising herbal medicine in Exeter since 1977. He trained first in medical sciences at Cambridge before spending four decades working at the crossroads of traditional plant knowledge and modern healthcare. Along the way he led the main professional bodies for herbal medicine in the UK, served on government and House of Lords committees, and co-founded the University of Exeter's Centre for Complementary Health Studies. He has co-authored practitioner textbooks used worldwide, created the first Master's degree in herbal medicine in the USA, and spent years as Herbal Strategist at Pukka. He continues to work on national self-care projects with the College of Medicine, and recently shared his story on Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO. Through all of it, his purpose has stayed the same: to help people rediscover the tools that are right under their feet, and to turn that knowledge into something they can actually use. Join the course One-time payment. No subscription. A 14-day money-back guarantee if it isn't right for you. £39.95