Get healthy and stay healthy through cold & flu season!

In this course, you’ll learn how to work holistically to keep yourself healthy through cold and flu season - and to recover quickly if you find yourself sick!

You’ll learn about the herbs that are best suited for every type of cold and flu symptom, as well as how to prepare each herb so that you get its strongest benefits. 

There are step-by-step, up-close videos showing you how to make each kind of herbal remedy so that you'll feel confident making what you need to get well and stay well!

This course contains over 10 hours of videos - plus resources, reference materials, printable recipe cards, and more!

You'll learn everything you need to know to get through the sneezing, sniffly nose, coughing, stuffy head, fever, ear ache, sore throat, watery eyes, and general crud of cold and flu season!

Be prepared for cold & flu season this year!

I'm ready!

What you'll learn

  • How to recover fast when you get sick

    Herbs are ideal for fighting viral infections like a cold and the flu. Learn exactly which herbs can get you through all the symptoms of cold & flu season!

  • How to stay healthy

    When everyone else is getting sick, there are effective preventative actions you can take to keep yourself strong and healthy! Learn exactly what you should do to NOT get sick.

  • Make strong herbal remedies

    See exactly how to make the best remedies for cold & flu season in close-up, step-by-step videos!

  • Printable Quick-Guides

    There are even printable quick-guides and a pile of recipes you can hang on your refrigerator so that you're ready for anything!

Best $25 I've ever spent!

Magdalene M.

I got SO much out of this course! These two have such an incredible way of bringing information to you in such a way that it is easy to comprehend and make sense of. This course was way more in-depth then I anticipated, and you really cover the whole system, can't recommend it enough! (ps. the rosehip jam...new fridge staple!!) I look forward to taking more courses from them.

Check out the whole course contents:

  • 1

    Welcome! (02:18)

  • 2

    Viruses & How They Work (82:57)

    • Viral Infection & Transmission

    • Viral Infection & Transmission [audio]

    • A Cold vs. The Flu

    • A Cold vs The Flu [audio]

    • Flu Pandemics

    • Flu Pandemics [audio]

    • Viruses Quiz
  • 3

    Host Resistance: Your Body's Defense (68:46)

  • 4

    Dealing with the Symptoms (190:05)

    • In the Ears

    • In the Ears [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for the Ears

    • In the Eyes

    • In the Eyes [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for the Eyes

    • In the Nose

    • In the Nose [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for the Nose

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    • In the Throat

    • In the Throat [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for the Throat

    • In the Lungs, part 1

    • In the Lungs, part 1 [audio]

    • In the Lungs, part 2

    • In the Lungs, part 2 [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for the Lungs

    • Fever

    • Fever [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for Fever

    • Journal Prompt: Facing Fever Phobia

    • Symptoms Quiz
  • 5

    Actions for Every Cold and Flu (30:41)

    • In All Cases...

    • In All Cases [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for All Cases

    • In All Cases Quiz
  • 6

    Influenza-Like Illnesses (Including Covid-19) (198:45)

    • Holistic Herbalism's Approach to Illness

    • Herbs for Coronavirus Preparedness

    • Understanding "Cytokine Storm"

    • Paul Bergner on the concept of "Cytokine Storm"

    • Elderberries do not cause "Cytokine Storm"

    • Two referenced studies on Elderberry and Cytokines

    • More on Elderberries

    • NSAIDs, Aspirin, etc and viral shedding

    • Herbal Home Nursing Basics for Covid-19 and Beyond

    • Covid Self-Care at Home

    • Covid-19 lessons learned: most successful strategies for acute self-care and recovery

    • Long Haul Covid & The Slow Covid Recovery
  • 7

    More Herbs, & Beyond... (13:48)

    • Matera Medica for Cold & Flu

    • Support Systems Beyond Herbs

    • Support Systems Beyond Herbs [audio]
  • 8

    Surviving Cold & Flu Alone (06:40)

    • Surviving alone

    • Surviving Alone [audio]

    • Action Prompt: Are You Ready?
  • 9

    Rebuilding Your Immune System After You Get Sick (22:57)

    • Rebuilding After Illness

    • Rebuilding After Illness [audio]

    • Remedy Recipes for Rebuilding & Resilience

    • Katja's NotCoffee recipe with Reishi

    • Our Bone Broth Recipe
  • 10

    More of Our Favorite Cold & Flu Recipes (109:24)

    • Harvesting the Winter Elixir Herbs

    • Harvesting the Winter Elixir Herbs [audio]

    • Making the Winter Elixir

    • Making the Winter Elixir [audio]

    • Elderberry Infused Honey

    • Elderberry Infused Honey [audio]

    • Printable: Elderberry Infused Honey

    • Are Raw Elderberries Safe?

    • Are Raw Elderberries Safe? [audio]

    • Elderberry Syrup with Dried Berries

    • Elderberry Syrup with Dried Berries [audio]

    • Fire Cider with Elderberries

    • Fire Cider with Elderberries [audio]

    • Our Favorite Fire Cider Recipes
  • 11

    Want more herby goodness?

    • Learn more!

The best herb school online!

Vanessa P.

"I researched different online herbalism courses for about two months and am so glad I found you two. There is so much more than just the material to this course. Because you teach everything in videos, and then with the live Q&A sessions every week, I feel like this is more of an in-person experience than an online course and I love that."

But wait, there's more! 🙂

In addition to the videos, we provide features to accommodate all the different ways people like to learn, so you can internalize the information easily!

  • Lifetime access - so you can review the content as many times as you like, forever!

  • Weekly live Q&A sessions with Katja and Ryn - to ask your questions directly, live and in person! (They're even archived, in case you miss one!) This course has 6 months of live Q&A support.

  • Ask questions anytime - we're always just a click away: you can ask any questions in the integrated discussion forum, and we're committed to personally answering your questions, usually within 24 hours

  • Printable PDF materials - if you like to follow the videos along on paper, or keep them handy for a quick reference

  • Downloadable MP3 files - so you can review the content while you commute, workout, garden, ... anytime!

Your Teachers

Two heads are better than one!


Katja & Ryn
Katja & Ryn

Katja & Ryn almost always teach together. They each have particular talents and areas of interest, and their perspectives on certain issues are quite different! Together, they convey a fuller picture of the realities of herbal theory & practice than either one could do alone.

Katja is an herbalist and teacher working to help people rebuild their relationships with their bodies and their own ability to heal. She’s been in practice for nearly 20 years, but it all began with a desire to make her own “fancy tea” at home instead of paying high prices for imported blends at specialty stores. She’s kept that do-it-yourself ethic close to her heart.

Ryn has been a practicing herbalist since 2010. He came to herbalism by way of martial arts, where his first experiences with herbs were focused on getting back into the game and becoming more flexible, adaptable, and resilient. Passing that experience on to others is what keeps him motivated every day.

Together, Katja and Ryn teach everyone from children to elders, as well as pharmacy students from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, where they both serve as associate faculty. Ryn and Katja are the authors of Herbal Medicine for Beginners, and the creators of the weekly Holistic Herbalism Podcast.

What students are saying...

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Practical and Fun!

Tamy Lockhart

I love the conversational format of this course! Educational with clear explanations and practical, real-life applications. Definitely more exciting and fun...

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I love the conversational format of this course! Educational with clear explanations and practical, real-life applications. Definitely more exciting and fun than just reading from a textbook. Not that I want to get sick, but I almost can't wait for my next runny nose! ;) Thank you both!!

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I can't believe how much was in this course!

Samantha Sabovitch

I cannot believe the ridiculously awesome amount of information that was included in this class. Ryn and Katja are fun to listen to -- they're my kind of peo...

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I cannot believe the ridiculously awesome amount of information that was included in this class. Ryn and Katja are fun to listen to -- they're my kind of people (a little goofy, a little nerdy). But what really shines is how much herbal goodness is talked about, thoroughly. Some science, for those who want it, but mostly practical, hands-on info to keep your family healthy and your winter a little less yucky.

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More than I dreamed

Shelley Schou

I continue to be more than thrilled with the courses with Ryn and Katja. They are so dense with a wide gamut of information and the positive upbeat and easy ...

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I continue to be more than thrilled with the courses with Ryn and Katja. They are so dense with a wide gamut of information and the positive upbeat and easy to understand delivery makes it all go down like honey. Thank you!

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The Help I Needed to Get Through My Virus

Catherine de Marin

This course helped me through my recent illness - the symptoms starting on March 1st and just having subsided on March 28th. Thankfully I tested negative fo...

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This course helped me through my recent illness - the symptoms starting on March 1st and just having subsided on March 28th. Thankfully I tested negative for COVID-19. The practical information about cold/flu illnesses and how to cope with their symptoms was absolutely invaluable. It enabled me to care for myself and my partner. What an incredible value!

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Vital debunking of the myth

Carol Viera

With the escalating and spreading of coronavirus, first case in Boston today (20 year old), it's easy to think of the 1918 flu pandemic... including the numb...

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With the escalating and spreading of coronavirus, first case in Boston today (20 year old), it's easy to think of the 1918 flu pandemic... including the number of young deaths. Opening up the actual history around this - lifestyle changes, treatments used, etc.-takes yet another panic saturated history and offers sanity around what it was and what we might be facing now... which is a very good thing because the resulting calm and clear headedness are as important as knowing about helpful interventions. Thanks!

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Flu Pandemics

Sherry Jochen

Excellent presentation! Definitely awakened a new thought process for me. Thank you! Sherry

Excellent presentation! Definitely awakened a new thought process for me. Thank you! Sherry

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Zero-Risk Return Policy

Teaching isn't just about conveying information - there's also an aspect of being someone's "cup of tea".

So we want you to take the first 14 days to really decide if you love it or not. If for any reason you feel like this program isn’t right for you - if we're just not your cup of tea - we’ll give you a full refund. You don't even need a reason - just please let us know within 14 days of purchase.