You can make effective herbal remedies!

Close-up, step-by-step videos make it easy to get great results!


This course has everything you need to make excellent herbal remedies for your family, your community - and even to start your own herbal product business!

🌿 Over 52 different kinds of herbal goodies: tinctures, salves, lotions, and much more!

🌿 Everything is shown by video close up and step by step. Just bring your phone or computer into the kitchen with you and we'll do it together!

🌿 There are plenty of recipes and activities to get you started with every kind of herbal medicine and treat, from our favorite tea blends to cocktail bitters to herbal hot cocoa!

🌿 Answers to your questions fast - next-day answers when you submit questions in writing, and twice-a-week LIVE Q&A sessions with Ryn and Katja, where you can ask your questions in person!

🌿 Lifetime access, so you can learn at your speed. And, every time new material is added, you get it for free, automatically!



What's Included?

  • 50+ Videos

    Up-close videos show you every step in each process - it's like we're right there in your kitchen together!

  • Printable Quick-Guides

    Easy reference guides and recipes help you start your own collection of your favorite herbal products.

  • Our Favorite Recipes

    We've shared our favorite recipes that you can make yourself and use as the starting point for your own experimentation!

  • Activities and Quizzes

    Test out what you've learned with quizzes and fun activities in each chapter.

  • Ask us anything!

    If you have any trouble, we're here for you in twice-weekly live Q&A web conferences - and we answer your written questions every day!

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Herbal Medicine Making!

    2. Live Q&A sessions twice a week!

    3. Mountain Rose Herbs + Foster Farms discount codes

    4. How to use this platform

    5. How to use Closed-Captioning

    6. The "What's New" button on your dashboard

    7. How to use the Discussions feature

    8. Meet our Friends!

    9. Chatting in the Community Space

    10. Use of Course Material (Intellectual Property)

    11. Every Body is Different

    1. Medicine-Making Introduction

    2. Medicine-Making Introduction [audio]

    3. Sourcing Herbs

    4. Growing, Wildcrafting, & Harvesting Herbs

    5. Dehydrating Your Own Herbs

    6. Dehydrating Your Own Herbs [audio]

    1. Tea Overview

    2. Tea Overview [audio]

    3. Short Infusions

    4. Short Infusions [audio]

    5. Short Infusion Experiments

    6. Cold Infusions

    7. Cold Infusions [audio]

    8. Cold Infusion Experiments

    9. Long Infusions

    10. Long Infusions [audio]

    11. Long Infusion Experiment

    12. Mr Long Infusion

    13. Mr Long Infusion [audio]

    14. Press Pot/Airpot

    15. Press Pot [audio]

    16. Using an Airpot: making tea, making an internal strainer, how to clean your airpot, & which one to buy.

    17. Infusions Summary

    18. Decoctions

    19. Decoctions [audio]

    20. Decoction Experiment

    21. Decoctions Summary

    22. Tea Quiz

    23. It's Not Just About Tea!

    24. Tea vs. Tincture

    25. Tea vs Tincture [audio]

    26. Tea Recipes We Love

    1. Tincture Overview

    2. Tincture Overview [audio]

    3. Maceration Tinctures

    4. Maceration Tinctures [audio]

    5. Maceration Tinctures Summary

    6. Fresh Root Tinctures

    7. Weights & Measures Tinctures

    8. Weights & Measures Tinctures [audio]

    9. Weights & Measures Tincturing Note

    10. Percolation Tinctures

    11. Percolation Tinctures [audio]

    12. Percolation Tinctures Summary

    13. Additional Tincturing Resources

    14. Tinctures Experiment

    15. Tincturing Worksheet

    16. Tinctures Quiz

    17. What? No Glycerites?

    1. Vinegar Overview

    2. Vinegar Overview [audio]

    3. Making Herb-Infused Vinegars

    4. Making Herb-Infused Vinegars [audio]

    5. Our Favorite Fire Cider Recipes

    6. Fire Cider with Elderberries

    7. Fire Cider with Elderberries [audio]

    8. Vinegars Summary

    9. Vinegar Experiment

    10. Vinegars Quiz

    1. Wine Overview

    2. Wine Overview [audio]

    3. Making Herb-Infused Wines

    4. Making Herb-Infused Wines [audio]

    5. Wines Summary

    6. Herb-Infused Wine Recipes

    7. Infused Wine Experiment

    8. Wines Quiz

About this course

  • $160.00
  • 191 lessons
  • 15.5 hours of video content

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 1 year 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!

Certificate Information

You will receive a certificate for the successful completion of this course. 

This course has 67 credit hours.

This represents the actual time of video instruction and live Q&A, as well as the time allocated for your capstone assignment, quizzes, and other assignments & activities required for completion of the course.


It is reasonable to plan about twice that much time to complete the work: this is because most students like to watch the videos more than once, review their notes, and many students complete more than the required activities. You might also enjoy joining a study group in our Student Community, and you might choose to work on extra activities together as a group to help you internalize all that you've learned. 


Regardless of how long it takes you, there is never any pressure! You have access to this material for life, and in fact, when we add updates and new materials, you receive it all for free, automatically!


If new material is added after you have received your certificate, we are happy to send you a new updated certificate to document the additional time when you complete the new material.

Two Tuition Options!

We want to make this course as accessible as possible, so there are two ways to enroll. 


If you prefer a monthly payment plan, we made it super easy - just $20/month! 

You'll get all the videos, activities, printables, and more for a new herbal remedy every week, for 9 months!

This is great if you're on a budget, or if you prefer to focus on one thing at a time. Each week a new herbal remedy will unlock, like an adventure, so that you always have something new to work on!

$20/month payment plan

we offer payment plans to make our courses more accessible. a payment plan carries a commitment to complete all of the payments.


If you prefer a one-time tuition payment, you can do that for $160, which saves you $20! 

You can access all of the content in this course immediately.

This is great if you know that you like to skip around in the material, so that you can find what you need in the order you need it.

$160 one-time payment - save $20!


Either way, your access never expires, and you get free updates for life! 

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.

we offer payment plans to make our courses more accessible. after the two-week return policy period, a payment plan is a commitment to complete all of the payments.

Make your own herbal products!

For the cost of about 10 store-bought herbal products, learn to make your own forever!

Students are saying...

5 star rating

Outstanding Course

Alison Bateman

I've taken other herbal medicine-making courses, but none have shown so clearly all of the steps involved. Katja and Ryn show you all of the steps while expl...

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I've taken other herbal medicine-making courses, but none have shown so clearly all of the steps involved. Katja and Ryn show you all of the steps while explaining it in an easy to follow along matter. After taking this course I feel confident in my ability to make herbal medicine.

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5 star rating

Comprehensive content, supportive learning framework.

Cheryll Haupt

Katya and Ryn are skilled herbalist educators who teach complex information in a way that students can understand and apply. Love their courses!

Katya and Ryn are skilled herbalist educators who teach complex information in a way that students can understand and apply. Love their courses!

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5 star rating

Herbal Medicine-Making

Greta Duve

I loved this course. It covered all of the preparation methods I would ever want to use. I love how casual Ryn and Kayja are with their presentations. They e...

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I loved this course. It covered all of the preparation methods I would ever want to use. I love how casual Ryn and Kayja are with their presentations. They explain everything needed, but they also make it fun. I can't wait to take more courses.

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5 star rating

Great class

Glenn McKinstry

I really enjoyed how organized the coursework was. Being able to see your herbal remedies being made in the various stages helped a great deal.

I really enjoyed how organized the coursework was. Being able to see your herbal remedies being made in the various stages helped a great deal.

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5 star rating

Informative, fun, and exciting

TJ Hom

I learned so much that my perspective has changed about what "medicine" is and how it can be used or applied. Can't wait to go back and review each lesson to...

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I learned so much that my perspective has changed about what "medicine" is and how it can be used or applied. Can't wait to go back and review each lesson to take notes and try out the recipes!

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5 star rating

Loved this course

Carlene Gosbee

I loved learning all the different medicines you can make with herbs. Your videos were super enjoyable and it is nice to see things being made.

I loved learning all the different medicines you can make with herbs. Your videos were super enjoyable and it is nice to see things being made.

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5 star rating

Wonderful!

Shelley Schou

Love how dense this course is with information but also accessible and easy to learn! I like how everything is explained step by step. I also appreciate ho...

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Love how dense this course is with information but also accessible and easy to learn! I like how everything is explained step by step. I also appreciate how I learn about other things such as various herbs as we go along or equipment that might be helpful. I like the simplicity of the handouts as well.

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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 25 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.