COURSES OFFERED BY JOHN REDDEN:
John Redden RH
Advanced Therapeutic Protocols (pdf document)
2775 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ont.,M6P 1Y4
Phone: 416-767-3428
E-mail: redden@viriditasherbalproducts.com
Website: http://www.viriditasherbalproducts.com

• HERBAL HOME CARE
  Things your grandmother should have taught you
  with John Redden RH
  A six week hands-on course for beginners and parents.
  7:30 - 10:00 pm one evening a week
  Fee: $250.00
  Week 1: Starting last November 13th
  
• Introduction to Course
  
• Remedies from the spice cabinet
  
• How to make teas - tisanes, cold infusions, decoctions
  Week 2: November 20th
  
• Fomentations - Astringent, Arnica, Eyebright/Goldenseal
  
• Baths - Cayenne, Valerian, Spruce Needles, Hayseed, Rosemary, Thyme, Hops, Ginger& Mustard
  Week 3: November 27th
  
• First Aid - Insect bites, burns, cuts/scratches, decubitus ulcers, nausea/vomiting, indigestion, colds/flus/fevers, sprains/strains/bruises/contusions, hives/rashes, poison ivy, diarrhea/constipation, conjunctivitis, poisons, toothache
  Week 4: December 4th
  
• The Art of Poulticing - Mustard Plaster with Flax, Castor Oil Pack, Comfrey Poultice, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Poultices
  Week 5: December 11th
• Making Herbal Oils, Salves and Creams - Honey Salve
  Week 6: December18
  
• Making Herbal Syrups and Tinctures
  
• Vinegars & Food Preserving
  VIRIDITAS HERBAL PRODUCTS
  2775 Dundas St. West (just East of Keele), Toronto
  Phone 416-767-3428 to register redden@viriditasherbalproducts.com
  
  
• PRACTICAL HERB COURSE: 16 and 24 weeks of planting, growing & harvesting herbs in the class garden. Products are manufactured and taken home by students. Field identification and class lectures with notes given.
  
  
• GRANDMOTHER'S HERBS & HOME CARE COURSE: Six to eight evenings. Everything your Grandmother should have taught you. Folk medicine and home care for beginners and families.
  
  
• ADVANCED THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS: Over 20 classes of intensive study of herbal medicine following the David Hoffmann text Medical Herbalism.
  
  
• HERBAL THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS
  Intermediate to Advanced Understanding of Herbs
  A holistic model of health & treatments will be elucidated. We will cover all the body systems and approximately 100 herbs by actions, pharmacology, and growing conditions.
  
  COURSE OUTLINE
  Basic concepts of the sciences will be introduced. Botany, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, phytopharmacology, and human physiology will be given a cursory introduction with only the basic principles addressed separately at the beginning. More information will be woven into the course at the appropriate times.
  
  A holistic model of healing using the principles of deep ecology will be the basis of the program in which the herbal protocols will be formed. A method of using Western Bio-Medical information in an inherently holistic context will allow the students to bridge the divide between what is called Allopathic medicine and Holistic or Naturopathic medicine.
  
  A herbal materia- medica will be developed and cross referenced by action categories (primary & secondary), systems and tissues affinities, phamacognistic plant metabolites, and historical uses.
  
  The basic structure of the classes will be to take each body system and summarize its place in the whole. Next the patterns that lead to disease conditions and the physiological processes involved will be examined in detail including some specific pathologies. Using the “method� and herbal selection criteria we will develop a holistic protocol including a herbal -formulation. Proper forms of herbal products i.e. tinctures, tisanes, decoctions, fomentations etc. will be addressed on a case by case basis. Products from health food stores, home medicine chests and professional dispensaries will be considered.
  
  Preregister by phone or email
  John Redden RH, 416-767-3428
  redden@viriditasherbalproducts.com
  20 evening classes X 3Hrs @$750.00
  One evening per week with holidays
  Classes are 7:00 -10:00 PM
  Please indicate your preference of evening. Indicate which nights are yes and which are no. We will tally up and choose the night with the most students. There is a 15 student minimum required to create a second evening class. Classes will begin in the last week of November.
  Register soon to assure a position. Thank you.