CWHS is not accredited by any educational institution. Receiving a certificate of completion is for your own sense of accomplishment & learning. Participants must do the following in order to earn a certificate of completion:
Final evaluation/ project: The central goal of the program is that participants will have made a small “at-home apothecary” by the end of the program. In our final month of the program, you will be asked to “show & tell” about medicinal preparations you have made and some of the lessons you have received from the plants themselves.
This certification does not qualify you as a clinical herbalist. Even though there are accredited institutions that offer herbal training, in general, what requirements one needs in order to legally practice herbalism as a medical practitioner vary greatly from country to country.
This program is intended to help people build deeper relationships with plants, land, themselves, and the people in their communities. Our goal is for you to leave with more self-care & family care tools for common ailments, but should not be a substitute for medical care.
If you are interested in learning more about the requirements for obtaining credentials as a clinical herbalist, please look into becoming a “Registered Herbalist” (RH) or a “Medical Herbalist” (NMIH).
Becoming an RH with the American Herbalist Guild (AHG) requires 800 hours of herbal education, working knowledge of 150 plants, and 400 hours of supervised clinical practice.
