Kaylie Moon
Herbalist
Herbal Resume;
Advanced Clinical Herbalism
Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine
March 2016-October 2016
Corey Pine (and other teachers)
This class allows me to be a certified clinical herbalist. In this class I was able to gain a deeper understanding of pathology, holistic approaches to disease, how to take a medical history, Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine methods of approaching healing. This class also taught a bit more about herb/drug interactions, and allowed us to put our skills to work in the herbal clinic, and developing business skills.
Holistic Herbalism
Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine
March 2015-October 2015
Corey Pine (and other teachers)
This class was a more intermediate class where I was able to build off of the understanding I already had as well as fine tune my materia medica knowledge and medicine making skills. In this class we talked more about plant wisdom/connection and holistic healing. We learned about pathology, went deeper into the body systems and worked on plant identfication.
This class also had three field trips where we learned more about plants in different areas and talked a bit about clinical skills. This included a field trip to Lanes End Homestead and Joyce Kilmer Forest, Caty Crabb's Farm/Homestead and the Goldenseal Sanctuary at United Plant Savers in Ohio, and ended with a trip to Hostel in the Forest in Georgia.
This class we logged 450 hours of clasroom time and at home study time, including time spent on our week long field trips.
Intro to Tropical Herbalism
Twin Star Herbal Education and Centro Ashe
February 2015
Lupo Passero, Molly Mehan
In this class we honed in more on medicine making skills, developed a materia medica for the tropical plants of Costa Rica, studied tropical flower essences, and worked with Ulysses, a Bri Bri shaman, learned how to make cacao paste, supported the local herbal community, and much more.
Herbal First Aid
Twin Star Herbal Education
March 2014
Lupo Passero
Herbal first aid was a day class designed to create our own herbal first aid kids while talking more in depth about how to treat bumps, bruises, cuts, stomaches, colds, itchy skin, and more.
I was the apprentice for this class and helped Lupo set up/break down the class room and helped Lupo with whatever was needed throughout the class.
Level 1 Foundations of Herbalism
Twin Star Herbal Education
March 2014-October 2014
Lupo Passero
My level 1 class took me deeper into the practice of plant medicine. I began to develop a stronger relationship with the plants and dived deeper into learning my materia medica. This class met one full weekend a month where we focused on one chakra or healing center and the corresponding body system.
Aside from chakras, body systems, and materia medica, we also learned: ethical wildcrafting, ceremony, medicine making skills, aromatherapy, and first aid.
I was one of two apprentices for Lupo throughout this class where I studied directly under her and helped with medicine making and apothecary organization for her business.
This class I logged 275 hours combined of classroom, home study, and apprenticeship time.
Intro to Herbal Medicine
Twin Star Herbal Education
June 2013-August 2013
Lupo Passero
An introduction to plant medicine and basic medicine making skills. Essentially learning backyard herbalism and how to use herbs at home to keep healthy and to help recover from common problems such as ear infections, the common cold, and sleeplessness. We also learned about working with nutritive plants to add a boost of nutrition to everyday life.