MONTHLY HERBAL COUNCILS
In Depth Herbal Talks Every Month Near The Full Moon
at ElderMoon School of Herbs & Earth Medicine
Come join the Herbal Council Meetings each month at EMS for one hour/month as we do what herbalists do and 'speak plant' while turning our attention towards the plants, our own needs, the needs of our people, the nature of healing, and the healing of Earth by becoming good medicine.
If you've ever turned to a plant for healing then there's an herbalist within and definitely a seat for you in this council. Learning the language and walk is easier than you think. Come and absorb.
All currently enrolled EMS Birthing an Herbalist in 13 Moons herbal students receive access to these councils for FREE as part of your study time to expand on topics touched upon lightly during course time. This allows us to go deeper into pertinent topics you desire to know more about.
Topics are announced 1-2 weeks prior and are often prompted by our current EMS herbal students as we deepen our walk as 'Herbalists'. We've opened these to beginners and seasoned herbal folk looking to connect in council on behalf of Nature and the deepening of our connection as people walking this land together. Our stories are rich and need to be told, together. Should you be completely new, this is great. Come anyway. Allow the language to wash over you and you'll see how quickly you pick it all up. You may even start your first home apothecary a few months in (wink wink). Much Love, Jen
If you've ever turned to a plant for healing then there's an herbalist within and definitely a seat for you in this council. Learning the language and walk is easier than you think. Come and absorb.
All currently enrolled EMS Birthing an Herbalist in 13 Moons herbal students receive access to these councils for FREE as part of your study time to expand on topics touched upon lightly during course time. This allows us to go deeper into pertinent topics you desire to know more about.
Topics are announced 1-2 weeks prior and are often prompted by our current EMS herbal students as we deepen our walk as 'Herbalists'. We've opened these to beginners and seasoned herbal folk looking to connect in council on behalf of Nature and the deepening of our connection as people walking this land together. Our stories are rich and need to be told, together. Should you be completely new, this is great. Come anyway. Allow the language to wash over you and you'll see how quickly you pick it all up. You may even start your first home apothecary a few months in (wink wink). Much Love, Jen
OUR CURRENT Monthly Herbal Council:
MHC#94 - CATNIP Medicine - Plant Profile - Nepeta cataria of the Laminaceae Family
We continue our wander through the apothecary shelves here at ElderMoon School with our A-Z Material medica, plant by plant each month.
So, we land with CATNIP this month of APRIL 2025
Come sit as we share of the medicine of CATNIP. Welcome.
Monthly Herbal Council
WHEN: DELIVERED NEAR FULL MOON EACH MONTH
RECORDED: Yes, and archived to our library for later viewing.
PDF: I occasionally make one that you are encouraged to save and add to + keep in a binder labeled your "Materia medica" (Latin for materials of medicine) as a quick reference book arranged by plant for your home apothecary.
Thank you for traveling here.
Bring your journal, a cup of tea, your beautiful stories, experience, curiosity and wonder as we go more in-depth.
Thank you for sharing. All levels of skill welcomed.
I'm excited to sit together. See you soon, Jen
Have a notebook, delicious tea, your questions and stories, and some uninterrupted time for absorbing. We address conditions of health, individual plants, land tending, homesteading, growing and making medicine, and much more.
The ElderMoon library is heading into its 9th year and is an alive and growing part of the school here with depth work herbal councils happening every month to support its growth. Thank you for your support.
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The ElderMoon library is heading into its 9th year and is an alive and growing part of the school here with depth work herbal councils happening every month to support its growth. Thank you for your support.
Requires High Speed Internet; Chrome and Firefox are best.
Raven oversees the ElderMoon Herbal Library.
Our Archived ELDERMOON Herbal Library
Joining the Monthly Herbal Councils gives you library access to a "slow medicine" style of study. You manage how long you'd like to stay or move in and out.
2025 - A-Z Materia medica
January 2025 - Burdock (whole plant) Medicine
February 2025 - Calendula Flower Medicine
March 2025 - California Poppy Leaf & Flower Medicine
April 2025 - Catnip Leaf & Flower Medicine
May 2025 - Celandine Leaf & Flower Medicine
June 2025 - Chaga Mushroom Medicine
July 2025 - Chamomile Flower Medicine
August 2025 - Chickweed Lead & Flower Medicine
September 2025 - Cilantro Leaf & Flower Medicine
October 2025 - Cleavers Leaf & Flower Medicine
November 2025 - Comfrey (whole plant) Medicine
December 2025 - Cordyceps Mushroom Medicine
2024 - A-Z Materia medica
January 2024 - Angelica Medicine
February 2024 - Ashwagandha Medicine
March 2024 - Astragalus Medicine
April 2024 - Barberry Medicine
May 2024 - Bee Balm Medicine
June 2024 - Birch Tree Medicine
July 2024 - Black Cohosh Medicine
August 2024 - Blue Cohosh Medicine
September 2024 - Black Walnut Tree Medicine
October 2024 - Boneset Medicine
November 2024 - Borage Medicine
December 2024 - Holiday Break - Council moved to January 2025.
2023 - Mushroom Medicines
February 2023 - USNEA & FOREST MEDICINE + Our 2023 Medicinal Mushroom Series
March 2023 - Sitting with REISHI
April 2023 - Sitting with LION'S MANE
May 2023 - Sitting with CHAGA
June 2023 - Sitting with TURKEY TAILS
July 2023 - Sitting with CORDYCEPS
August 2023 - Sitting with MORELS
September 2023 - Sitting with AMANITA + Entheogenic Discussions
October 2023 - Sitting with Psilocybin + Continued Entheogenic Discussions
November 2023 - Head Trauma, Post-Concussive Syndrome & Stroke Recovery Brain Care 12/6/23
December 2023 - Returning From Psychosis Brain Care 12/7/23
2022 - Tree Medicines
January 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #1 Sitting with JUNIPER
February 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #2 Sitting with HAWTHORN
March 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #3 Sitting with GINKGO
April 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #4 Sitting with LINDEN
May 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #5 Sitting with WHITE PINE
June 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #6 Sitting with OAK
July 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #7 - Sitting with CEDAR
August 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #8 - Sitting with ASH
September 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #9 - Sitting with BIRCH
October 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #10 - Sitting with WILLOW
November 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #11 - Sitting with HAZEL
December 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #12 - Sitting with HOLLY
January 2023 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #13 - Sitting with ELDER
2021 - Plant, Season & Health Condition Topics
January 2021 - Adrenal Restoration
February 2021 - Apothecary Care for Fungal Infections
March 2021 - The Apothecary - Recovery & Covid
April 2021 - Spirit of Place - Land Connections & How This (In)Forms Us
May 2021 - Sitting with Indian Pipe
June + July 2021 - Session I & II - Activating The HIVE Mind: Our Collective Tending of Honey Bee -
August 2021 - "Integration Support During Change"
September 2021: DATURA | Sitting With A Seer
October 2021 - Black Cohosh Magic & The Necessary Medicine of Grandmothers
November 2021 - Becoming Autumn - The Aligning Medicine of The WEST
December 2021 - Becoming WINTER - Courting The Unknown Medicine of The NORTH
2020
January 2020 - Completion of our Herbalist & The Botanist Series
February 2020 - The Not-So-Secret Life of Germs
March 2020 - Covid-19 Support - 5 session (6+hr) series
April 2020 - Making More Elderberry - Rooting New Plants + The Medicine of Flower, Berry, & Leaf
May 2020 - Berberine-Rich Anti-Inflammatory Plants - Getting To Know Barberry
June 2020 - Becoming a Seed Keeper - A 2-Part Council on seed sovereignty and making a seed library
July 2020 - Getting To Know BONESET - A Plant Profile
August 2020 - Homemade Herbal Land and Foliar Sprays & Land Stewarding
September 2020 - The Tale of Horsetail - LOVING Equisetum arvense
November 2020 - "The Plant" & The Herbalist - Part 1 Cannabis Council
December 2020 - "The Plant" & The Herbalist - Part 2 Cannabis Council
2019
January 2019 - Herbalism & The Moon - Boosting Oxytocin!
February 2019 - Gatekeeping Herbs for the Inflammation Cascade
March 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 1 - Basic Botany
April-May 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 2 - Stems & Leaves
June 2019 The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 3 - Flowers
July 2019 - Herbal Steams, Flower Bathing & Sitz Baths
August 2019 - Pauses happen - Thank you for doing the same. To be made-up.
September 2019 - Tending Our Elders
October 2019 - THE PRICE of BONE: Osteoporosis & Osteopenia Herbal Therapies
November 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series- Part 4 - Roots
December 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 5 - Seeds
2018
January 2018 - Herbal Mouth Care
February 2018 - Herbs for Brain & Mood Enhancement
March 2018 - Plant Profile: Usnea barbata - Forest Medicine For Boundaries
April 2018 - Herbal Support for Seasonal Allergies
May 2018 - Plant Initiations - Deepening Our Practice with an Ancient Tool
June 2018 - Seeking Home with Elecampane
July 2018 - Walking with Change & Lady's Mantle
August 2018 - Rhythm Reset with Blue Vervain
September 2018 - Anxiety: The Restless Heart - Tools & Medicine for 'triggered states'
October 2018 - Elder & Honoring Life & Death
November 2018 - Making Holiday Prayer Ties
December 2018 - Enjoy Your Holiday Break
2017
March 2017 - Deepening our Understanding of Ayahuasca from the Amazon Region
April 2017 - Emmenagogues & Abortifacients - Hard & Wise Discussions
May 2017 - Cacao: The Medicine & Magic
June 2017 - All Things Teasel - Plant Profile Materia medica
July 2017 - Herbal Care For Our Eyes
Bonus Council: Demystifying Comfrey - Walking With A Wounded Reputation
August 2017 - Exploring Adaptogen & Sacred Basil
September 2017 - Pine Tree Medicine
Bonus Council - Climate Repair Project - Being Medicine For Earth
October 2017 - Understanding Sepsis & Herbal Therapeutics
November 2017 - Poke Medicine - Working with Poisonous Plants - Phytolacca americana
December 2017 - Refining Our Tincturing Skills ~ How To Make Weight-to-Volume Tinctures
January 2025 - Burdock (whole plant) Medicine
February 2025 - Calendula Flower Medicine
March 2025 - California Poppy Leaf & Flower Medicine
April 2025 - Catnip Leaf & Flower Medicine
May 2025 - Celandine Leaf & Flower Medicine
June 2025 - Chaga Mushroom Medicine
July 2025 - Chamomile Flower Medicine
August 2025 - Chickweed Lead & Flower Medicine
September 2025 - Cilantro Leaf & Flower Medicine
October 2025 - Cleavers Leaf & Flower Medicine
November 2025 - Comfrey (whole plant) Medicine
December 2025 - Cordyceps Mushroom Medicine
2024 - A-Z Materia medica
January 2024 - Angelica Medicine
February 2024 - Ashwagandha Medicine
March 2024 - Astragalus Medicine
April 2024 - Barberry Medicine
May 2024 - Bee Balm Medicine
June 2024 - Birch Tree Medicine
July 2024 - Black Cohosh Medicine
August 2024 - Blue Cohosh Medicine
September 2024 - Black Walnut Tree Medicine
October 2024 - Boneset Medicine
November 2024 - Borage Medicine
December 2024 - Holiday Break - Council moved to January 2025.
2023 - Mushroom Medicines
February 2023 - USNEA & FOREST MEDICINE + Our 2023 Medicinal Mushroom Series
March 2023 - Sitting with REISHI
April 2023 - Sitting with LION'S MANE
May 2023 - Sitting with CHAGA
June 2023 - Sitting with TURKEY TAILS
July 2023 - Sitting with CORDYCEPS
August 2023 - Sitting with MORELS
September 2023 - Sitting with AMANITA + Entheogenic Discussions
October 2023 - Sitting with Psilocybin + Continued Entheogenic Discussions
November 2023 - Head Trauma, Post-Concussive Syndrome & Stroke Recovery Brain Care 12/6/23
December 2023 - Returning From Psychosis Brain Care 12/7/23
2022 - Tree Medicines
January 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #1 Sitting with JUNIPER
February 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #2 Sitting with HAWTHORN
March 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #3 Sitting with GINKGO
April 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #4 Sitting with LINDEN
May 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #5 Sitting with WHITE PINE
June 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #6 Sitting with OAK
July 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #7 - Sitting with CEDAR
August 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #8 - Sitting with ASH
September 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #9 - Sitting with BIRCH
October 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #10 - Sitting with WILLOW
November 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #11 - Sitting with HAZEL
December 2022 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #12 - Sitting with HOLLY
January 2023 - 13 Trees in 13 Moons - #13 - Sitting with ELDER
2021 - Plant, Season & Health Condition Topics
January 2021 - Adrenal Restoration
February 2021 - Apothecary Care for Fungal Infections
March 2021 - The Apothecary - Recovery & Covid
April 2021 - Spirit of Place - Land Connections & How This (In)Forms Us
May 2021 - Sitting with Indian Pipe
June + July 2021 - Session I & II - Activating The HIVE Mind: Our Collective Tending of Honey Bee -
August 2021 - "Integration Support During Change"
September 2021: DATURA | Sitting With A Seer
October 2021 - Black Cohosh Magic & The Necessary Medicine of Grandmothers
November 2021 - Becoming Autumn - The Aligning Medicine of The WEST
December 2021 - Becoming WINTER - Courting The Unknown Medicine of The NORTH
2020
January 2020 - Completion of our Herbalist & The Botanist Series
February 2020 - The Not-So-Secret Life of Germs
March 2020 - Covid-19 Support - 5 session (6+hr) series
April 2020 - Making More Elderberry - Rooting New Plants + The Medicine of Flower, Berry, & Leaf
May 2020 - Berberine-Rich Anti-Inflammatory Plants - Getting To Know Barberry
June 2020 - Becoming a Seed Keeper - A 2-Part Council on seed sovereignty and making a seed library
July 2020 - Getting To Know BONESET - A Plant Profile
August 2020 - Homemade Herbal Land and Foliar Sprays & Land Stewarding
September 2020 - The Tale of Horsetail - LOVING Equisetum arvense
November 2020 - "The Plant" & The Herbalist - Part 1 Cannabis Council
December 2020 - "The Plant" & The Herbalist - Part 2 Cannabis Council
2019
January 2019 - Herbalism & The Moon - Boosting Oxytocin!
February 2019 - Gatekeeping Herbs for the Inflammation Cascade
March 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 1 - Basic Botany
April-May 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 2 - Stems & Leaves
June 2019 The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 3 - Flowers
July 2019 - Herbal Steams, Flower Bathing & Sitz Baths
August 2019 - Pauses happen - Thank you for doing the same. To be made-up.
September 2019 - Tending Our Elders
October 2019 - THE PRICE of BONE: Osteoporosis & Osteopenia Herbal Therapies
November 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series- Part 4 - Roots
December 2019 - The Herbalist & The Botanist Series - Part 5 - Seeds
2018
January 2018 - Herbal Mouth Care
February 2018 - Herbs for Brain & Mood Enhancement
March 2018 - Plant Profile: Usnea barbata - Forest Medicine For Boundaries
April 2018 - Herbal Support for Seasonal Allergies
May 2018 - Plant Initiations - Deepening Our Practice with an Ancient Tool
June 2018 - Seeking Home with Elecampane
July 2018 - Walking with Change & Lady's Mantle
August 2018 - Rhythm Reset with Blue Vervain
September 2018 - Anxiety: The Restless Heart - Tools & Medicine for 'triggered states'
October 2018 - Elder & Honoring Life & Death
November 2018 - Making Holiday Prayer Ties
December 2018 - Enjoy Your Holiday Break
2017
March 2017 - Deepening our Understanding of Ayahuasca from the Amazon Region
April 2017 - Emmenagogues & Abortifacients - Hard & Wise Discussions
May 2017 - Cacao: The Medicine & Magic
June 2017 - All Things Teasel - Plant Profile Materia medica
July 2017 - Herbal Care For Our Eyes
Bonus Council: Demystifying Comfrey - Walking With A Wounded Reputation
August 2017 - Exploring Adaptogen & Sacred Basil
September 2017 - Pine Tree Medicine
Bonus Council - Climate Repair Project - Being Medicine For Earth
October 2017 - Understanding Sepsis & Herbal Therapeutics
November 2017 - Poke Medicine - Working with Poisonous Plants - Phytolacca americana
December 2017 - Refining Our Tincturing Skills ~ How To Make Weight-to-Volume Tinctures
