Every year, in the last week of October, the Naturopaths and Herbalists’ Association of Australia hosts #HerbalMedicineWeek.

This week, as practicing Naturopaths and Herbalists, we hope to …

• Make herbal medicine accessible to everyone

• Provide education and raise awareness around self-sufficiency (wild crafting), using herbs as both medicine and food

• Encourage awareness and nurture experience of the natural world and connection to the Land

The practice of Herbal Medicine has many levels and approaches. Herbs can be considered a food and a medicine and have physical, psychological and even spiritual applications.

Matthew Wood, a world renowned Master Herbalist, talks about his journey to becoming a practicing Herbalist. Matthew works with the essence or energy signature of herbs as well as their medicinal properties to bring about healing. Matthew practices in the folk medicine tradition of North America.

Curious and want to learn more? The Matthew Wood Institute offers online classes on every aspect of herbal medicine practice.

A Gift of Herbs

CLICK on the tile below to download Herbal Monographs for health and healing prepared by the Naturopaths and Herbalists’ Association of Australia.