HERBLORE & MEDICINE MAKING

If you’d enjoy learning about medicinal plants, what they can offer and how to make

remedies that will support your health & wellbeing, then this course with tutor Julie Ann 

O’Connor offers you plenty of opportunities. With a blend of information sharing, practical

demonstrations, encouragement to tune into your senses such as taste, smell and intuition, as

well as hands on medicine making, you’ll learn about the benefits and applications of:

 infusions, decoctions, tinctures

 medicinal vinegars and syrups

 herbal baths and compresses

 medicinal oils for external use

 get to sample and make some of the following (depending on the season and availability):

 medicated massage oil

 oxymel

 tincture

 syrup

 hydrosol

 bath salts

 rollerballs

 tea blend

Whatever the season, you’ll be going home with a variety of remedies you’ve made yourself

to either start up, or add to, your home medicine chest, along with recipes and notes.

It’s advised to dress comfortably, with suitable footwear, as there’ll be opportunities to try

out externals oils and compresses, as well as go meet plants in the herb garden.

Materials charge of €30, payable to tutor at the beginning of the weekend.

Organic lunch is included in both Days and if you want to book accommodation onsite go to : www.slieveaughtycentre.com