Consultant medical herbalist offering herbal medicine courses, nutritional advice, allergy / food intolerance testing, kinesiology, herbal medicine for children and babies, herbal medicine consultations and remedies.

Forthcoming courses available from Ross Menzies Medical Herbalist

I have bee running courses over the last 10 years. I am passionate about the benefits of herbal medicine and also believe that for minor health issues people can help themselves with some basic knowledge and the confidence to go out into nature and gather what they need.  I also have a strong interest in wild foods and allowing ourselves space and time to connect with the natural world on a deep level

My courses cover many aspects of herbal medicine from identification, how to gather herbs in a careful and  respectful way, drying and storage, preparation of remedies (ointments, linctuses, poultice, infusion, decoction, tinctures and more). I also teach herbal first aid so that you can treat cuts, stings, burns , digestive problems etc using wild plants and trees.

I am happy to run a course for a particular group designed to meet specific needs, so do contact me if this would be of interest.

COURSES FOR 2010 (More will be added)

To book please contact me by email ross@the-herbal-clinic.co.uk or by phone 01434 606619

Medicines and Foods from the Hedgerow

Dates Sat 26^th June 10-3.30 and repeated on Wed 16^th Sept 10 – 3.30 Cost £35  - A £20 non refundable deposit is required to secure a place, the full balance being paid on the day

 Please bring a packed lunch, hot drinks will be supplied. You may wish to bring a camera or sketch pad to help identification of plants after the course. Please bring waterproofs or an umbrella if it is wet as the course will still run.

Come and spend a day discovering the many medicines and foods growing wild in Northumberland. Being able to collect food whilst out walking or searching out the medicinal plants needed in a first aid situation is both a joy and a special experience that brings one closer to nature. Discover how to identify, collect and use a range of plants. This is a practical day and participants will prepare a healing comfrey and calendula ointment, infusions, decoctions, and a poultice. Much of the day will be spent in the Physic garden but there will also be a short walk in the surrounding countryside. First aid situations such as diarrhoea, cuts, nausea, fever, stings, and earache can be dealt with using plants native to Northumberland all it takes is a little knowledge and confidence, this course aims to give you both. This course is for anyone who wants to begin collecting wild foods or who is keen to  get closer to nature, or start working with healing plants.

 Tree Medicine

 Sat 25^th Sept 10-3.30pm

Cost £35  - A £20 non refundable deposit is required to secure a place, the full balance being paid on the day Please bring a packed lunch, hot drinks will be supplied. You may wish to bring a camera or sketch pad to help identification of plants after the course. Please bring waterproofs or an umbrella if it is wet as the course will still run.

 Trees have been hugely important to people throughout time as sources of medicine, food, fuel, for building and of course producing the oxygen we breathe. They are also central to many myths and in folklore. This day is a celebration of the wonderful variety of trees that grow around us. It is a day to get to know them a little more deeply. We will learn how to identify a number of trees both in Summer and Winter. We will explore some of the folklore associated with each tree and  how each has  unique attributes and uses. This course is for anyone who wants to use all their senses to get to know trees better and who is open  spending a little time getting up close and personal  trees. There will be the opportunity to prepare a wonderful elderberry flu, cough and cold syrup, and several remedies from barks and leaves. If you are a tree lover and  want to be able to identify and make medicnes from trees then please come and join us.