Subject: Wildcrafting Medicinal Plants Course

From: [email-masked] (Yes, I'm still here...)
Date: 16 Mar 1995 02:48:41 GMT

For more information, call;            

Earthbound Medical Rescue                        Jan. 18 1994
(408)275-9542

                  Wildcrafting Medicine Course

Earthbound Medical Rescue is offering a two day workshop on
wildcrafting: identification, harvesting, and preparation of
local medicinal plants for first aid and family comfort.  The 
class will be held in at least two locations in the San Jose
area on the weekend of March 25 and 26 and will cover;

Identification of Medicinal Plants -

You will learn field characteristics that positively identify
many useful herbs.  We will also discuss alternative medicinal
plant sources with a world-wide distribution.

Environmentally Sound Harvesting Techniques -

We will gather plants in a way that can be done year after year
without damage to the ecosystem.  We will use all the plants 
gathered.

Cleaning and Processing the Harvest - 

Learn to prepare herbal poultices, tinctures, facial astringents,
oils, salves and more.  We will make many useful preparations in 
the field with fresh herbs.  You take home a complete selection.

Traditional Uses - 

We will thoroughly describe the safe uses of these preparations,
so that you and your family will enjoy your homemade products
for years to come.

The instructor for the weekend is Howie Brounstein, the owner
and operator of Columbines and Wizardry Herbs Inc. of Eugene
Oregon.  He has taught botany, herbalism, and wildcrafting
extensively over the past decade.  Active in locating rare,
threatened, and endangered plants, Howie has recently returned 
from the old growth temperate rain forests of Southern Chile
where he was taking a rapid biological inventory of medicinal
plants with a group of international researchers.

To register send a check of money order for $200.00 along with
the name, address and daytime phone number for each individual

To;

Earthbound Medical Rescue
390 N.12th st. 
San Jose, CA  95112