Who we are, What we do!

We’ve noticed a ton of new students & followers recently and wanted to do a ‘welcome’ message with a bit about our school and what we’re about for those of you finding out about us for the first time! Herbal Medics was founded by Sam Coffman in 2007 as The Human Path, and over the […]

Ready or not, here we go!

Happy New Start everyone! Our founder Sam Coffman brought the vision of this school and everything we teach to life in 2007, first in our backyard, next at a reclaimed Texas hill country rock quarry that we nurtured into a thriving campus, and now, nestled among high-altitude pines in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range […]

The Story of Nica Pather – Our School’s Mascot

In 2012, our school did our first herbal medicine clinic in Nicaragua with about 22 of our students and staff. Our clinical herbalist students were doing free herbal clinics for the village we stayed in, and our off-grid engineering students were working on slow sand water filtration units for a contaminated well.  This is where […]

Practical Herbal Medicine at Home and in the Field

Many folks who want to use botanical medicine in a practical manner are not quite sure how to start. There are so many books and so much social media on the subject that it can be overwhelming and lead sometimes to more questions than answers. Should I buy some encapsulated herbs at the store? Is […]