The Most Important Thing To Know is What To Do.

Sam founded the school in 2007 in San Antonio. Then we expanded to New Mexico, and now include Texas, S. California, Colorado, and Utah as states we offer on-site trainings in. From the first herb walk for students eager to learn about plants up through online courses we do for everyone from curious herbalists, first-timers […]

Why we left Taos (and where we’re going)

We have some really big news to share with all those who have followed us from the beginnings of our school as The Human Path and where it has grown over the last 19+ years into Herbal Medics. This month marks the start of some new changes and expansion that will allow us to do […]

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 […]

It May Not Look The Way You Thought It Would.

A couple of nights ago I woke from a dream that left me feeling unsettled for a moment. I was back in the nursing school lobby during an huge orientation for the new incoming students, and was summoned to “talk” with the nursing program director.  She asked what I’d been doing since getting my nursing […]

Unlocking the Power of Prickly Lettuce: Lactucarium in its full medicinal force

From personal discovery to clinical application: why the traditional extraction methods just aren’t cutting it Almost 35 years ago, when I first stumbled upon wild lettuce (Lactuca serriola mostly at that time) growing abundantly around me everywhere in Colorado, I had no idea it would become one of my most valued therapeutic allies one day […]

If You Have The Equipment, Use It!

Last night a student asked me about sanitizing apothecary tools using a high tech setting in their dishwasher, and I responded with an affirmative, while explaining that my current experience has been so different recently, living in a 1940s adobe farmhouse in the mountains of New Mexico. At 7,600 feet, everything up here is just […]

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 […]

Don’t miss these Winter 2021 classes!

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Chinese New Year Sale

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