Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies

Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies
A Division of Ohlone Herbal Center
1654 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 540-8010

Ohlone Herbal Center has moved!

Our new location is 1250 Addison St. Ste 113 in Berkeley.

We are quite excited by our new space in Strawberry design center.

Looking out our front windows into the park where strawberry creek runs wild, birds sing, dogs and children play. One forgets that we are in the middle of a city!

Please check back later for updated website and pictures.

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The Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies
Educating a new generation of outstanding Herbalists

The Ohlone Herbal Center encourages and renews a living knowledge of the healing powers of plants through the study and practice of traditional Western herbalism. The Center is committed to educating healers in successful careers as practicing herbalists and herbal educators. Established in 1995, the Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies is a leading educational and clinical center for sustainable systems of Western herbal-based healing. Based in Berkeley, California, the Center offers the most comprehensive, integrated education in Western herbal medicine and practice, and is one of very few schools nationwide with clinical internships in Western herbalism.

Western herbalism provides critical healing solutions to economic, physical, mental, and spiritual challenges in a changing health care environment. Based on time-honored traditions practiced worldwide today, Western botanicals offer a highly effective, affordable healing modality that is in balance with our natural resources. Throughout history, plants have been central to all forms of medicines; worldwide, 20,000 documented species are used for medicinal purposes. Approximately 75 percent of the world population depends on botanicals for their basic health care needs, according to the World Health Organization. In addition to providing primary healing for a wide range of health challenges, herbs can increase the effectiveness of modern drugs, decrease their side effects, and sometimes replace them.

The indigenous knowledge of plants and plant medicines is based on a deep relationship to the land, place, and home. This understanding is handed down through many generations using natural wisdom and scientific study. While allopathic drugs burden our natural resources and create waste contributing to global pollution, the use of local plants deeply benefits the body and the earth.

The Ohlone Center offers two distinct professional tracks to prepare students for careers in clinical herbalism:
A three-year program of Foundational, Therapeutic, and Clinical training through evening classes designed for working adults
An intensive two-year Apprenticeship program for full-time, daytime students covering the entire 3-year program tracks

Graduates of either program have all the knowledge they need to practice effective clinical herbalism. They take care of their communities by serving non-profit clinics, developing private practices, working with medical professionals, and teaching the next generation of practitioners.

Ohlone specializesin teaching graduates how to develop successful careers in herbal healing practices. Our support for students continues long after they complete their program, with peer practitioner groups that provide ongoing collaborations, a sense of professional community, and lifelong learning. .

For more information, download a copy of the PDF document of Ohlone Center's 2009 brochure or click "contact us" button at top of this page to request a printed copy to be sent to you by regular mail. For Subject, key in Brochure; be sure to fill in your name and address.

New! The Winter 2009 Wholistic Herbal Newsletter is out now!.

Ohlone Herbal Center
Pam Fischer, Director

(510) 540-8010

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