Find homemade herbals and remedies in your kitchen - learn to use them
Learn to make tinctures, teas, balms, and beauty creams from everyday herbs and spices — with the science, safety, and history to back every remedy you reach for.
"I want you to understand your remedies deeply enough that you never have to take anyone's word for it — including mine."
— Farrin Pasifakis
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Confidently prepare a core repertoire of herbal tinctures, teas, poultices, balms, bath-bombs, and beauty creams at home using common kitchen ingredients
- Identify the key herbs, spices, fruits, and foods used in traditional remedies and understand their active compounds and mechanisms of action
- Match specific everyday ailments — from sore throats to skin irritation — to appropriate, evidence-informed herbal treatments
- Trace the historical and cultural origins of major kitchen remedies, from ancient Ayurvedic and TCM traditions to European folk medicine
- Apply safe preparation, dosage, and storage practices and understand contraindications, drug interactions, and when to defer to a doctor
- Build a personalised home herbal apothecary from scratch, sourcing and storing ingredients to have remedies ready when needed
How it works
A school that adapts to you
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Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
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The curriculum
What's inside your school
8 modules · 37 lessons
Healing Teas and Infusions
Teaches students to prepare, dose, and use medicinal herbal teas and infusions for a range of everyday ailments.
- 1.1The Ancient Cup: History and Science of Medicinal TeasIncluded
- 1.2Cold, Flu, and Sore Throat Teas: Ginger, Honey, Thyme, and MoreIncluded
- 1.3Digestive and Calming Teas: Peppermint, Chamomile, Fennel, and Lemon BalmIncluded
- 1.4Immune and Vitality Infusions: Elderberry, Echinacea, and TurmericIncluded
- 1.5Blending and Balancing: Creating Your Own Tea FormulasIncluded
Tinctures, Oxymels, and Liquid Extracts
Guides students through the history, science, and hands-on preparation of alcohol-based tinctures and vinegar-honey extracts.
- 2.1Tinctures Through the Ages: From Medieval Apothecaries to Your Mason JarIncluded
- 2.2Making Your First Tincture: The Folk Method Step by StepIncluded
- 2.3Alcohol-Free Options: Glycerites and Fire Cider OxymelsIncluded
- 2.4Key Tincture Recipes: Echinacea, Valerian, Elderberry, and GarlicIncluded
Poultices, Balms, and Topical Treatments
Covers the preparation and application of skin-contact remedies — from quick fresh poultices to long-lasting infused balms — for pain, skin conditions, and wound care.
- 3.1Touch and Heal: The History of Topical Plant MedicineIncluded
- 3.2Fresh and Dried Poultices: Plantain, Turmeric, Cabbage, and MoreIncluded
- 3.3Infused Oils: Extracting Plant Power into a CarrierIncluded
- 3.4Herbal Balms and Salves: Beeswax, Calendula, Lavender, and ComfreyIncluded
- 3.5Compresses and Herbal Soaks for Pain and Skin ReliefIncluded
Roots & Reasons: The Story Behind Kitchen Herbalism
Explores the ancient and cross-cultural origins of herbal medicine and explains how active plant compounds produce real physiological effects.
- 4.1A World of Kitchen Healers: History from Ayurveda to AppalachiaIncluded
- 4.2How Plants Heal: Active Compounds and the Science Behind the MagicIncluded
- 4.3Evidence, Tradition, and Trust: Reading Herbal Research WiselyIncluded
- 4.4Your Kitchen Is Already an ApothecaryIncluded
Safe Practice: Foundations Before You Begin
Establishes the safety, dosage, storage, and medical-partnership principles every home herbalist must master before preparing any remedy.
- 5.1Safety First: Contraindications, Allergies, and Drug InteractionsIncluded
- 5.2Dosage and Formulation: Getting Amounts RightIncluded
- 5.3When to Call the Doctor: Knowing Your LimitsIncluded
- 5.4Sourcing, Storing, and Labelling Your IngredientsIncluded
Beauty, Bath, and Wellbeing Treatments
Translates herbal knowledge into nourishing beauty creams, bath-bombs, and whole-body wellness rituals made entirely from kitchen and pantry ingredients.
- 6.1Beauty from the Pantry: A History of Kitchen CosmeticsIncluded
- 6.2Herbal Bath-Bombs and Soaking BlendsIncluded
- 6.3Natural Beauty Creams and Facial TreatmentsIncluded
- 6.4Hair and Scalp Treatments: Rosemary Rinses, Oat Masks, and MoreIncluded
- 6.5Aromatherapy and Herbal Steam RitualsIncluded
Your Ailment Guide: Matching Remedies to Everyday Health Needs
Consolidates all preparation skills into a practical, symptom-by-symptom guide so students can confidently choose and apply the right remedy.
- 7.1Respiratory Ailments: Coughs, Colds, and CongestionIncluded
- 7.2Gut Health: Bloating, Nausea, Indigestion, and IBS SupportIncluded
- 7.3Skin and Wound Care: Cuts, Rashes, Burns, and EczemaIncluded
- 7.4Stress, Sleep, and Mood: Nervine Herbs and Relaxation RitualsIncluded
- 7.5Pain and Inflammation: Headaches, Joint Pain, and Muscle AchesIncluded
Building Your Home Herbal Apothecary
Guides students to set up, stock, organise, and maintain a personalised home apothecary so they are always prepared to respond to everyday health needs.
- 8.1Designing Your Apothecary: Space, Tools, and EquipmentIncluded
- 8.2Building Your Core Herb and Ingredient ListIncluded
- 8.3Sourcing Ethically: Buying, Growing, and WildcraftingIncluded
- 8.4Record-Keeping, Labelling, and Shelf-Life ManagementIncluded
- 8.5Your Ongoing Herbal Practice: Learning, Updating, and Staying SafeIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
The curious home cook
She's already cooking with turmeric and ginger and wants to understand the 'why' behind the wellness buzz surrounding ingredients she uses every day.
The natural-living grandmother
She grew up with home remedies passed down through family and wants to formalise that knowledge, understand the science, and share it safely with her grandkids.
The wellness beginner
She's newly interested in holistic self-care but overwhelmed by conflicting information online and wants a structured, trustworthy starting point.
The analytically minded sceptic
He wants the biochemistry and evidence base, not just folk wisdom — and appreciates that this course addresses active compounds, research literacy, and contraindications head-on.
The heritage keeper
She wants to reconnect with Ayurvedic, TCM, or family folk-medicine traditions and understand their history and scientific grounding in one place.
The DIY beauty maker
She's tired of expensive skincare products and wants to make her own natural face creams, hair treatments, and bath rituals from ingredients she can pronounce.
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Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Farrin Pasifakis
If you've ever brewed a cup of ginger tea for a queasy stomach or dabbed honey on a cut and wondered, "does this actually work?" — you're already thinking like an herbalist. You just don't have the full picture yet. And that's exactly why I created Homemade Herbals.
I know what it feels like to be drawn to natural remedies but not quite trust yourself with them. To wonder whether the turmeric latte is ancient wisdom or modern marketing. To want something gentler for your family's everyday health, but also not want to be reckless about it. That uncertainty is real, and it deserves a real answer — not a recipe blog, not a miracle-cure sales pitch, but an honest, grounded education in what plants can and can't do, and how to use them safely and skillfully.
This school is what I wish I'd had at the beginning: a structured journey that starts with history and science — because knowing why chamomile calms or how thyme clears a chest makes you so much more confident than just following someone else's instructions. From there, we get our hands into it together: brewing targeted teas, making your first tincture in a mason jar, crafting a beeswax calendula balm, putting together a natural face cream. Every technique builds on the last, and every lesson is anchored in safety-first, evidence-informed practice.
I want to be clear about something: I am not teaching you to replace medicine. I am teaching you to become a more capable, informed person who knows how to care for everyday ailments thoughtfully, recognise their limits, and work alongside conventional healthcare rather than against it. That nuance matters enormously to me — and it's built into every corner of this curriculum.
By the time you've worked through everything here, you'll have a personalised home apothecary stocked with remedies you understand, trust, and made yourself. You'll know the story behind every ingredient on your shelf. And you'll have the judgment to use them wisely. That's not a small thing. Come learn with me.
— Farrin Pasifakis
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