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Make Your Own Medicine from your Back Yard! Foraging for Herbs and using Weeds to Heal

Weeds are weeds only in the eye of the beholder. Charli Vogt, RN, MN, MPH, & herbalist will show you how to find weeds (herbs) that are good medicine and process some into medicine. Know what to pick, where to pick, what part to pick, and when to pick. We will make a sleep remedy (tincture and tea), remedies for upset stomach & an antifungal powder. The making medicine classes often have waiting lists, so sign up early. Charli has a private practice in Decatur to help people be healthy in mind body and spirit. Visit her site at www.BeyondTheMeasuringCup.com. Bring 2-3 small glass containers in which to carry home the medicine you make. 5 person min. Advance registration required. Register ONLINE at www.oakhurstgarden.org. Click on classes. Contact andrea.zoppo@yahoo.com for questions or concerns.

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