David Crow
Explore the preventive and curative powers of modern and ancient herbal formulas to strengthen, revitalize, and reclaim your health in a holistic and sustainable way.
Herbal formulas offer a wide range of important health benefits, and can be used for both prevention and healing.
These botanical remedies are timely and increasingly important in a world whose vitality hinges on our ability to create long-term, sustainable solutions for our health, environment, and economies.
In this way, they’re powerful allies that can be easily brought into every home with safe and simple preparations that we make ourselves or purchase from high-quality, reputable sources.
In this illuminating 7-modules course from David Crow, plant medicine pioneer and grassroots healthcare expert, you’ll explore the extensive pharmacopeias of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ayurvedic, and Western herbal medicinal formulas... and learn how to blend many of these preparations at home with a few common ingredients and clinical preparations that are infused with centuries of knowledge from traditional medical systems.
With this course, you’ll expand your herbal pharmacy by demystifying these classical formulas — including gaining a deeper understanding of the physiological actions that a formula produces and learning when and how to use it. You'll also discover how to formulate unique recipes that can be highly effective, safe, and enjoyable to use.
In each module, you’ll explore the primary herbal synergies for a different aspect of health — from improving respiratory and digestive wellness to aiding detoxification, strengthening immunity, reducing pain and inflammation, and more.
You’ll discover the “Medicine Horse” that carries formulas to various organs and tissues, a fun Ayurvedic “Rock Candy” formula, China’s “Immortality and Enlightenment Pellet,” the “Peaceful Sleep” formula, the “Happy Menopause Pill,” and more.
The bulk of pharmaceuticals today mask physical symptoms, which often perpetuates dependency, imbalance within the body, and sustained illness without ever fully unveiling the cause.
This works against our biology, which is actually very similar to plants, and is designed to work with the healing wisdom of the natural world to balance, sustain, and foster heightened health on all levels of our being.
The high-frequency energy of plants also aids in our spiritual evolution by providing us with the purest forms of energy that nourish us on all levels of our being, creating deep resonance and balance within our body systems.
Working with classical herbal formulas, you’ll encounter not only vast pharmacopeias, but numerous herbal synergies for detoxifying and rejuvenating, and ways of preparing and using herbs — including those you might already have in your home pharmacy.
Some formulas are simple, such as Er Miao San, the “Two Marvels Powder” from China... while some are more complex, such as the Ayurvedic preparation Kumaryasava, which has 45 ingredients.
Others, such as Chyavanprash, an Ayurvedic herbal jam that has been used for centuries, are rich in nutrients and adaptogenic herbs for rejuvenation.
Throughout this hands-on, immersive course, you’ll become adept at blending simple and complex formulas... in part, by learning how to effectively address the most common conditions by mastering the uses of a small number of herbal preparations.
With Ayurveda, you can work with Ghritams — herbal formulas prepared in ghee; Asavas and Arishtams — herbal wines; and Thailams — herbal medicated oils. Traditional Chinese Medicine offers us medicated liniments and plasters, pills, powders, and decoctions. And Western herbalism uses tinctures, herbal syrups, essential oils, and a wide range of products for topical applications.
Are you ready to explore the healing power of modern and ancient formulas through a course that focuses on not one, but THREE herbal medicine traditions?
Embark on this enlightening 7-module course to discover how to .
During this experiential course, you’ll:
- Harness the preventive and curative powers of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ayurvedic, and Western herbal medicinal formulas
- Develop a holistic approach to healing that unmasks illness and dis-ease for enhanced, empowered, and sustainable self-care
- Expand your herbal pharmacy by blending and formulating unique, effective, safe, and enjoyable recipes
- Discover the primary herbal synergies, blending principles, and healing mechanisms of formulas for the respiratory, digestive, nervous, and endocrine systems
- Learn how to address the most common conditions by mastering the uses of a small number of herbal preparations
- Counteract stress and improve cognition with formulas that calm the mind and emotions, support deeply restorative sleep, and uplift your mood
- Explore herbal formulas for women’s health — including gynecological and hormone balancing
- Master formulas for detoxification, rejuvenation, vitality, and immunity
- Discover the “Medicine Horse” that carries formulas to various organs and tissues, a fun Ayurvedic “Rock Candy” formula, China’s “Immortality and Enlightenment Pellet,” the “Peaceful Sleep” formula, the “Happy Menopause Pill” — and more
- Explore how herbal medicine can play a beneficial role in breaking the cycles of addictions
- Experience freedom from pain and inflammation through the healing properties of medicinal plants — including how to incorporate cannabis products into classical and contemporary formulas
- Learn how the high-frequency energy of plants aids in our spiritual evolution
- And much more...
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Modules
In this 7-module, transformational intensive, David guides you through the fundamental skills you’ll need to successfully create modern and ancient herbal formulas for strengthening and revitalizing your health in an empowering, holistic, and sustainable way.
The Beauty of On-Demand
This course features step-by-step teachings and experiential practices from David. Each session builds harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to select, create, and use powerful plant medicines for optimal self-care. Your purchase includes 24/7 ongoing access to your course content, allowing you time to review the materials at your own pace and integration.
Module 1 Formulas for the Respiratory System
There are many traditional herbal formulas that are highly effective for preventing and healing common respiratory conditions. Some are specific in their actions, others are broad spectrum. Some have centuries of empirical evidence showing their efficacy, while others have modern scientific research confirming their antimicrobial, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, and immune-enhancing powers.
During this opening week with David, you’ll discover theprimary herbal synergies and blending principles for respiratory formulas.
In Asia there are many Chinese and Ayurvedic formulas that are household names that can easily be incorporated into the family medicine cabinet with excellent results.
Whether for home or clinic, or whether we’re using finished products or making our own blends, it is only necessary to master the uses of a small number of preparations in order to effectively address the most common conditions such as colds and flus, bronchitis, asthma, sinusitis, and respiratory allergies, with either minimal or no use of allopathic drugs.
During this opening week, you’ll discover:
- Yin Qiao San and Gan Mao Ling: 2 of the most frequently prescribed remedies in Chinese medicine clinics around the world for acute upper-respiratory infections
- Herbal cough syrups, essential-oil synergies and Annupanas, and the “Medicine Horse” that carries formulas to various organs and tissues
- Sitopaladi: the Ayurvedic “Rock Candy” formula for colds and flus
- The “Jade Screen” and other major Chinese formulas for respiratory immunity
- Important contemporary formulas from Western herbology for the lungs
- Nasya therapy for sinus conditions: Anu Thailam and other medicated oils
Module 2 Formulas for the Digestive System
The digestive system is a sensitive and complex environment, easily disturbed by poor-quality food, stress, medications, and microbial pathogens.
This week, you’ll discover the primary herbal synergies and blending principles for digestive formulas... and why herbal medicine is highly effective for healing the digestive system.
Herbal formulas have been used for millennia for their abilities to strengthen digestive functions, fight infections, reduce inflammation, and enhance and balance assimilation and elimination.
In chronic and complex conditions, regulating the digestive functions is a primary treatment strategy that enables herbs to work at deeper levels. If the digestive system cannot assimilate well, herbs used for other systems will not be effective.
There are numerous safe and easy-to-use formulas that give consistent benefits for addressing both mild transient symptoms, as well as chronic and acute illness — even when there has been a long history of controlling symptoms with antibiotics or other allopathic drugs.
During the second class, you’ll discover:
- Dantyarishtam, Avipattikar Churna, and other Ayurvedic formulas for bowel regulation
- Trikatu and Hingvastak Churnas: warming Ayurvedic formulas for increasing digestive fire and metabolism
- Digestive bitters: how to safely and effectively use one of Western herbalism’s greatest contributions to natural medicine
- Eladi Churna: an aromatic herbal-powder formula for regulating appetite and digestive functions
- Important contemporary formulas from Western herbology for the digestive system
- Kang Ning Wan: the “curing pill” that’s one of China’s most widely used formulas effective against a wide range of common symptoms
- Addressing “Gu Syndrome” with Jia Jian Su He Tang: an antiparasitic formula for digestive infections, Lyme, IBS, and recovery from repeated antibiotic use
Module 3 Formulas for Relaxing & Strengthening the Nervous System
Stress, nutrient deficiencies, environmental toxins, medications that deplete neurotransmitters, and normal aging are only a few of the many influences that weaken and damage healthy brain function.
This week, you’ll explore the primary herbal synergies and blending principles for nervous-system formulas. The neuro-protective powers of medicinal plants have both a long history of use and empirical evidence of efficacy in traditional Asian medical systems, which is now validated by modern scientific research.
Safe, accessible, and easy to use, formulas containing these herbs are increasingly important for everyone for long-term prevention, as well as the healing of neurodegenerative conditions.
Cognitive function is the foundation for all success and accomplishment, whether it’s our work in the world or our inner spiritual development.
Throughout time, plants that support mental functions, enhance memory, and improve concentration have been regarded as having a unique and special place in the botanical pharmacopeia for supporting mental wellbeing.
Formulas from medicinal plants offer strong support to help counteract stress, calm the mind and emotions, support deeply restorative sleep, and uplift mood. When integrated with meditation and other practices, herbal formulas can transform the suffering of the mind into a path of spiritual evolution.
This week, you’ll explore:
- An Mien: the “Peaceful Sleep” formula
- Brahma Rasayana: an Ayurvedic rejuvenative formula for the brain first mentioned in the Vedic text Ashtangahrudayam
- Shenxian Dushi Dan: the “Immortality and Enlightenment Pellet” formulated by a 16th-century Taoist
- Saraswata Churna: an Ayurvedic powdered herbal formula that supports cognitive function, enhances memory, and helps develops intelligence
- Important contemporary formulas from Western herbology for the nervous system
Module 4 Gynecological Formulas
There are numerous categories of herbs that are beneficial for balancing the female hormonal system including uterine tonics, blood tonics, endocrine regulators, emmenagogues, and others.
This week, you’ll explore the primary herbal synergies and blending principles for gynecological and hormone balancing to support women’s health — for relieving the discomfort of many common gynecological conditions, including PMS, dysmenorrhea, and menopausal hormonal imbalances.
Many of these are nutritive and focus on building strong blood; many are relaxant and antispasmodic to increase the comfort of the menstrual cycle; many are cooling for menopausal symptoms and work by supporting endocrine balance; and many are supportive of liver function, which plays a crucial role in hormonal balance.
And, many of these classical formulas are available from reputable sources, and those that are not can be duplicated in the home pharmacy using individual ingredients.
During the fourth class, you’ll discover:
- Geng Nian An Pian, the “Happy Menopause Pill,” Nu Ke Ba Zhen Wan, “Women’s Precious Pills,” and other classical formulas from China
- Kumaryasavam: a classical Ayurvedic formula for rebuilding the blood
- Wenjing Tang: a classical formula for a variety of gynecological conditions
- Ba Zhen Tong: the “8-Treasure Decoction” for strengthening the blood
- Xiao Yao San: the “Free and Easy Wanderer Formula” — one of the most commonly used Chinese formulas for premenstrual syndrome
- Satavarigulam: a classical Ayurvedic nutritive formula for regulating the menstrual cycle
- Important contemporary formulas from Western herbology for female hormonal balance
Module 5 Formulas for Detoxification
Detoxification is not only a major branch of natural medicine that helps heal many conditions, it also has profound implications for removing the obstacles to health, happiness, and fulfillment, and plays an important role in our spiritual evolution.
This week, you’ll explore the primary herbal synergies and blending principles for detoxification formulas.
Because of these functions, herbal medicine can play a beneficial role in breaking the cycles of addictions at the physical level, and give support to mental and emotional wellbeing. When integrated into holistic treatment strategies with other natural approaches, these powers are even more pronounced.
Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Western herbal medicines all have extensive pharmacopeias of formulas that are highly effective for both intensive, as well as gentle detoxification. By studying the classical formulas, we can learn how to safely and effectively detoxify, whether it’s from addictions, stress, inflammation, microbial infections, or other problems.
In that process, we also discover that detoxification is an ongoing natural physiological process that has many dimensions and subtleties that are commonly overlooked and misunderstood.
This week, you’ll discover:
- Chandanasavam and other classical Ayurvedic formulas for detoxification of the urinary tract system
- Wuling San: a Chinese formula first mentioned 1,850 years ago that regulates water metabolism
- Triphala: the famous “3 fruits” of classical Ayurveda that gently cleanse and restore
- Guggulu formulas: complex Ayurvedic preparations based on myrrh resin that detoxify various systems
- Classical Chinese formulas for detoxification of the liver, blood, and skin
- Scudder’s Alternative, Hoxsey formula, and ESSIAC®: 3 classical Western formulas for deep detoxification
- Important contemporary formulas from Western herbology for detoxification
Module 6 Formulas for Rejuvenation, Vitality & Immunity
Exhaustion and burnout can often be prevented with lifestyle changes, good nutrition, time management, and other methods, but many times it’s unavoidable because of life’s circumstances.
This week, you’ll explore the primary herbal synergies and blending principles for rejuvenation formulas. David will show you how herbal formulas offer strong protection for the body and mind in stressful times through a wide range of physiological actions including nutritive support, harmonizing of the endocrine system, and rejuvenation of adrenal function.
Many of the formulas in this pharmacopeia can be used not only to recover from states of depletion, but can also be taken over an extended period of time to build greater resistance to stress.
At the center of rejuvenation therapies, we find medicinal plants with adaptogenic powers. Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine offer sophisticated formulas for rejuvenating the body and mind. These formulas offer unique restorative powers that balance and strengthen the immune, endocrine, and neurological systems.
While generally safe, nontoxic, and easy to use, these preparations require knowledge of who, when, and how to use them for maximum benefits. Using nurturing therapies and medicinal plants rich in nutritive compounds, we can restore strong immunity, overcome fatigue, and increase the length, quality, and enjoyment of life.
During the sixth week, you’ll discover:
- Dasamoolarishtam: a classical Ayurvedic herbal wine for rejuvenating vitality
- Bringarajarasam: a classical formula for increasing strength and weight
- Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan: the “Tonify the Middle and Benefit Qi’’ formula — an adaptogenic tonic from the 13th century that supports recovery in the aftermath of severe illness
- Shengmai San, “Generate Pulse Powder” — one of China’s most popular and extensively researched superfood remedies that nourishes fluids
- Guizhi Tang, the “Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill,” regarded as the “Mother of All Classical Remedies,” which boosts microcirculation and immune function and has pronounced adaptogenic effects
- Chyawanprash: originating from the Vedic text Ashtangahrudayam, this is one of the most renowned rejuvenative formulas in modern and classical Ayurveda
- Important contemporary formulas from Western herbology for detoxification
Module 7 Formulas for Pain & Inflammation
Pain and inflammation can be tremendous obstacles to enjoying and fulfilling the desires of life.
During the last week of class, you’ll discover the primary herbal synergies and blending principles for addressing pain conditions.
When one has been freed from pain by the powers of medicinal plants, a profound appreciation for the benevolence and healing compassion of nature’s remedies arises.
The pharmacopeia of pain relieving and anti-inflammatory herbs is vast and requires knowledge to use correctly, but with a few simple, safe, and easily available formulas, even complex and chronic conditions can be benefitted.
The pharmacopeias of Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Western herbal traditions contain many formulas that have centuries of empirical evidence for anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and analgesic purposes.
The actions of these remedies are often not as dramatic as pharmaceutical drugs, but they work at a deeper level to restore healthy physiological functions and speed healing, which medications rarely do.
Whether it’s musculoskeletal, neurological, gynecological, or neurologically-based, pain and inflammation can be effectively managed or eliminated using a relatively small number of classic or contemporary formulas.
During the last class, you’ll discover:
- Important contemporary formulas from Western herbology for various types of musculoskeletal pain
- Du Huo Ji Sheng Wan and other classical Chinese formulas for joint pain and inflammation
- Mahanarayana Thailam: the ultimate Ayurvedic relaxing oil for muscles and joints
- St. John’s wort, calendula, and arnica: macerated oil formulations widely used in Western herbology and essential-oil blending for various pain conditions
- Si Wu Tang, Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang, and other TCM formulas for dysmenorrhea and uterine pain
- Yogaraj and Kaishore Guggulu: Ayurvedic myrrh-based formulas for musculoskeletal pain and inflammation
- Nasya oils and other formulations from Ayurveda and TCM for head and neck pain
- Classical formulas for digestive pain and inflammation
- Incorporating cannabis products into classical and contemporary formulas
SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
In addition to David’s transformative 7-module course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
What Ayurveda Tells Us About Epidemics
In this informative video dialogue between Dr. Vasant Lad and David, you’ll discover how Ayurveda has approached epidemics for thousands of years — healing teas and remedies to well-known antiviral plants. This knowledge has changed very little over time and can be easily integrated into our daily lives to improve immunity, resilience, and vitality.
Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome - Re-building the Vital Force with Herbs
Video Dialogue With David Crow and Chanchal Cabrera, MSc, FNIMH, RH(AHG)
Fighting off a strong infection can leave you feeling run down, debilitated, and depleted, with no amount of sleep seeming to fix it. In the aftermath, the immune system and your white blood cell count may be depleted. In this compelling video dialogue between David and Chanchal Cabrera, you’ll discover the science and latest thinking about onset and progression of post viral fatigue syndrome. Listen in and learn how to use adaptogens, tonics, and sedative and nervine herbs, to repair adrenal function, restore deep immunity, and build vital force to restore energy and stamina.
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Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven Pre-Recorded 120-Minute Modules
Experience a unique opportunity to learn from a world-renowned plant medicine pioneer and leading grassroots healthcare expert from the comfort of your own home. Each session includes a streaming video and guides you to discover specific skills and abilities to strengthen, revitalize, and reclaim your health in a holistic and sustainable way.
Seven Transcripts of Sessions
In addition to the high-quality videos and MP3 audios, you’ll also receive session transcriptions. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each lesson.
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President of the California College of Ayurveda
Registered Herbalist, American Herbalists Guild
Co-Author of Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief
About David Crow, LAc
David Crow has been a clinician, consultant, researcher, and educator in the field of natural medicine for over 40 years. A world-renowned speaker, author, and thought leader, David emphasizes reimagining healthcare and empowering individuals to become their own self-care experts.
As a teacher, David has taught extensively for more than 25 years, throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He’s been a top faculty member at The Shift Network since 2015, where over 10,000 students have taken his online courses. He pioneered and hosted The Shift Network’s annual Plant Medicine Summit, which has been attended by over 300,000 people from more than 120 countries.
David was one of the first Westerners to train and be licensed in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and one of the few to study Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine in traditional internships in Nepal and India. He was also one of the first medical pioneers to use essential oils and aromatherapy in clinical practice, and to integrate these diverse modalities into comprehensive treatments.
He’s traveled extensively for ethnobotanical research and to study traditional medical systems, including sojourns in Central and South America, Europe, North Africa, Taiwan, Burma, Nepal, and India. He’s worked with many communities around the world to establish a network of projects supporting sustainable cultivation and production of botanical medicines and artisanal essential oils.
David, who has studied extensively with numerous spiritual teachers and meditation masters in Asia, integrates these teachings into his medical practice and presentations on natural medicine and ecological spirituality.