welcome to the southern-cross herbal school
SCHS was established by Denis Stewart, an internationally recognised authority on herbalism and has been offering training in medicinal herbs for over 30 years. It is now a Division of Newcastle Innovation, the commercial arm of the University of Newcastle and offers advanced training and specialised seminars in aspects of medical herbalism,
Want to learn more about medicinal herbs?
Hear Denis talk about medicinal herbs on radio station 2HD (1143 on the AM band) every Friday at 3.15 pm
Interested in a specific aspect of herbalism?
By self paced learning: SCHS has over 30 units of study that cover all aspects of herbalism that can be undertaken by self-paced distance learning through tapes or CDs supplemented with written material. Although a few will require some face-to-face contact.
Attendance: SCHS offers a range of short courses which run from 1-7 days. The audience for these courses include consumers, potential herbal growers, health professionals such as pharmacists, nutritionists and medical practitioners, and herbalists wanting to update their skills. DVDs, tapes and notes of past courses are often available for purchase.
NEW: DVDs of presentations made at Diploma of Botanic Medicine seminars in Melbourne in 2009/10.
The course is designed for pharmacists, doctors, nurses, herbalists, naturopaths, chiropractors, dieticians and other allied health care professionals who incorporate herbalism into their practice or business. View offerings at SCHS SHOP
A Diploma in Phytotherapy is offered as a professional extension course for currently qualified health care practitioners to obtain an adequate knowledge of herbal medicine to be used as a secondary clinical modality. The course is available externally and equates to 13 seminar days presented by audio tapes and lecture material.
To find more information on all these training courses, click on the COURSES icon and go to the appropriate section.
SCHS also sells a range of books, tapes and DVDs on medicinal herbalism and herbal products that complement many of the training courses but can be purchased for personal reading. For more details, click on the SCHS SHOP icon
