About us
I’m a Jesus-lovin, family-huggin, herbal tea connoisseur helping you learn to confidently use herbal medicine…
He has given us plants to ease our pain, plants to bind up wounds, and plants to calm our nerves. Until we leave this world and experience true healing, He has given us a gift to lessen the burdens on our earthly bodies.
The Journey of
Christian Herbal Magazine
When I started my herbal journey almost 20 years ago, there were very few Christian herbalists. Homeschooling had blossomed in the Christian communities over the previous 20 years and the rise of health and nutrition were not far behind. Young women in the church were eager to find ways to minister to their families at home with the plants God gave us to heal and nourish our bodies. Soon after beginning my herbal studies, I began sharing what I was learning through blogging and a Facebook group I created called the Christian Herbal. The number one question I received through both email and in the group was, “Where can I learn more about herbal medicine from a Christian perspective?”
It was from this question that the seed was planted for the Christian Herbal Magazine. After five years as the editor and writer for another herbal publication, hundreds of hours of herbal education, and countless interactions with clients – my heart was set on bringing my community a beautiful, scholarly magazine that would impart herbal knowledge with a Christian foundation.
It is my hope that this publication will be a blessing to the Christian community and bring glory to God!
Would you like to make a positive impact on the health and well-being of your family, friends and community, but perhaps feel uncertain or lacking in knowledge?
Subscribe to the Christian Herbal Magazine and take a step towards being the herbalist your tribe can count on!
Jasmine Lucero, Publisher
My Journey as an Herbalist
When I was asked as a young adult what I wanted to do with my life, I confidently replied, “I don’t know what I want to do, but I certainly know what I don’t want to do…be a teacher or go into the medical field!”
And here I sit, some 30 years later, a homeschooling mother and an herbalist. Sometimes the journey we are on takes an unexpected turn in the road and we find ourselves in a place we never dreamed of being. While I still wouldn’t want to teach in a public school or practice medicine in a hospital, the Lord has brought me on a path of both teaching and healing that could have only been found in Him.
I became interested in herbs almost 20 years ago when a friend suggested I use garlic capsules to treat one of my children’s minor illnesses. After experiencing positive results, I was drawn to the wonder of herbs. I began to study and research and be continually amazed at how awe-inspiring the plant world truly is.
God has provided through His creation, plants that can be used to heal and nourish our bodies. He has given us plants to ease our pain, plants to bind up wounds, and plants to calm our nerves. Until we leave this world and experience true healing, He has given us a gift to lessen the burdens on our earthly bodies.
Over the years, I have continued to study and learn more about herbs and their uses (see below for my herbal education). Learning herbal medicine is both an art and a science. It can be tempting to read the herbals and the data, plug in the patient information, and pick out the remedy. Thankfully, herbalism is so much more than that.
Yes, the scientific side can be validating to those that feel they need validation. We can marvel at how perfectly the Lord orchestrated each detail in the plant to perfectly align with the needs of mankind.
The art of herbalism, however, is where we can experience the fullness of this gift. Herbs delight our senses as we look on their beauty, take in the sweet aroma, feel their texture, and taste their goodness. We can put our hands into the soil and cultivate their growth. We can drink in the steaming teas and we are aware of their actions in our body.
Becoming an herbalist is more than just reading a book and learning which herbs fix the problem. If that were the case, we would be little more than allopathic doctors, exchanging synthetic drugs for their botanical counterparts. And honestly, this does happen.
But herbalism has so much more to offer. Even the process of growing and harvesting the plants and preparing the herbal medicine has great therapeutic benefits. Herbal medicine uses a holistic approach to stewarding the body. Herbal medicine does not treat the disease the person has, it seeks to restore the person who has the disease.
Herbal Education
- Herbal Practitioner Program by Phyllis Light
- Community Herbalist Program by Phyllis Light
- Family Herbalist Program by Phyllis Light
- Holistic Herbal Assessment Skills by Matthew Woods and Phyllis Light
- Sustainable Herb Gardening as a Business by Thomas Bryant
- Foundations of Essential Oil Therapy by Jade Shutes
- Introduction to Aromatherapy by Jade Shutes
- Herbal Medicine for Women Clinical Herbalist Course by Aviva Romm
- Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine Community Herbalist Program by Thomas Easley
- Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine Clinical Nutrition by Thomas Easley
- The Theory and Application of Traditional Western Herbalism by Matt Wood, Jim McDonald, and Thomas Easley
- Herbal Pharmacology by Guido Masé
- Clinical Skills: Intakes, Patterns, and Interventions by Paul Bergner
- Insulin Resistance by Paul Bergner
- Herbal First Aid by 7Song
- Taste of Herbs by Rosalee de la Foret
- Anatomy and Physiology for Herbalists by Tammi Sweet
- Herbal Constituents by Lisa Ganora
- Herbmentor classes by Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir, Rosalee de la Foret, Jim McDonald, 7Song
- Naturally Healthy Community Herbalist Course by Shonda Parker