The Essential Dozen: Be Your Own Herbalist Manual
By Shantree Kacera R.H. D.N. Ph.D.
This manual offers a grounded, practical introduction to herbal medicine through the teachings of twelve essential plants. With over 50 years of experience as a clinical herbalist and forest gardener, Shantree Kacera shares time-honoured knowledge that supports physical vitality, emotional balance, and deeper connection to the Earth.
Each plant is explored through its medicinal uses, botanical details, preparation methods, dosage guidelines, and energetic qualities. Designed to be accessible and empowering, this manual helps individuals and families create their own herbal apothecary using safe, nourishing plants that grow abundantly in many regions.
Inside you will find:
A complete Materia Medica for 12 core medicinal plants
Step-by-step preparation and dosage guidance
Insights into plant energetics and emotional healing
A guided process for crafting your own personalized Materia Medica
An individual project to deepen your study in a chosen area of interest
The manual also includes teachings on how herbs interact with the body’s systems—such as digestion, circulation, and immunity—and offers tools for understanding the relationship between emotions and physical health. Through these teachings, you’ll learn how to care for yourself and others using nature’s wisdom.
This manual supports a return to local, sustainable healing practices. It invites you to build an intimate relationship with the plant world, one rooted in observation, respect, and lifelong learning.
By Shantree Kacera R.H. D.N. Ph.D.
This manual offers a grounded, practical introduction to herbal medicine through the teachings of twelve essential plants. With over 50 years of experience as a clinical herbalist and forest gardener, Shantree Kacera shares time-honoured knowledge that supports physical vitality, emotional balance, and deeper connection to the Earth.
Each plant is explored through its medicinal uses, botanical details, preparation methods, dosage guidelines, and energetic qualities. Designed to be accessible and empowering, this manual helps individuals and families create their own herbal apothecary using safe, nourishing plants that grow abundantly in many regions.
Inside you will find:
A complete Materia Medica for 12 core medicinal plants
Step-by-step preparation and dosage guidance
Insights into plant energetics and emotional healing
A guided process for crafting your own personalized Materia Medica
An individual project to deepen your study in a chosen area of interest
The manual also includes teachings on how herbs interact with the body’s systems—such as digestion, circulation, and immunity—and offers tools for understanding the relationship between emotions and physical health. Through these teachings, you’ll learn how to care for yourself and others using nature’s wisdom.
This manual supports a return to local, sustainable healing practices. It invites you to build an intimate relationship with the plant world, one rooted in observation, respect, and lifelong learning.
By Shantree Kacera R.H. D.N. Ph.D.
This manual offers a grounded, practical introduction to herbal medicine through the teachings of twelve essential plants. With over 50 years of experience as a clinical herbalist and forest gardener, Shantree Kacera shares time-honoured knowledge that supports physical vitality, emotional balance, and deeper connection to the Earth.
Each plant is explored through its medicinal uses, botanical details, preparation methods, dosage guidelines, and energetic qualities. Designed to be accessible and empowering, this manual helps individuals and families create their own herbal apothecary using safe, nourishing plants that grow abundantly in many regions.
Inside you will find:
A complete Materia Medica for 12 core medicinal plants
Step-by-step preparation and dosage guidance
Insights into plant energetics and emotional healing
A guided process for crafting your own personalized Materia Medica
An individual project to deepen your study in a chosen area of interest
The manual also includes teachings on how herbs interact with the body’s systems—such as digestion, circulation, and immunity—and offers tools for understanding the relationship between emotions and physical health. Through these teachings, you’ll learn how to care for yourself and others using nature’s wisdom.
This manual supports a return to local, sustainable healing practices. It invites you to build an intimate relationship with the plant world, one rooted in observation, respect, and lifelong learning.