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Herbalism :: Medicinal Kitchen Herbs & Spices Certificate (Udemy.com)

Discover how common kitchen herbs and spices are used as herbal medicine and natural medicine for ultimate health.

Created by: Elizabeth Heck

Last updated April 2025

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What you will learn

  • Gain better health for yourself and your family through delicious food as medicine
  • Discover multiple common health conditions aliviated or prevented by each of the herbs and spices
  • Know the best ways to use each of the herbs and spices for effectiveness, ease and flavor
  • Discover simple recipes that taste so good, your family will not know it is medicine
  • Reduce medical bills and visits by dealing with acute, non-emergency situations at home
  • Learn from Udemy’s top qualified herbal instructor who is available to answer your questions

How it compares

Against the other 662 rated Udemy courses in Health & Fitness on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 49% of them
  • Reviews1,280#113 of 663 by number of reviews
  • Length1 hourshorter than 88% of them
  • Last updatedApril 2025earlier than 49% of them

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Course Description

DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU LIKELY HAVE VALUABLE MEDICINE IN YOUR KITCHEN CUPBOARD?

Your kitchen is likely a store-house of herbs and spices that greatly improve your health and wellbeing. Do you have basil, oregano, cinnamon, thyme or garlic in your kitchen?

If so, you already have valuable and important medicine. If not, you can easily purchase them from any grocery store. These are just a few of the many herbs and spices covered in this course. We will talk about:

  • What health conditions they are used for

  • The best ways to use them for effectiveness, ease and flavor

  • How they help keep you healthy in the first place

Here’s what students have to say:

★★★★★ "WOW! I had no idea how powerful kitchen herbs and spices are and how well she explained everything. I am really thankful for the recipes. Very encouraging.” – Sam D

★★★★★ "Great introduction to herbalism as it applies to what most all of us have in our kitchen at any given time. Elizabeth Heck knows herbalism well and is engaging in her presentations. I have applied several of the suggestions and "recipes" for my personal use and have found the "medicine" invaluable this past cold & flu season! Highly recommend this course to any interested in improving your health naturally.” – Joanna H

★★★★★ "A lot of fun especially for a beginner with not much culinary background. Loved this segment especially the pickled garlic in Tamari. Delicious! Can't wait to try your chai.” – Penny C

★★★★★ "I absolutely love the short bursts of information that is so refreshing! The content, so far, is exactly what I was hoping for.” – A'Jay S

Cultures throughout history have effectively treated illnesses and injuries at home with herbs and spices.

We often think that spices and herbs are included in recipes for flavor, but actually many of them were initially incorporated into the food we eat for their medicinal and health giving qualities. Here are just a few examples of what you will learn:

  • Black pepper for colds, flu, digestion, memory and arthritis

  • Cinnamon for decongestion, immunity boost, antibacterial, blood sugar stabilization

  • Mint for nutrition, brain function, relaxation, digestion and nausea

  • Basil for headaches, stress, insomnia, topical antibacterial and antioxidant properties

  • Ginger for joint health, colds, PMS and nausea

  • Many more...

Using Herbs and spices as medicine is no more difficult than making an easy recipe or even simply steeping a cup of tea. For your own health and healing, you should use them often.

Your instructor, Elizabeth Heck has 25 years of experience in working with plant medicines. She is by far, Udemy’s most qualified herbal instructor. Rest assured, you’re in good hands. With an extensive teaching background, she knows how to guide you through your herbal learning journey with ease. Even better, she is there for you throughout the course to answer any of your questions. That’s incredible value!

Why is this course not Accredited?

Nearly every online course (unless it is a large university) that claims to be accredited, actually is not. These are simply fake accreditations from real-looking websites used as a marketing scam in order to sell more courses. Elizabeth, as with any experienced herbalist, teaches with ethics and integrity and absolutely will not be deceitful for marketing sake. Rather, her students are sincerely respected and honored. Therefore none of her courses claim to be accredited.

More of what students have to say:

★★★★★ "I am learning more than I thought I would. Thanks for the recipes. I really enjoyed this course.” – Marcia D

★★★★★ "It is giving me information beyond what I already know. Interesting, fast enough paced that I don't get bored, yet slow enough to remember and learn.” – Lisa S

★★★★★ "Really great course and I learnt a lot which I can personally use. My family will benefit greatly from what I have learnt. Thank you heaps.” – Tina G

You have lifetime access to the course so you can take as long or short as you wish to go through the material. You can replay the videos at anytime using the course as an ongoing reference. You also have a 30 day money back guarantee.

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Instructor Details

Elizabeth Heck

As Udemy’s most qualified herbalism instructor, Elizabeth has a solid 25 year background in working with herbal medicines. She was the founder of a successful herbal products company and is also the founder of the Home Herb School. The school offers a complete suite of courses empowering students on their herbal journey.

Elizabeth makes speaking appearances at health-centered conferences, teaching centers and events globally. Most notably, Elizabeth has presented at the International Herb Symposium which invites the most highly respected teachers from around the world, the New England Women's Conference, one of the oldest, largest and most honored wellness gatherings and the legendary Sage Mountain Retreat Center.

Beyond her degree from the University of Minnesota, Elizabeth studied with world-renowned teachers including:

▪ Dr. Robert Mohlenbrock

▪ Rosemary Gladstar

▪ Lise Wolff

▪ Matthew Wood

She now passes on that wisdom and experience to empower her students in the art and science of herbalism. Elizabeth’s passion for health shines through as she guides students step-by-step in her best selling online courses.

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Reviews

4.6

1,280 ratings on Udemy

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By Christine Mascia on 4/14/2025

Informative & interesting. Course is well prepared and any issues were handled with regard to student's requests. The instructor is clear and easily understood. Makes learning more focused on subject. This class has promoted my interest in natural medicine .

By Jaimini on 10/31/2023

Yes, i enjoyed it. being from india, herbs and spices are a way of life for us and we just incorporate them naturally, but it was good to understand the values and properties, makes the use of herbs feel just right and more precious!

By Fleur Menezes on 9/13/2023

It took me a while to complete the course due to other committments but I found it invaluable. I would have liked to download some information regarding the different herbs. But I guess I can copy and paste the transcripts. I will enrol in some of Elizabeth's other courses in between uni breaks. Overall, I really enjoyed the course.

By Chris Stephenson on 5/13/2022

I would have liked the instructions included in the transcripts of the recipes. In particular for the pickled garlic it would have been more helpful. Otherwise some excellent information about using herbs & spices for your health in your food so easily.

By denise Bailey on 11/15/2020

This was great match for me. I love home remedies.

By Tessa Kidd on 11/15/2020

Wonderfully clear and informative. I learned so much!

By Lucy Hendry on 11/1/2020

yes ver informative and interesting

By Karen Murray on 11/1/2020

The info was great but the audio kept breaking up

By Lisa Jonassen on 10/19/2020

It was free with another course. Very basic stuff.

By Gia Laarz on 10/13/2020

I love learning the healing properties of some of these herbs

By Shannon Johnson on 10/2/2020

Class is good but it didn't provide writing material like her past courses. I like to print off my notes and put them into a notebook. Hard to remember all of the elements without taking notes. Have to re listen several times to take notes.

By Chipo Berejena on 9/27/2020

this course is an eye opener and iam benefiting a lot from the lectures which are very clear and well presented.many thanks Elizabeth for very informative lectures

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Overall Score : 92 / 100