Article courtesy of BCHA professional member and director Krista Poulton, RHT – Medical Herbalist

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Medicine-making is my passion and I am excited to share with you this Podcast series Medicine-Making Part 1:  Herbal Teas with Janean Strong at www.realjanean.com. On this podcast I share some tips on growing simple garden plants, drying plants and how to make a good cup of tea.  You may think you know how to make a good cup of tea, but there are specific instructions on how to make tea with plants with essential oils, mucilage, and minerals.

Photos Courtesy of Krista Poulton

About the Author:

Education, medicine-making, and herb growing along with women’s health are strong passions for Krista, and she brings this into a consultation with educational components for patients, an on-site herbal medicine dispensary 50% grown and tinctured almost entirely by Krista Dawn, and offering connections with plants with plant starts and seeds. 

She has completed a three-year Herbal Medicine diploma program with Pacific Rim College in Victoria, BC, consisting of over 500 hours of practical clinical training, over 500 hours of biomedical training, and roughly 1000 hours of Therapeutic Herbalism including herbal, supplementation and nutritional training. Additionally she has studied with Nadine Ijaz, learning Traditional Chinese Medicine theory with western herbs along with pulse and tongue diagnosis.

Krista has focused her continuing education within women’s health with herbal mentors such as Aviva Romm, as well as Fertility Symposiums and Women’s Health conferences. Krista had offered over the course of two years a popular women’s health workshop series titled “Moon Goddess – Women’s Knowledge of Menstruation and Ovulation” teaching over 75 women about their menstrual cycles and how to incorporate Herbal Medicine to address common reproductive pathologies. Krista has spoken at the Kootenay Herb Conference in 2016 and will be speaking at the Vancouver Island Herb Gathering in the summer of 2017 on Menstrual Cycle Charting and Herbal Medicine and is planning to offer a combined workshop with her inspiring mentor Bev Maya in the Fall of 2017 at Pacific Rim College..

Krista maintains a professional membership with the BCHA and is actively involved with this organization as a member of the Board of Directors. She is also actively involved in the People’s Apothecary, a community Herbal Medicine garden located in Quadra Village.

Krista currently practices in Victoria, BC with her clinical practice located in Fernwood Square and teaches medicine-making, herbal medicine courses and is a clinical supervisor at Pacific Rim College, an complementary and integrative health college.