About Our Program

Thank you for visiting David Winston’s Center For Herbal Studies’ (DW-CHS) website. David Winston, RH (AHG), an internationally respected herbalist, is the dean and one of the primary instructors for this program. He teaches throughout the US, Canada, and the UK and has been teaching the two year DW-CHS program for over 46 years.

Our philosophy: Great herbalists treat people, not diseases, and in our program we strive to teach the skills necessary so that each student can accomplish that goal. We focus on differential diagnosis skills, materia medica and therapeutics which are essential to individualize treatment and help patients to not only resolve symptoms, but create constitutional change needed for physical, emotional and spiritual wellness.

The program runs from September through August for two consecutive years. The class will be held online via live webcast and we will be arranging live herb walks for people who are local, which will also be filmed and put up online for students who cannot attend.

For more information about the course please refer to the Herbalist’s Training Program tab. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us.

David Winston’s course is fin-nominal!  I was worried it  would be too much and even though the material came at me quickly, I found I was able to adapt and improve my learning skills readily. However  it is great!  I’ll walk away with skills I acquired and copious amounts of information to review and use, to help others enrich their lives.  The staff wants you to succeed and will help you to understand the materials. It was so nice to be part of the 2014 2016 class.  I will look forward to helping others.  It is hard to believe the two year program is over, I have learned so much and look forward to my future.

Linda Miller | Class of 2016