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.

It is hard to imagine myself being where I am today if I had not enrolled in David Winston’s program. This class starts you at square one, and slowly builds your panoply of herbal knowledge – assuring you will acquire the confidence and knowledge to better both yourself and one’s community. What I liked most about this program is David’s straightforward and effortless way of teaching. David truly demystifies herbal medicine, as he has spent 50+ years studying, 40+ years practicing and bringing esoteric knowledge to those wishing to study with him. Words cannot grasp the gratitude I have for both David, his faculty and what this program has done for me.

Robert Sena | Class of 2020