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 40 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 2 year program explores many different herbal modalities, western, TCM, Ayurveda, Native American, and Middle Eastern Unani Tibb. His therapeutic and graduate level programs delve into all the modern health issues, and how to take a deeper dive toward health and wholeness with herbs. He teaches how to do a William LeSassier’s triune formula, which provides an incredibly comprehensive whole body formula tailored specifically for each person’s needs. I found it only monumental and a highly valuable tool for any clinical herbalist’s toolbox.

Interestingly, I was at an American Herbalists Guild symposium while I was still studying with him, and the level of respect I received from the highly esteemed herbalists I met…just for being a student of David Winston’s was almost overwhelming. It most certainly opened my eyes to the level of teacher I was lucky enough to have. And here is a good place to add just how many medical doctors study with him, I think it averages 20 to 30% per class. Clearly he is a true master in his mastery, and I cannot recommend his program enough. It opened my world exponentially, helped me under my body’s functions much better, and started me on a completely different path to health and wellness. If you are on the fence, please do yourself a favor and go for it.

Carmel Callen | Class of 2018