VIRTUAL HERBALISM CONFERENCE - DAY 4
Medicine Making 101: Making Effective Herbal Products with Mary Blue
In this session, we explore how to make effective herbal products with Mary Blue, founder of Farmacy Herbs, organic farmer, and community herbalist with over 20 years of teaching, clinical practice, and herbal medicine experience. Mary’s work blends herbs, nutrition, and lifestyle to support health while centering community activism and health justice. In this conversation, Mary will share her deep expertise in medicine making, herb cultivation, and clinical practice, offering practical, hands-on insights from decades of teaching and training herbalists across hospitals, schools, and conferences.
Discussion Highlights:
- Foundational knowledge every herbalist needs for medicine making
- Phytochemistry, solubility, and their role in tincture and apothecary work
- Tips for ensuring effective extraction and consistent tincture strength
- Favorite methods for infused oils and commonly used herbs
- Common mistakes new herbalists make and how to avoid them
- Creative approaches to experimenting and crafting new formulas
- Considerations for selling herbal products, including safety, compliance, and labeling
Mary is the founder of Farmacy Herbs, an organic farmer, and community herbalist dedicated to personal and planetary healing through herbs, nutrition, and lifestyle. Her philosophy emphasizes supporting health rather than treating disease, rooted in community, activism, and health justice. Mary teaches Western Herbalism at Brown University Medical School. Since 2006, she has led the Farmacy Herbal Education and Training Program, guiding over 1,000 students in herbal medicine, health justice, and nutritional healing. She has taught widely at hospitals, schools, conferences, and special interest groups, including the New England Women’s Conference and the International Herb Symposium. Her herbal expertise comes from decades of hands-on practice, mentorship under experienced herbalists, and direct public engagement, creating programs that integrate anatomy, physiology, nutrition, and in-depth herbal healing.
About Mary Blue:
Find Mary:
- on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryblueherbalist/
- at https://www.maryblueherbalist.com/
- contributing her Everyday Herbalism ebook + coupon to the 2026 Herbalism Conference VIP Pass Ticket!
- contributing to the Rooted Routines Course and Turmeric Speaker Film, exclusive upgrades in the 2026 Herbalism Conference VIP Pass Ticket!
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