Certified Clinical Master Herbalist - Where Botanical Wisdom Meets Evidence-Based Practice
Are you ready to take your herbal knowledge to the highest professional level? Our Certified Clinical Master Herbalist program provides a rigorous study course designed for those who are serious about practicing herbalism in a clinical or advanced wellness setting. This immersive program bridges traditional herbal wisdom with modern science, preparing you to confidently support complex health concerns with skill, accuracy, and compassion.
In addition to herbalism, you will dive into the complex health issues that have become a common theme in most communities. The rates of autoimmune diseases, metabolic disorders, Lyme disease, intestinal permeability (leaky guts), food allergies, and mood disorders increase greatly every year. Learn how to support stressed body systems and which herbs and supplements are most effective.
Clinical Master Herbalist graduates may apply for Board Certification with:
- American Association of Natural Wellness Practitioners (AANWP)
- American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP)
- Graduates of our programs qualify for certifications with many organizations!
Throughout the program, you'll engage deeply with a broad and integrative curriculum, including:
- Lyme Disease & Co-Infections – Explore the complexities of Lyme disease and its common co-infections through a natural health lens.
Digestive Wellness – Address gut health from root to symptom with herbs, nutrition, and functional insight. - Parasites – Discover the role of herbs in supporting gut health and addressing parasitic imbalances.
- Mental Health & Herbs – Examine herbal allies and lifestyle protocols for anxiety, depression, trauma, and mood regulation. Discover the role of the gut-brain axis, HPA axis, vagus nerve, and enteric nervous system in mental health.
- Detoxification – Learn safe and effective herbal detox methods to support liver, lymph, skin, kidneys, and colon.
- Nutritional Studies – Guide your clients into healthy eating by understanding the body’s needs for micro, macro, and phytonutrients.
- Detailed Case Studies – Apply your knowledge by developing critical thinking and clinical insight.
- Explore Dozens of Effective Herbs – Discover how to choose and use herbs and herbal combinations for a wide variety of health issues and prevention.
- Botany & Phytochemistry – Gain a strong foundation in plant identification and the chemical constituents that give herbs their powerful effect.
- Menstruum & Math – Master the calculations and solvent systems behind accurate, effective herbal formulations.
- Herbal Medicine Making – Learn how to create potent tinctures, teas, salves, oils, syrups, and more.
- Herbalism & Physiology – Understand how herbs interact with the body’s systems and support wellness at the root.
- Women & Herbs – Focus on women’s health, hormone-balancing, and restorative herbs.
- Natural Medicine Protocols – Dive into understanding many diseases and dis-eases that may occur in the body.
- Gut-brain axis, Leaky guts, Anatomy & physiology, Detail immune system studies, and more!
Tuition: Certified Clinical Master Herbalist
Student will complete 59.5 credit hours/920 study hours. Estimated time to complete course studies is 32 months but students will have 36 months – an extra 4 months to cover unexpected circumstances. Tuition includes a $400 non-refundable deposit.
- Tuition: $3,675.00
- Pay in Full (save 15%): $3,123.75
- Payment Plan: Tuition is $3,675.00 and the deposit is $400.00. Payments for the remaining balance of $3,275.00 will be $163.75 for 20 months.
- Payment Plan Military/First Responder: Tuition is $3,123.75 and the deposit is $400.00. Payments for the remaining balance of $2,723.75 will be $151.32 for 18 months. The discount is for past or present service and includes the spouse.
Payment is your enrollment. Please use an email address during checkout that will work best for communication with Genesis.
AGREEMENT: I have read and accept the School Policies. I will complete the program in the allowed time span. I understand that Genesis is allowing an interest free option (financing) by offering a payment plan and, as the student, I am responsible for paying the tuition in full.
COURSE STUDIES: BOOKS/MANUALS/VIDEOS
Estimated time to complete: 8 months
- G430 Women & Herbs: Women’s Herbs Women’s Health by Christopher Hobbs & Kathy Keville
- G215-A Anatomy & Physiology Part#1: (open-source PDF download)
- G215-B Anatomy & Physiology Part#2: (open-source PDF download)
- NV10 Food & Nutrition: Hydration and Macronutrients by Sharlene Peterson (VIDEO)
- NV20 Food & Nutrition: Micronutrients & Phytonutrients by Sharlene Peterson (VIDEO)
- G415 Studies in Botany: Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel
- M230 Immune System Fundamentals & Autoimmune Disorders by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- M102 Herbal Infusions & Teas by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- M104 Medicinal Infusions by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- M101 Herbal Adaptogens by Sharlene Peterson (download)
Estimated Time To Complete: 8 Months
- M600 Mental Health & Herbs by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- G215-C Anatomy & Physiology Part#3: (open-source PDF download)
- G480-A Phytochemistry part #1: Herbal Constituents by Lisa Ganora
- G480-B Phytochemistry part #2: Herbal Constituents by Lisa Ganora
- M220 Menstruum & Math for Herbalists by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- G400 Herbal Medicine Making: The Herbal Medicine Maker’s Handbook (2000) by James Green
- SG31 Herbal Preparation Projects (Medicine-making projects)
- M103 Three Unrivaled Antiviral Herbs by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- M105 Lung Health & Herbal Support by Sharlene Peterson (download)
Estimated time to complete: 8 months
- G350-A Herbs & Physiology part #1: Herbal ABC’s… by Dr. Sharol Marie Tilgner
- G350-B Herbs & Physiology part #2: Herbal ABC’s… by Dr. Sharol Marie Tilgner
- G480-C Phytochemistry part #3: Herbal Constituents by Lisa Ganora
- G480-D Phytochemistry part #4: Herbal Constituents by Lisa Ganora
- G480-E Phytochemistry part #5: Herbal Constituents by Lisa Ganora
- M240 Lyme Disease & Co-Infections by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- M250 Parasites of Human Interest: by Sharlene Peterson (download)
- G325 Toxin Solutions: The Toxin Solution (2017) by Dr. Joseph Pizzorno
Estimated time to complete: 8 months
- G575-A Digestive Wellness part #1: Digestive Wellness … by Elizabeth Lipski
- G575-B Digestive Wellness part #2: Digestive Wellness … by Elizabeth Lipski
- G550-A Natural Medicine: The Clinician’s Handbook of Natural Medicine by Joseph Pizzorno, M. Murray…
- G550-B Natural Medicine: The Clinician’s Handbook of Natural Medicine by Joseph Pizzorno, M. Murray…
- G550-C Natural Medicine: The Clinician’s Handbook of Natural Medicine by Joseph Pizzorno, M. Murray…
- HV20 Client Intake & Business (download)
- SG21 Client Case Studies #1 & #2
- SG22 Client Case Studies #3 & #4
- SG23 Client Case Studies #5 & #6

Student Accounts: Students enrolled in our herbal and natural health diploma courses are eligible for student accounts with several professional herbal, homeopathic, and supplement companies. Companies include Energetix, DesBio, MarcoPharma, Professional Formulas, Systemic Formulas, and more.
By choosing Genesis’s comprehensive training program you are investing in your future success as a Certified Clinical Master Herbalist. Success includes the ability to transform the lives of those you serve as well as creating a successful business. This training program empowers students with critical thinking skills, health information literacy, and expertise in herbal and natural medicine.
"Genesis School of Natural Health has most definitely met my expectations regarding the quality, relevance, integrity and authenticity of their curriculum and their entire institution. Genesis graduates rank among the most competent in the field and because of that I highly recommend this school to everyone including those who do not intend to practice but are just looking to gain the necessary knowledge to keep themselves and their family in optimum state of health".
Daryl P.
Clinical Master Herbalist Diploma Course
We have designed our Certified Master Herbalist diploma course as an excellent stand-alone program. It is foundational and a prerequisite for a online Certified Clinical Master Herbalist (CMH) diploma course. To simply the process, we built the Master Herbalist training requirements into the phases of study for the CMH. Designing our programs to combine and build upon each other saves our students both time and money.
A Certified Clinical Master Herbalist is a title that denotes proficiency in the use of herbs and natural health strategies. Work as an herbalist often varies with the individual’s talents as well as the desired expression of such knowledge and creativity. This is where it gets exciting. For instance, some herbalists are avid foragers and know much about plant identification, growth and habitats, as well as the medicinal and/or food uses of plants – a study called botany. Other herbalists are professional seed savers, farmers, or gardeners that specialize in providing plants for other gardeners, medicinal, or culinary use.
Still others like to compound herbs and make herbal remedies such as infusions, decoctions, tinctures, salves, creams, medicinal syrups, suppositories, and encapsulations. Yet others find creativity and fulfillment in formulating lines of natural cosmetics, bath and body products, household cleaners, and personal hygiene items.
Some herbalists work in retail helping customers make the right product selections while others work in an herbal apothecary setting selling herbs by weight, or mixing herbal blends to help with specific ailments. However, most commonly, clinical herbalists are self-employed professional consultants who observe and assess clients to offer natural solutions for their health issues and to maintain proper wellness.
The field of study called herbalism is the practice of utilizing plant materials in a manner that supports the body’s ability to maintain wellness and to heal itself. In times past, herbalism was known as the “medicine of the people.” Herbal artisans were called “healers” or the “apothecary.” In modern times these same people would be called herbalists. Your studies will include the vast knowledge that traditional herbalism has provided and the modern view of herbal constituents and scientific studies.
If you are interested in herbs and are unsure of what your long term goals might “look like,” relax, you have time. It is not unusual for a vision to develop as our students progress through the online Master Herbalist or Clinical Master Herbalist diploma course at Genesis School of Natural Health.