Plant Studies Challenge
Checklist
WEEK 1
O Print your Checklist!
O Print your Materia Medica Cover & Pages
Choose your Plant
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O Fill out your Materia Medica fields:
Latin Name, Common Name, Family, TCM
Name, Ayurveda Name
Optional:
O Order your Herb if needed
Order your Back to School Books and
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Supplies if needed
WEEK 2
O Fill out your Materia Medica fields:
Parts Used, Geographic Location, Botanical
Description, Harvesting Guidelines, Plant
Photo
O Print your Herb Cards and attach to your
materia medica page, or draw your herb
O Organize your workstation and apothecary
to prepare for Back to School
Optional:
Share your materia medica progress on
O Dosage and Safety
Instagram using the hashtags
#myherbalstudies & #plantstudieschallenge
T HEHERBAL ACADE MY.C OM
WEEK 3
O Fill out your Materia Medica fields:
Constituents, Uses, Actions
O Download & Print the Research Cheat Sheet
Optional:
O Look up your herb in The Herbariums Plant
Database and browse through the Scientific
Research, References, and Articles
sections for more reading
WEEK 4
O Fill out your Materia Medica fields:
Preparations, Taste, Energy
O Make a simple preparation using your herb
O Find recipes using your herb as an
ingredient, & then make a couple!
O Download & Print the Apothecary
Labels + label your remedies
Optional:
O Share your herbal creations on Instagram
using the hashtags #myherbalstudies &
#plantstudieschallenge
WEEK 5
O Fill out your Materia Medica fields:
O Download & Print the Herb Safety Chart
Optional:
O Share your completed materia medica on
Instagram using the hashtags
#myherbalstudies & #plantstudieschallenge