When a person goes to a hardware store and buys a drill, what they are really looking for is a hole. In a similar manner, when people buy herbs and supplements, what they are really looking for is better health. So, anyone who wants to be in the business of selling herbs and supplements needs to understand how to identify which products will really give their customers the results they really want.

Unfortunately, there are hundreds of illnesses people can experience and hundreds of nutritional supplements to chose from, so the task of learning how to select the right herbal remedies and nutritional supplements for each person can seem overwhelming to the beginner. What complicates matters more, is that it is illegal for herbalists and other natural healers to diagnose diseases and prescribe treatments for them in most states. So, you also have to learn how to explain the benefits of herbs and supplements to clients in a legal manner.

These problems can be big obstacles for people who want to become herbalists or natural healers.

Fortunately, I learned a easier and much more simple way of recommending herbs and supplements for healing from my first herb teacher, Master Herbalist Edward Milo Millet. Ed called his system the ABC+D approach.

Instead of diagnosing diseases and recommending remedies for them, the ABC+D Approach is based on the fact that there are underlying causes of all disease. By removing these causes, we can help the body heal itself, completely bypassing the need to diagnose and prescribe.

My name is Steven Horne, and I’m a professional member and recent past president of the American Herbalists Guild. It’s been 28 years since Ed Millet introduced me to the ABC+D approach and I’ve spent that time refining and further developing Ed’s basic concepts. The ABC+D Approach course will teach you this system of analyzing how a person’s health is out of balance and help you select remedies that will help the body restore itself to health, naturally.

Although this course is written primarily for people who want to help other people find the right herbs and supplements, it is also valuable in helping a person learn to understand their own body and find remedies for their own health problems. The ABC+D Approach builds on the concepts presented in my Dr. Mom-Dr. Dad course (which I recommend studying first) to provide a practical working knowledge of how to help the body heal from chronic and even degenerative illness illness.

Using a model I created called The Disease Tree, you’ll learn that there are four root causes of disease, six imbalances in biological terrain and eleven body systems which you need to work with to help the body heal. This is far easier to master than trying to learn or develop protocols for hundreds of different diseases (and legally safer, too).

In the ABC+D Approach you’ll learn:

• How to Activate a person’s capacity for self-healing by helping them develop a positive mental attitude and resolve their emotional issues.
• How to Build good health by helping people improve their nutritional intake without overwhelming them or making them feel guilty
• How to Cleanse the body to remove heavy metals and other environmental toxins that may be damaging their health
• How to identify the six biological terrain imbalances and the type of direct aids that will restore balance
• Basic instructions on the consulting process, including legal and ethical guidelines.
• How to identify which of the eleven body systems require nutritional support and how to recognize the main imbalance in each body system.

You'll also receive:

• Lists of proven single herbs and blends that work on each of the major imbalances in the body.
• A Personal Health Evaluation form you can use to take a case history with clients and a copy of the Body System’s Questionnaire to help you determine which systems need nutritional support.
• Instructions on how to work with a hiatal hernia and how to do a gallbladder flush.
• A table showing each major hormone in the body, which gland produces it and what herbs and supplements can help it.
• A table of immune remedies showing their immune properties and which tissue states the are most helpful for.

This system has already helped hundreds of people learn to use herbs and natural remedies more effectively to help themselves or others gain the health they desire. It will help you, too.
Instruction Materials Include:

• A 164 page ABC+D Approach Manual and a Product Guide
• Two DVDs —The ABC’s of Natural Health (85 Minutes) and Selecting Direct Aids (80 Minutes)
• Access to 14 2-hour webinar training sessions in the ABC+D System.
• Student Study Guide with test and homework assignments
• Certificate of Completion and credit towards CHC certification upon submission of completed and correct homework.

The ABC+D Approach may be purchased separately for $247
and is included in the complete CHC program.  This course is
being revised and taught via webinar.  If you enroll in the course
now, you will be enrolled in the webinar at no extra charge
and will receive both the current manual and the new manual
when it is completed in the fall of 2011.