Sowa Rigpa Institute presents:
Herbal Medicine Making Workshop
A Practical Intensive for SRI Students
with Dr. Ed Coughlin
April 18 - 25 2026
Pre-requisite: Sowa Rigpa Foundations
SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY APRIL 18th
3 - 6pm: Arrival and Check In
6:30pm: Welcome Dinner and Orientation
SUNDAY APRIL 19th - THURSDAY APRIL 24th
8am Breakfast
9am - 12pm: Practical Teaching Session One
12pm - 3pm: Lunch Break
3 - 6pm: Practical Teaching Session Two
6:30pm Dinner
FRIDAY APRIL 25th
8am Breakfast
9am - 12pm Concluding Teaching Session
12:30pm: Lunch and Check Out
(Optional stay for weekend, public program with Ed Coughlin on Saturday April 26th)
In this practical medicine-making workshop, students will review the 38 materia medical presented in Foundations of Sowa Rigpa and practice making 14 different important herbal formulas from the 38 ingredients. Students will blend powders, roll traditional pills, make decoctions and capsules, as well as a menmar (medicinal butter) and a khanda (herbal concentrate) under the expert supervision of master herbalist, Ed Coughlin. This is a highly practical workshop where students will gain confidence in making medicines and connect experientially with the herbs by tasting and feeling their effects.
THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED ANNUALLY AT PURE LAND FARMS FOR SOWA RIGPA INSTITUTE STUDENTS IN THE SPRING/ SUMMER AT PURE LAND FARMS CALIFORNIA.
IT FULFILLS SRI’S REQUIREMENT FOR HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING.
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE TO RECEIVE CREDIT, PLEASE WRITE TO INFO@SOWARIGPAINSTITUTE.ORG
Edward J. Coughlin AP, DOM
Edward Coughlin is a licensed acupuncturist, Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and certified Sowa Rigpa practitioner with nearly three decades of experience in Florida, where he runs his private practice, Jade Lotus. He is a Diplomate in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, and herbal medicine through the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. As one of the first acupuncturists in Florida to earn hospital staff privileges, he has performed over 50,000 treatments, bringing deep expertise to his clinical work.
In addition to his clinical practice, Edward is a dedicated educator, teaching herbalism and materia medica for the Sowa Rigpa Institute’s certification programs. He has also trained in Eclectic Western Herbal Medicine with the Matthew Wood Institute and Alchemy, para-chemistry and spagyrics with Robert A. Bartlett at the Spagyricus Institute, blending Eastern and Western healing traditions.
Beyond his work in medicine, Edward is a senior student of Master Kao San Lun and a 35th-generation disciple of the Little Nine Heaven system of martial arts. With over 30 years of training in this rare lineage, he embodies the integration of traditional healing arts and martial discipline.
