Addicted to Bitters
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Bitters are a common category of herbal medicine that are universally used to support digestion. While bitters are amazing and incredible in all the many ways in which they support the digestive system, they're not always the most appropriate type of remedy for people to use. In our modern world where it seems like almost everyone has a digestive symptom of some sort, bitters are becoming significantly more and more popular and are commonly used by lay folk who aren't herbalists.
There is some danger there in terms of whether bitters are appropriate for certain people with a certain constitution to be taking, as well as whether someone can become dependent on bitters.
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The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.
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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy.
His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves.
He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:24.1 | Hey there, everybody. |
| 0:25.4 | Saja Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:29.0 | And thanks so much for taking the time out of your day to watch and or listen to the content here. |
| 0:36.3 | And in this week's episode, we're going to be talking a bit about |
| 0:41.6 | bitters. You know, bitters are a really common category of herbal medicine that pretty much is |
| 0:53.2 | universally used to support digestion. |
| 0:57.0 | And while bitters are amazing and incredible in all the many ways in which they support the |
| 1:03.0 | digestive system, they're not always the most appropriate type of remedy for people to use. And I think in our modern world where it seems |
| 1:14.5 | like almost everyone has a digestive symptom of some sort. Bitters are becoming significantly |
| 1:23.1 | more and more popular, I guess, and just commonly used by layfolk that maybe aren't necessarily |
| 1:30.2 | herbalists. And so I think there's some dangers there in terms of whether bidders are necessarily |
| 1:36.8 | appropriate for a certain person with a certain constitution to be taking. And then there's also the question recently came to me in regards to whether |
| 1:49.1 | someone could actually get dependent on bitters, the way in which bitters stimulate our biosecretions |
| 1:57.1 | and digestive enzymes and stomach acid and all the ways in which they just they make the whole GI secrete. |
| 2:05.6 | Is there a possibility of our body becoming dependent on that kind of bitter stimulation in order for those secretions to happen? |
| 2:16.6 | And so that's what I'm going to be talking about in this video. |
| 2:21.8 | And also covering what I see is three really important things to consider and make sure to |
| 2:29.3 | address when treating, especially chronic digestive symptoms, right? |
| 2:33.9 | Even if it's something as mild as, |
| 2:36.6 | you know, gas or bloating or sensations of fullness and things like that, things that we might |
| 2:42.5 | not consider like major digestive symptoms, maybe they're more in the category of a minor |
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