Ethnobotany, Traditional Medicine and Modern Healing | Mark J Plotkin

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Gordon White

Magic, Occult, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Paranormal, Ufo, Spirituality

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Legendary ethnobotanist, Mark J. Plotkin, joins the show this week for a fascinating chat about traditional medicine, Indigenous knowledge, plant healing and modern medicine.

Dr Plotkin studied under the great Richard Evans Schultes himself and has been exploring the Amazon as a friend and researcher for five decades. He is the co-founder of the Amazon Conservation Team -a nonprofit that partners with Indigenous communities to conserve biodiversity, protect traditional lifeways and support sustainable Amazonian livelihoods.

During the lockdown era, Mark started an excellent and highly recommended podcast, Plants of the Gods. We discuss

The origination of the podcast project
The role of psychedelics in contemporary medicine
The safeguarding of Indigenous intellectual property in the 'modern' world
'Active molecules' versus whole plants in contemporary medicine
The changes -good and bad- in the field of ethnobotany over the course of his career

A fantastic discussion with a personal hero. Dive in. And if this is the first time you've heard about Plants of the Gods, well, I'm pleased to be able to share it with you!

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0:00.0	And the Dr Mark Clutkin, thank you so much for your time. Welcome aboard. How are you, sir?
0:21.0	Good to be here.
0:23.0	Thank you for the invitation.
0:24.0	No, absolutely, absolutely.
0:26.0	And I'm trying something a little different
0:28.0	in this day and age in terms of introducing people,
0:32.0	which is I asked an AI for a bio of Mark Plotkin.
0:37.0	And it looks good to me, I think, I think this is about right, but I'm going to read it.
0:41.0	What we usually do is I introduce the guest and the guest then adds something or corrects it or finds maybe where there's a little bit of a difference. But Mark Plotkin is an American ethnobotanist and author widely recognized for his work in fields of ethnobotany, conservation, and indigenous rights. He was born in 1955 in New Orleans, Louisiana. That seems a bit rude and grew up in the Washington, D.C. area.
1:07.6	He received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Harvard and a PhD in biology from Tufts.
1:14.0	He is a world-renowned expert in Amazonian ethnobotany
1:16.5	and is best known for his work on the medicinal and cultural value of rainforest plants,
1:21.0	particularly in the area of Amazonian shamanism.
1:24.0	Plotkin is the founder and president of the Amazon Conservation Team,
1:28.0	a non-profit organization that partners with indigenous communities
1:31.0	to conserve biodiversity,
1:32.9	protect traditional cultures,
1:35.0	and support sustainable livelihoods
1:37.0	in the Amazon rainforest.
1:39.0	How did CHPT do?
1:42.3	Right on the money.
1:43.0	Nice, nice.
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