Finding Replacements for Endangered Plants
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Say there's a remedy that you really want to work with, but you don't have it available, or maybe it's an at-risk plant that has a threatened ecological status. What are the things that you want to look at in order to find an ideal replacement herb?
The discussion today is about how goldenseal is used and some ideal replacement remedies for goldenseal, but on a higher, meta level, really looking at a process for what things you want to do when you're looking for replacing a remedy or finding an adjunct remedy to work with.
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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. Sajah's approach honors and acknowledges the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of plants for a holistic model that uses the whole herb to heal the whole person. 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. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there everybody, Sagea Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:30.6 | And I just want to start off by saying thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch the content that we're producing here. |
| 0:38.3 | And in this week's episode, I wanted to talk about the, kind of the process of |
| 0:47.3 | thinking through an adjunct plant to use. |
| 0:50.3 | Say there's a remedy that you really want to work with, but maybe you don't have it available, |
| 0:55.0 | or maybe it's an at-risk plant that has some threatened ecological status. |
| 1:01.6 | Like, what are the things that you want to look at in order to find an ideal replacement herb? |
| 1:07.9 | And I'm really approaching this specifically through the example of golden seal. |
| 1:12.6 | I recently got a question from a student that was really wanting to work with |
| 1:17.6 | Golden Seal for a client. This client had, you know, what we might refer to as a relaxed |
| 1:24.6 | tissue state in the mucosal membranes and that's a really great scenario for |
| 1:30.9 | great scenario i mean obviously this person wasn't feeling very well but that's really the the |
| 1:35.0 | situation where golden seal is classically used you know modern herbalism we tend to think of it |
| 1:41.4 | as a natural antibiotic but traditionally this was primarily a remedy used as a mucosal membrane tonic. |
| 1:49.0 | But this student of mine really didn't want to use golden seal primarily because it's so basically endangered. |
| 1:56.0 | Obviously you can find ethically cultivated golden seal and things like that. |
| 2:01.6 | But, so that's really what the discussion is all about today is, you know, really talking about |
| 2:08.1 | golden seal and how golden seal is used and some ideal replacement remedies for golden seal, |
| 2:14.3 | but kind of on a higher meta level, really looking at a process for what are |
| 2:20.3 | the things that you want to do when you're looking for replacing a remedy or finding an adjunct |
| 2:26.3 | remedy to work with. So hopefully this serves you well on your plant bath. Be sure to hit that |
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