First Do No Harm: The Herbalist's Edition
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
All herbalists have one fear in common, and that's accidentally causing harm to someone using herbs. However, the likelihood of this occurring is lower than you might think. By understanding the pathways in which herbs affect the body, you can practice with greater safety and confidence.
In today's episode, you'll learn:
- How herbs affect the body physiologically and energetically
- Safety practices for microdosing herbs
- About the importance of follow-ups and receiving feedback
- Strategies for preventing herb-drug interactions
- How to use herbalism as an adjunctive therapy when tapering off medication
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ABOUT SAJAH
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Sajah Popham, founder of Organic Unity and The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, is committed to creating a new paradigm of plant medicine anchored in herbal, medical, and spiritual traditions from around the world. His work integrates the science and spirit of herbal medicine, creating a system that is equally holistic, healing and transformational. His unique synthesis bridges herbalism not only east and west, but north & south, above & below, into a universal philosophy that encompasses indigenous wisdom, Ayurveda, western Alchemy and Spagyrics, Astrology, clinical herbalism, and modern pharmacology.
Sajah's vitalist approach utilizes plants not only for physical healing and rejuvenation, but for the evolution of consciousness. He never allopathicallyl focuses on just what a plant is "good for" but rather who the plants are as sentient beings. Sajah's 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 in southern Oregon with his wife where he teaches at his school, makes spagyric medicines, and practices his healing art. For more information about his products and programs, visit www.organic-unity.com & www.evolutionaryherbalism.com
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ABOUT THE PLANT PATH
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The Plant Path provides unique perspectives for the modern practitioner of herbalism that doesn't just want to "fix what's broken" in the body, but seeks to serve others with deeper levels of healing and transformation with herbal medicines.
A unique synergy of clinical herbalism, alchemy, medical astrology, and herbal traditions from around the world, The Plant Path focuses on giving you a truly "wholistic" perspective on herbal medicine so you never fall into the trap of allopathic herbalism.
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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. |
| 0:28.6 | And in this week's episode of the blog, I want to talk about our number one fear as herbalists, right? |
| 0:36.6 | But before I talk about our number one fear, I want to talk about our number one fear as herbalists, right? But before I talk about our number one fear, I'm going to talk about our number one goal, right? |
| 0:42.2 | And it's pretty obvious, right? Our number one goal as herbalist is to provide healing for people, right? |
| 0:49.4 | But that then translates into, for most of us, our number one, fear, which is hurting someone with |
| 0:56.7 | herbs, right? That obviously we want to help, we want to heal, we want to provide plants |
| 1:02.8 | for people that's going to rejuvenate their body and alleviate their suffering. And for the |
| 1:09.1 | evolutionary herbalists out there, we want to also help, you know, clarify and inspire the evolutionary herbalists out there we want to also help you know |
| 1:12.6 | clarify and inspire the mind and uplift and strengthen the heart and facilitate in the soul's growth |
| 1:19.5 | and development right and the very last thing that we want to do is potentially give someone an herb |
| 1:26.3 | that's going to do harm to their body, right? |
| 1:29.3 | And that really is, you know, one of the foundation of, you know, traditional Western medicine, |
| 1:35.3 | which is the number one axiom, first do no harm. |
| 1:39.3 | And so this is a totally valid fear, right, that we have, because I think it shows that we're coming from a good place, right? |
| 1:48.5 | That we genuinely want to do good. |
| 1:52.5 | But here's the deal with most herbal medicines that we're giving, right? |
| 1:57.3 | That if you're working with the majority of medicinal plants used, especially in our |
| 2:03.0 | Western Materia Medica, and you're giving them in, you know, moderate doses, like you're not |
| 2:09.3 | giving them, you know, ginormous five milliliters, five times a day dosages for months and months and |
| 2:15.8 | months and months, the likelihood of you actually |
| 2:19.3 | inflicting harm on someone is incredibly low. |
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