How Many Remedies Should You Give at a Time?
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Some client cases are straightforward, while others leave you scratching your head and unsure where to begin. If you have ever had a client with a myriad of symptoms, you might worry that you are giving them too many herbs, formulas, or are altogether overwhelming them.
Just because your client's case is complicated does not mean your protocol needs to be. Through learning techniques for working through complex cases, you can make your herbal protocols as simple and effective as possible.
In today's episode, you'll learn:
- Different approaches to formulating
- How many formulas to give someone at the same time
- 3 methods for simplifying complex herbal cases
- Methods for including your client in the process to increase compliance
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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. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there everybody, Seja Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:30.6 | And recently got a question in from a student that I thought would be a valuable piece of little information to share with the greater community |
| 0:39.5 | here. And this question is around how many herbs is it okay to give someone at one time? This can be |
| 0:48.5 | a very, you can get a varied variety of answers from different herbalists really, depending on who you ask this question to in terms of differences in approaches. |
| 1:00.1 | You know, some herbalists might feel comfortable giving dozens and dozens of remedies and really big, large, complex formulas. |
| 1:08.7 | And on the whole other end of the spectrum, someone maybe only |
| 1:12.2 | feel comfortable giving one remedy at a time. |
| 1:16.0 | And this is also a really pertinent question when it comes to complex cases. |
| 1:21.5 | You know, when you get a client that comes to you with a dozen primary complaints that |
| 1:26.9 | are all over the place. |
| 1:28.8 | You know, how do you determine what the priority is? |
| 1:32.0 | How many formulas do you give? |
| 1:33.8 | How do you not overwhelm your clients? |
| 1:35.8 | How do you make sure they'll be compliant with your protocol? |
| 1:39.3 | So this is a really important question from a clinical standpoint. |
| 1:48.6 | And that is what the topic of discussion is for today's post. So I hope you enjoy learning a little bit more about how many remedies to give |
| 1:55.0 | at one time. All right. Question number five from Kate Boucher. |
| 2:01.6 | How many remedies is okay, is it okay to use at one time? |
| 2:06.9 | For example, someone who is having some quite severe digestive issues struggling to digest, |
| 2:12.3 | has leaky gut and malabsorption problems, which is then causing a nervous system, |
| 2:16.6 | dysregulation, and hormonal imbalances. |
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