Restoring the Nervous System with Plants
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2017
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In our modern day culture of excessive stress, not enough sleep, and the overall stimulating nature of the world, the human nervous system is taxed like it's never been before.
Luckily, we have a set of herbal medicines that are specific for not just relaxing tension, but replenishing, rebuilding, and restoring the nervous system- these are generally referred to as nervine trophorestoratives.
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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 | The Plant Path, Your Window into the World of Urban Medicine, with Saja Popham, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Keenade. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there everybody, Sagea Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:29.6 | And I just got then finished teaching my last workshop where we were talking a lot about the endocrine system and the nervous system. |
| 0:39.3 | And it was just kind of making me think about the importance of our Nervine Materia |
| 0:46.3 | and taking care of our nervous systems. |
| 0:49.3 | And you know, one thing that I've noticed in, I would say more the supplement industry, in the natural |
| 0:57.0 | products industry, we've been really seeing this major focus on the adaptogen materia medica |
| 1:05.0 | and kind of to the neglect of our nervines. And, you know, of course, adaptogens are wonderful herbal medicines. |
| 1:12.5 | They're incredibly healing. |
| 1:14.1 | They're incredibly powerful and restorative. |
| 1:18.1 | And, but oftentimes they can sometimes be used out of context and potentially in inappropriate |
| 1:26.3 | situations where people would actually respond much better to a nervous |
| 1:32.1 | system remedy. And I was thinking about it and just how, just thinking about our culture, |
| 1:37.8 | thinking about the world that we live in these days and how, you know, so many people are living in the cities and just |
| 1:46.0 | living in the day-to-day hustle bustle you know dealing with traffic and family and |
| 1:51.4 | kids and work and deadlines and you know classes and being being a student and just |
| 1:56.8 | all of the stressors of our modern day life and how ultimately over a long-term period of time |
| 2:05.6 | that can really be very depleting on our nervous system. |
| 2:09.6 | And what I found is that a lot of times we see that term adrenal burnout |
| 2:15.6 | or exhausted adrenal glands kind of being used very often. |
| 2:20.3 | And I think a lot of times out of context. |
| 2:24.3 | And what really what I've noticed from my clinical experience is that oftentimes people reach a state of nervous system exhaustion before they reach a state of true real deal endocrine burnout, right? |
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