The Benefits and Dangers of Bitters
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Bitter herbs have been gaining a lot of popularity over the years, and they're sometimes seen as a magical cure, especially for the digestive system. Some people say that everyone should be on bitters because they're so amazing for digestion. Many people these days have a lot of issues with the digestive system, primarily because our GIs are under assault from a lot of different angles from antibiotics and all of the food dynamics that we see in the modern world. But we sometimes overlook some important aspects of bitters and how in some situations they can actually be very contrary indicated types of remedies for people.
So let's look at the appropriate and inappropriate use of bitter herbs and some things to be aware of for how you can use these important remedies effectively, efficiently, and in an appropriate way so that they heal and do not harm.
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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, Saja Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:29.6 | And in this week's episode, I'm going to be talking about some dynamics around bitters. |
| 0:36.6 | Bitter herbs have been gaining a lot |
| 0:39.8 | of popularity over the years, and they're really seen as kind of this magical cure-all, |
| 0:47.6 | especially for the digestive system. And, you know, sometimes we see out there, you know, |
| 0:52.5 | everyone should be on bitters because |
| 0:54.5 | they're so amazing for digestion. |
| 0:57.0 | And so many people these days have a lot of issues with the digestive system, primarily because |
| 1:04.8 | our GIs are under assault from a lot of different angles, from antibiotics and all of the |
| 1:10.6 | food dynamics that we see in the |
| 1:12.9 | modern world. But what ends up happening is that we overlook some very important aspects of |
| 1:20.9 | bidders and how in some situations these can actually be very contraindicated types of remedies for people. |
| 1:30.2 | So in this week's episode talking about the appropriate and inappropriate use of bitter herbs |
| 1:39.5 | and some things to be aware of for how you can use |
| 1:45.0 | these important remedies effectively and efficiently |
| 1:48.6 | and in an appropriate way so that they heal |
| 1:52.0 | and do not harm. |
| 1:53.5 | So enjoy this week's post. |
| 1:55.7 | Our first question comes from Jaina Nix |
| 1:59.6 | in the Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program. And Jaina Nix in the Vitalist herbal practitioner program. |
| 2:01.6 | And Jaina says, |
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