The Ginkgo Myth
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Ginkgo is famous for its ability to boost your memory, focus, and concentration . . . but if that's true, why didn't I feel any of these results when taking some Ginkgo tincture?
The truth is, there's a big misunderstanding about Ginkgo and the way it works. Understanding the Ginkgo myth makes the difference between getting those brain-boosting properties versus drinking a horrible tasting tea or taking a standard tincture that doesn't do much at all.
By understanding the science behind Ginkgo, the myth, and the truth around this plant, you can harness its medicinal properties to get the benefits you're looking for.
In today's episode you'll learn:
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Why Ginkgo leaf isn't the traditional medicine you think it is
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A scientific Ginkgo product called EGB 761 and how it made this herb famous today
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Ginkgo's medicinal properties and why they make it the ultimate brain herb
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How to take Ginkgo so it actually works
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The top herb-drug interactions with Ginkgo you should know about
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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. |
| 0:25.1 | Ginko Biloba, ancient medicine of the old world, makes you smarter, enhances cognitive function, |
| 0:33.2 | makes you remember all the details that you'll always forget without it. But is it really true? |
| 0:39.7 | You know, the ginkgo biloba is one of those herbs that even people that don't know anything |
| 0:45.4 | about herbal medicine have heard of, right? This is one of those herbs that it blew up and |
| 0:51.8 | exploded across the world and became a really popular remedy. |
| 0:57.6 | It was a major herbal fad there for a really long time. |
| 1:01.8 | And there's one of those herbs that's got mountains of scientific research on it, |
| 1:06.7 | some of which is great, some of which is not so much. |
| 1:10.8 | And one of the things that I've realized about Ginko is that there's a little bit of misunderstanding about this plant. |
| 1:20.6 | And a little bit of myths that I want to bust about Ginko. |
| 1:25.6 | Because actually, this is not an ancient medicine right uh contrary to popular |
| 1:33.9 | belief uh and there's some specific things that you got to know about ginko in order to really |
| 1:40.5 | see the benefits that we can reap from this wonderful plant, this wonderful medicine, |
| 1:46.0 | this beautiful tree. |
| 1:48.0 | But, yeah, there's some details and nuances that are really important to know about this remedy. |
| 1:55.4 | So is Ginkgo actually an ancient herbal medicine? And specifically, is Ginkgo actually an ancient herbal medicine? |
| 2:01.1 | And specifically, is Ginkgo leaf an ancient herbal medicine? |
| 2:06.3 | The answer to this question might shock you, but no, it's not. |
| 2:12.3 | This is a plant. |
| 2:13.9 | Ginko trees have certainly been used for a long time in Asia, but definitely not in the |
| 2:21.1 | way that most people when they think of ginko biloba as a medicine. The way we think of it today |
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