The Key to Constitutional Herbalism
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2017
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
One of the key distinguishing characteristics of the practice of true holistic herbalism is the understanding of herbal energetics juxtaposed with the human constitution. These 2 areas of study are the crux of traditional systems of herbalism and natural medicine, and are likely the most overlooked aspects of people and plants in modern medicine- both pharmaceutical and herbal.
In this lecture from the 2016 Portland Plant Medicine Gathering, you will learn the key that unlocks all systems of herbal energetics and constitutional models- revealing to you the underlying pattern behind all of them. This key enables you to see the universality of these seemingly different systems and how you can integrate them into a cohesive model of how to use herbs effectively, holistically, and get out of an allopathic way of using plants.
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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 | The Plant Path, Your Window into the World of Urban Medicine, with Saja Popham, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Keenade. |
| 0:29.6 | My name is Seja Popham and I live down in southern Oregon outside of Ashland with my wife Whitney out there and spend my time out there doing a lot of teaching and seeing clients |
| 0:36.6 | and making Spajiric |
| 0:39.2 | Making Spajiric medicines. I've got a booth in there in the main hall there so if any of you all want to come over and |
| 0:45.0 | taste some Spajirics or check out some herbs. Feel free to come on by and and say hi get to know me a little bit |
| 0:51.5 | I'd like to get to know you a little bit too so |
| 1:06.0 | So the topic of this morning's discussion is the key to herbal energetics and the human constitution. That last piece kind of got cut out of the description there. |
| 1:10.0 | So the key to herbal energetics in the human constitution. |
| 1:14.7 | And this is a really, really important area of herbal medicine that I believe is a critical facet to a true holistic practice of plant medicine. |
| 1:32.3 | And this is probably the number one overlooked thing by a lot of herbalists these days. |
| 1:39.3 | And so I'm really passionate about talking about this because herbal energetics and constitutional |
| 1:46.8 | theory really forms the crux of all traditional systems of medicine, whether we're talking |
| 1:53.7 | about Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, Tibetan medicine, the Unani Tibbs system from the |
| 1:59.2 | Arabia's, Greek medicine, even traditional North American herbalism, the Unani Tibbs system from the Arabias, Greek medicine, even traditional |
| 2:02.7 | North American herbalism, the physiomedicalists, the eclectics, all of these systems had |
| 2:08.3 | an understanding of herbal energetics and an understanding of human constitution. |
| 2:16.1 | And so what I'd like to share with you today is what I see is being |
| 2:22.3 | the underlying principles behind herbal energetics and behind constitutional theory, because |
| 2:28.3 | they're one and the same thing. And whether we're talking about Eastern systems of medicine, |
| 2:33.3 | Western systems of medicine, ancient, modern modern they were all really built off of a same |
| 2:39.4 | understanding of nature right a vision and understanding of the underlying |
| 2:46.5 | energetics of life and I think this is a very important aspect that a lot more, |
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