The Quintessential Herb Monograph (Part 2)
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2017
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
I always say one of the best things we can do as herbalists is not only study the plants with consistency, but to really know how to study them. What are the critical pieces of information you have to know about every plant you work with? When you are doing your research on a particular herb, what are the essential things you want to look for, write down, and compile in your own notes?
That is what this lecture is all about. In it, I go through various aspects and elements of a plants unique medicinal virtues and properties- from it's chemistry and extraction, to the 5 critical pieces of info you need to know to use it holistically, as well as its subtle spiritual and psychological properties.
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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.
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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 Genie. |
| 0:31.6 | I don't know how to say it. Vade-M-M-K-M-K-M-K-M-E-M-K-M-E-M-E-M-B. By Skend-E-N-D-E-R-I. |
| 0:36.6 | Not super great for uses and properties of plants, but I like it for the chemistry. |
| 0:42.7 | And then... |
| 0:44.6 | What's the first name again? |
| 0:47.9 | GASMIND. |
| 0:49.9 | GASMINDS. |
| 0:50.7 | If you just search that on Amazon, it'll pop up. |
| 0:53.8 | Those are the two that I really like. |
| 0:55.5 | Oh, and then one of my teachers from Bastier, Dr. Eric Yarnell, wrote a really great book. |
| 1:00.3 | I think it's one of the best books on pharmacognacy because it's oriented for the herbal pharmacist, like people making medicine. |
| 1:10.7 | And that book is called it's like a |
| 1:16.7 | really long name it's like pharma I'm gonna try to write it because it's so long |
| 1:23.0 | it's so it's something like pharmacology and pharmacognisy for the practitioner of botanical |
| 1:29.4 | medicine, or for pharmacy for the practitioner of botanical medicine. It's really like, but if you just |
| 1:33.8 | Google Eric Yarnell and pharmacology or pharmacognity, it'll pop up. That book is really, really good. |
| 1:42.8 | And then there's herbal constituents by Lisa Gennora. |
| 1:46.3 | So those are kind of my main |
| 1:48.0 | go-toes for |
| 1:49.3 | plant chemistry-related things, |
| 1:52.2 | specifically orienting it |
| 1:54.2 | towards |
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