What People Often Get Wrong About Herbal Energetics (And Why it Bothers Me)
Herbs with Rosalee
Rosalee de la Forêt
4.9 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
When I first started studying herbs over two decades ago, I learned herbs (like many people do) by memorizing herbal actions, memorizing lists, and then throwing it all together. But I found that choosing herbs for people using these memorized lists didn’t always work, which was incredibly discouraging!
Luckily, I found out about herbal energetics, and that’s what I’ve based my herbal practices on ever since. However, I’ve noticed over the years that there are a lot of misconceptions about this helpful system of matching herbs to people! In this episode, I’ll share what people often get wrong about herbal energetics - and why it bothers me.
By the end of this episode, you’ll know:
► Why herbal energetics is such a practical - not mystical! - system of matching herbs to people
► Why using herbal energetics can be more effective than the modern medicine approach (especially when dealing with chronic conditions!)
► How using your senses to understand an herb can give you a big-picture view of its phytochemistry
► Why learning herbal energetics together with herbal actions is such a powerful way of understanding plants
► and so much more….
If you’re interested in learning more about herbal energetics, you’ll love my free Herbal Energetics mini-course, which is happening now and for the next week only! This video training course will show you why herbal energetics is so important - especially when working with herbs for your health!
I’ll also be sharing an important safety guide for herbs as well as my Herbal Energetics Flavor Wheel.
You can join the mini Herbal Energetics Course here.
Access the transcript for this episode:
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Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. She's a registered herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and teaches many popular online courses. Read about how Rosalee went from having a terminal illness to being a bestselling author in her full story here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Herbs with Rosalie podcast, a show exploring how herbs heal as medicine, as food, and through nature connection. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm your host, Rosalie de la Foray. I'm an herbalist teacher and the best-selling author of the books, |
| 0:19.4 | Alchemy of Herbs, and Wild Remedies. |
| 0:22.1 | I created this podcast to share trusted herbal wisdom so that you can get the best results |
| 0:26.6 | when relying on herbs for your health. I love offering up practical knowledge to help you |
| 0:32.4 | dive deeper into the world of medicinal plants and seasonal living. My goal is that you'll walk away from each episode feeling inspired to start working with |
| 0:42.2 | herbs in your everyday life. |
| 0:44.8 | Each episode of the podcast is available on my Herbs with Rosalie YouTube channel, as well |
| 0:50.1 | as your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:52.9 | Transcripts and recipes for each episode can be found at |
| 0:56.1 | Herbs With Rosalie Podcast.com. To get the latest news as well as fun bonuses, be sure to sign up for |
| 1:03.0 | my weekly herbal newsletter. Okay, grab your cup of tea. Let's dive in. When I first started studying herbs over two decades ago, I didn't start off by learning |
| 1:15.0 | herbal energetics. Instead, I learned herbs, like many people do, by memorizing herbal actions, |
| 1:21.0 | memorizing lists, and then throwing it all together. And when I started helping people with |
| 1:26.2 | their health problems, this is the haphazard |
| 1:28.9 | system that I was using. I had memorized that Burdock was good for eczema, and so when I saw |
| 1:34.7 | someone who told me I have eczema, that's what I recommended. Early on, I realized that while this |
| 1:41.4 | mix and match method of herbalism worked sometimes, it didn't work |
| 1:45.3 | other times. And when it didn't work, that made me really uncomfortable. People were coming |
| 1:50.6 | to me for help, and my suggestions were helping only part of the time. Luckily, before I became |
| 1:56.8 | too discouraged, I found out about herbal energetics. The term herbal energetics itself isn't super clear, and I've noticed that over the years |
| 2:06.2 | that there's a lot of misunderstanding about exactly what herbal energetics are. |
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