Sourcing Herbs Is a Nightmare: Out of Stock, Wrong Form, Price Just Doubled

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Sourcing Herbs Is a Nightmare: Out of Stock, Wrong Form, Price Just Doubled
Why "just go buy the herb" is one of the most misleading sentences in herbalism

This week I'm talking about herb sourcing, one of the least glamorous but most important parts of clinical herbalism. I run a fully virtual practice, which means I'm not handing someone a plant, I'm handing them a protocol and trusting them to go find the right herb, in the right form, from the right supplier. I talk through why that's harder than it sounds, what can go wrong between writing a protocol and actually getting herbs into someone's hands, and how I've built my own process after years of six-hour sourcing sessions.

What We Cover

• Why I built my practice virtual from day one, and what that means for how I get herbs to clients
• The real cost of sourcing: budget, supply chain issues, out of stock herbs, and price fluctuations
• Working from a planetary perspective and why that means juggling Western, Chinese, and Ayurvedic suppliers separately
• Apothecary vs drop shipping: the tradeoffs of holding inventory versus sourcing per client
• Why the right herb isn't enough, you also need the right part (root vs seed), the right processing (raw vs processed), and the right extract ratio
• Real examples: butterbur safety questions, He Shou Wu processing, burdock root vs seed, nettle root vs leaf vs seed
• Why I don't forage or make my own medicine, and why that's a deliberate choice, not a shortcut
• What young practitioners need to think through before they ever write their first protocol

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