Called to the Plant Path: Herbal Myths, Healing Forward, & Human Ecology - Sajah Popham

These times call for potent healers. If you’re feeling the call of the plants, this episode is for you.

IN THE INTRO:

• There is no right way to be an herbalist
• Guidance for navigating your unique plant path

IN THE INTERVIEW:

• The soul’s need to connect with nature
• The most common mistake that newcomers to the plant path are likely to make
• Why an herb will help one person but not another
• The vital ecology of the human being
• Seeing beyond symptoms (and the insufficient approach of merely managing them) to the root cause of illness
• An overview of the four phases of herbalism: indigenous/folk, vitalist/energetic, molecular/biomedical, evolutionary/integrative
• “I’m woo to the max, but I’m also scientific to the max”
• Healing is open-ended and endless, and to know healing is to know life itself
• The (in)significance of the past when trying to heal forward
• The herbalist is first and foremost and forever a student of nature
• Plants are the living, healing intelligence of the earth
• The transference of healing intelligence from nature into the plant and then from the plant into the person
• We can understand health and disease simply by understanding nature
• Narrowing down possible herbal remedies to find the right remedy for the right person- what is the ecosystem behind the symptom?
• Why some people get overwhelmed when they start walking the plant path
• Perceiving with the heart v memorizing information (bodily understanding is superior to intellectual knowledge)
• My favorite personal health reference library
• Herbal medicine should be accessible to anyone and everyone
• Helping others using medicinal plants, and crafting the most potent herbal remedies

IN THE OUTRO:

• My Top 5 Reasons to Be an Herbalist

LINKS:

• The Vitalist Herbal Practitioner Program
• The Evolutionary Herbalism website
• The Plant Path Podcast
• Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!)
• My website MythicMedicine.love
• Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy?
• Medicine Stories Facebook group
• Mythic Medicine on Instagram
• Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)