Let's Talk Herbalism

[Schizophonia]

On 16/04/2024 at 5:31 PM, Thought Art said:

 

Maybe the secret behind Vonderplanitz's high meat 

 

[Thought Art]

It's extremely important to not self diagnose. TCM is complex and nuanced.

Basic herbalism is fine though.

 

[Thought Art]

@Salvijus It's not so much fear mongering as I've watched a lot of documentaries and studied books on TCM. It's highly complex and nuanced to understand Yin and Yang, the 5 elements, and concepts like heat, dampness, wind, and how all the organs and stuff work together and how each herb plays a roll in that.

You shouldn't be making or playing around with high level herbology without proper education or guidance.

But, I think there is nothing wrong with applying basic theory as a layman to improve health as long as you do due diligence to research and even consult an AI, and even a TCM doctor why not. 

Make sure you are staying safe.

 

[Thought Art]

4 hours ago, Yimpa said:

@Thought Art Maybe one day you can have your own herb supplement brand and sell them 

I be selling that good shiiii

[Salvijus]

1 hour ago, Michael569 said:

@Salvijus nobody's cutting your wings butterfly boy  

Haha, that's more like it

I totally agree that there is wisdom in seeking professional advice. I'm not that stupid. It's just this vibe I keep witnessing of fearmongering + judgement if you go against their understanding of what is the best thing to do. Like they get mad and angry on some level. I see this often everywhere. 

Recommendations are good but if it becomes imposed it becomes suffocating. That's not love. That's not wisdom. There should be space for a recipient to apply the given knowledge and recommendations as they see fit for themselves and trek their own path because everyone is unique. 

Offering knowledge rather than converting people into a particular thought system. That is the way. 

Edited April 18, 2024 by Salvijus

[Thought Art]

@Salvijus Man you can fly this plain however you want. Who needs an expert

[Salvijus]

1 minute ago, Thought Art said:

@Salvijus Man you can fly this plain however you want. Who needs an expert

I do. Experts are nice. I always take into account what experts have to say. And then I make my decisions after that. Hehe

Edited April 18, 2024 by Salvijus

[Thought Art]

@Salvijus Ahah, i guess I am in the same boat. We live in the age of information after all.

I want to be humble. 
 

I’ve been taking in the morning:

1. Vitamin D

2. Omega 3

3. 5 types of mushrooms in a capsule (Chaga, Cordyceps, Lion’s mane, Reishi, Turkey Tail)

4. A men’s multivitamin based on a book I read on Toaist nutrition

5. Probiotic 

6. I warm lemon water first thing in the morning for energizing, detoxification and to warm up the digestion. 
 

7. I do at least 25 minutes of Qigong first thing. Though this is increasing more commonly to 45-60 minutes.
 

8. I drink dandelion tea, or nettle tea as spring tonics 

9. I eat an organic egg sandwich with organic ginger and Turmeric cooked in on high quality bread and a smoothie. I usually add greens the sand which and have greens in smoothie. 

 

I ordered some Siberian Ginseng through my sisters Fullscript so I am supporting her, and I’ll have that tomorrow afternoon. I’ll start taking it throughout the day to see how it goes. 

Edited April 18, 2024 by Thought Art

[Thought Art]

I still consider myself a novice in nutrition and herbalism. Let's make that clear.

[Thought Art]

@Michael569 I'd like to know more about sourcing the herbs. I suspect it's a huge part of this. I wanna make sure I am avoiding heavy metals and getting high quality materials.

[Salvijus]

3 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

@Michael569 I'd like to know more about sourcing the herbs. I suspect it's a huge part of this. I wanna make sure I am avoiding heavy metals and getting high quality materials.

I'm interested in this aswell. I think there are some brands that put only herb ingredients and the vegan capsule without anything extra. Those are good enough. But then there are other things like the potency of the ingredients itself and how these ingredients got cultivated etc. 

[Salvijus]

I thought I would share what quality Ginseng looks like just for fun. 

https://www.ilhwa-usa.com/shop

 

Edited April 18, 2024 by Salvijus

[Thought Art]

@Salvijus Thanks for you sharing. How do you know it's high quality?

[Salvijus]

12 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

@Salvijus Thanks for you sharing. How do you know it's high quality?

Intuition. 

Lol. 

But ask Michael. I'm confident he will agree with me. 

[Salvijus]

17 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

@Salvijus Thanks for you sharing. How do you know it's high quality?

No actually the energy healer I was talking about was using these himself. So i assumed he did his research and these must be good. And if you read about the company indeed it says many beautiful things how good they are in a very convincing way. 

Edited April 18, 2024 by Salvijus

[Thought Art]

@Salvijus I am just curious, not necessarily doubting. It's interesting and important to contemplate how we trust or not trust things. It's largely built on assumptions.

 

[Thought Art]

I may add it to my budget next month

[Thought Art]

Not sure about this guy but just listening to different views

Edited April 19, 2024 by Thought Art

[Yimpa]

23 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

Not sure about this guy but just listening to different views

I’ve read he donates a lotta money to Scientology and his advice angers a lot of mainstream doctors for being misinformation.

With that said, I think it’s important to extract the helpful information from any source and, like you said, listen to different viewpoints. Be open to your ideas evolving over time and not getting stuck in any one of them.

[Princess Arabia]

1 hour ago, Thought Art said:

Not sure about this guy but just listening to different views

Very informative video. I love me some clove. I'm always recommending it for tooth ailments, but it's so effective in treating or aiding in recoveries of many ailments. Great for freshening breath and just overall vitality.