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  • intuition and herbs

      • Posted Nov 14, 2008 6:38 PM

      Debbie , in her posting on thyme has introduced a topic that has been touched on in previous postings, but only as an aside and I wondered what people's opinions are in general on this subject.

      Does your body know instinctivly what herbs it needs to deal with any health problem you may have?We are all used to animals being able to seek out and eat certain plants when they are ill so it makes sense that humans have the same ability. Or is our inner voice drowned out with the clamour of the modern world?

      Sarah has on a number of occasions mentioned that plants tend to spring up when we are in need of their healing properties. Or could it be that we become aware of them when we need them ?

      When deciding what herbs to include in my patients prescription, there is usually at least one that scientifically doesn't seem to fit, but it is a "gut " reaction that it needs to be in there. The vast majority of herbalists experience this on a regular basis.When talking to colleagues about prescriptions the conversation usually goes along the lines of "so what herbs did you use then " to which the reply is x y z and the response is " yes, but what else did you put in just because"and the reply comes " well I did put some abc in as well because , well you know, it just felt right------" At this point I would like to point out that we medical herbalists are properly trained but we are, of neccesity, in touch with nature and our feelings--honest we are !!!!!!

      What are other peoples thoughts?

      Linda
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