Defining Herbalism Lesson Levels 101-401
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While there is no Magic or hard line on what one should consider a 101 class from a 401 class blog. I will still try to set a guideline for myself and follow I as I can. Because I feel this is useful both to our readers and Authors.
A 101 class blog:
These will deal mostly with discussions of Herbal Terms and guidelines for beginners.
Some rules of thumb will be:
1) Can it be a D.I.Y. process, done with normal kitchen equipment.
2) Does it call for common off shelf Herbal products?
3) Is most likely that you can grow or wild harvest the herbs locally.
4) Is it a common well-known application and herbal formula?
A 102 class blog:
These will deal mostly with discussions of Herbal Terms and guidelines for more experienced Home Herbalist.
Some rules of thumb will be:
1) Can it be a D.I.Y. process, done with easy to make or cludge up kitchen equipment, common Lab glassware or homemade apparatuses.
2) It may call for less common or harder to obtain off shelf Herbal products?
3) Often the Herbs may not be always found locally or even in your Nation.
4) It may address in more detail Ethnobotanical or Traditional uses, medicinal systems, methods, and beliefs.
5) It may very likely contain more detailed information from Historial Pharmacopeias
A 103 class blog:
These will deal mostly with discussions of Herbal Terms and guidelines used by Profession Herbalist, Botanical Medicine Practitioners, and other formal Health Practitioners.
Some rules of thumb will be:
1) It may contain more detailed instructions or information. As we are only focused on Home Study and application. We will draw heavily from a period in time when the Pharmacist or Physician had to have the skills of making dispensing herbal medications themselves. Often building the extraction equipment used to refine the plant's active ingredients into a usable form.
2) We will draw more heavily from Books and information intended to help the modern Health Profession deal with Herbal Medicines and approaches.
3) There may be a closer focus on Phytochemistry and known active compounds that seem to give herbs their Healing magic.
A 401 class blog:
Here we will try and share useful bits a pieces from the highly technical fields of Rational Phytotherapy and Phytomedicines.
Yes, Mary Jane, there is a 501 class blog:
501 blogs will deal with all Druid Herbal information and all Occult or Magickal Herbal issues.
Lexicon:
Ethnobotanical > Traditional/ uses
Ethnopharmacology is a related study of ethnic groups and their use of drugs.Ethnopharmacology is distinctly linked to plant use, ethnobotany, as this is the main delivery of pharmaceuticals.
Pharmacopeias:
a book, especially an official publication, containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for their use.
Phytochemistry:
is the study of phytochemicals, which are chemicals derived from plants. Those studying phytochemistry strive to describe the structures of the large number of secondary metaboliccompounds found in plants, the functions of these compounds in human and plant biology, and the biosynthesis of these compounds. Plants synthesize phytochemicals for many reasons, including to protect themselves against insect attacks and plant diseases.
Phytomedicines:are medicinal products that contain plant materials as their pharmacologically active component.
Phytotherapy:
is a science-based medical practice and thus is distinguished from other, more traditional approaches, such as medical herbalism, which relies on an empirical appreciation of medicinal herbs and which is often linked to traditional knowledge.
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