Hi all! I'm Agy, and I'm really excited that you're here. Let me quickly introduce myself. I trained as a physician at Wrocław Medical University in Poland (MD, non-practicing). From there I moved into herbal medicine, earning my MSc in Herbal Medicine from the American College of Healthcare Sciences, where I'm now finishing up my DSc in Integrative Health. My clinical herbal training came from two beautiful schools, Heartstone Herbal School under Tammi Sweet, and Northern Appalachia School of Herbal Medicine, where I studied bioregional herbalism. I'm also published in the Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, where I wrote about the gut microbiome across the lifespan and which herbs are supportive at each stage. I'm a research NERD. Like, full-on. I love everything about it. With my medical background I have a soft-spot for science, and I'm also very much in respect toward the different traditions of herbalism that came long before modern research caught up to them. My work here is to help bridge those two worlds. Body First. Plants Second. This community runs on that motto, and I want to explain what it actually means. One of the issues I've run into in the herbalism world is that so many people are learning, memorizing, and building relationships with plants and their actions without ever developing a core understanding of how the body works. In my opinion, this is backwards. To build a meaningful herbal practice, we have to understand how the body functions without the herbs first. Once we have that foundation, we can actually investigate what's off and choose herbs that support the body with real confidence. That's the whole project here. Community Architecture The Community Feed is where I'd love for all the buzz to happen. Each week I'll be dropping mechanism questions, anonymized case puzzles, materia medica discussions, and the occasional spicy preparation debate. Jump in, push back, share what you're working through, ask the messy questions. This is the room where the conversations happen.

Hello Everyone I’m new here and I’m looking to start studying herbalism as an absolute beginner I’m wanting to learn about the human body,plants,herbs ….etc everything!! I’m a stay at home and finished high school 10 years ago and studying and all this feels overwhelming but same time exciting I have ADHD and staying consistent with something is so hard for me I’d really appreciate having a study buddy or even better BONUS: (STUDY GROUP) that way I can focus and stay on track!! Please I don’t know where to start or even how to start I’ve been posting on Reddit and Facebook groups but all everyone has told me is just read random books which I understand but I feel like I’m so lost and confused in what to study or how to study since I didn’t study in a long time I kinda forgot how the whole studying thing works lol and also how to take notes I’m so sorry if I’m sounding dumb or weird right now it’s just when I was trying to explain my situation to people online (Reddit,fb groups) I feel like people aren’t understanding and they think I sound dramatic which I’m not…. I really appreciate all of your support and help! Thanks so much in advance!! 💕💕