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Weekly Materia Medica Series: Therapeutic Terms (Starting with A!)
I’m so excited to officially kick this off inside our community ✨
Each week, we’ll be diving into Materia Medica through therapeutic terms, one letter at a time, starting with the A’s.
This series is designed to help you:
- Understand what herbal actions actually mean (not just memorize them)
- Confidently read herb monographs and labels
- Choose herbs with intention instead of overwhelm
- Build a strong foundation that carries into formulation, blending, and safety
✨ How This Will Work Each Week
Every week, we’ll focus on 1–2 therapeutic terms from the alphabet and explore them together through:
- 🌱 A simple, clear definition
- 🧠 What the action does in the body
- 🩺 Which systems it supports
- 🌿 Common herbal examples
- ⚠️ Gentle safety notes or contraindications
Why We’re Starting with Therapeutic Terms:
You don’t need hundreds of herbs memorized.
You need to understand what herbs do.
Once you understand actions like alterative, analgesic, adaptogen, or astringent, everything else starts to click! Formulations make sense, herb choices feel intuitive, and confidence grows.
This Week: The A’s
We’ll begin with foundational “A” terms that show up everywhere in herbalism and Materia Medica.These are actions you’ll see again and again, and once you understand them, you’ll start noticing patterns across plants.
✨ Think of this as learning the language of herbalism.
I encourage you to:
- Ask questions
- Share insights
- Connect the dots to herbs you already use
- Go slow. Mastery lives in repetition
💬 Comment below if you’re excited to start with the A’s or if there’s a term you’ve always wondered about!
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Weekly Materia Medica Series: Therapeutic Terms (Starting with A!)
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