26SW04 - The Stagnant Liver: East and West Format:Video Kitchen medicine

Kitchen medicine

The Amazonian concept of Plantas maestros (plant teachers) embraces the notion that plants have intelligence and lessons to share–from the use of plant medicines

review commonly used herbs that may provoke reactions

with a sidestep into liposomal technology and how to incorporate liposomal formulations into the modern practice of clinical herbalism

Intensive: Maya Herbal and Spiritual Healing Part 2

26SW04 - The Stagnant Liver: East and West Format:Video Kitchen medicineSpeaker: Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist Liver stagnancy is an important concept in both traditional Western medicine and Chinese medicine, but the concepts in the two systems are very different. They require a different materia medica, with little overlap. We will describe the anatomy and physiology of the liver, the portal venous system, and the biliary tree and how diet and herbs may interact with these. The Chinese organ system is not equivalent