Three majestic plants – distinct and robust in their personalities and medicine – are beautiful examples of how traditional uses, energetics, actions, pharmacology and biochemistry are merely different expressions of the same attributes. Contrasting how sweet Astragalus cradles and nourishes protective Qi, powerfully acrid black cohosh lifts us and stabilizes Wind and complicated calamus, with its bitter, aromatic poetry opens us to the world. All three plants remind us that they don’t distinguish between Body and Mind in their medicine. The class will include some traditional Chinese energetics and a discussion of sustainable ways to use all three.
Three majestic plants – distinct and robust in their personalities and medicine – are beautiful examples of how traditional uses, energetics, actions, pharmacology and biochemistry are merely different expressions of the same attributes. Contrasting how sweet Astragalus cradles and nourishes protective Qi, powerfully acrid black cohosh lifts us and stabilizes Wind and complicated calamus, with its bitter, aromatic poetry opens us to the world. All three plants remind us that they don’t distinguish between Body and Mind in their medicine. The class will include some traditional Chinese energetics and a discussion of sustainable ways to use all three.
Presenter: Richard Mandelbaum