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    Herbalism - Materia Medica - Nervous System

    Ashwagandha: Materia Medica & Art

    November 27, 2025

    Ashwagandha (from the family called Solanaceae), also known as Indian Ginseng, is a gentle friend. One that patiently continues to build you up. Over time, it rejuvenates. As a tonic for the nervous system, it nourishes and brings balance. It helps to tone body muscles and brings calm grounding to a stressful mind and body. Ashwagandha & the Vata Dosha Ashwagandha is best suited to the Vata dosha, according to The Ayurvedic Experience. A Vata dosha will most likely experience imbalances in Wind (symptoms of wind are alternating chills and fever, muscle nerve tension, sudden symptom changes) and/or Air (symptoms…

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    An Herbalist’s Steps

    June 9, 2025

    An herbalist’s steps are important. They are a sort of road map that each herbalist follows in order to come to a remedy best suited for a person’s imbalance. Each herbalist follows these steps in their own way; herbalism is intuitive. Different herbalists may come to different remedies for the same ailment, but each remedy, although different, can bring balance. There are four steps that an herbalist follows. These are flexible steps that herbalists around the world will execute differently. The names and descriptions of each step will not look the same for every herbalist, but the ideas are similar.…