Gilbert Arnold; Intro to spagyrics course.

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Hello,

 

I'm just going to give an outline of the above mentioned course so that people

understand where it came from and to use it.

 

Spagyrics is the art of preparing natural substances to enhance their

therapeutic effects. It was developed very intensely in the West ,greece and

the middle east because they did not have the biodiversity of phytochemicals

present in herbs found in China and India and so generated diversity by

provoking evolution of plant material. Some people call it Alchemy.

 

The course material is from speaking notes I have used giving conferences in the

US and Europe. It's content is based on FQAs. The material, along with a book

called The Practical Handbook of Plant Alchemy : An Herbalist's Guide to

Preparing Medicinal Essences, Tinctures, and Elixirs by Manfred M. Junius, ISBN:

0892814853 can be of a great help to herbalists, along with Michael Moore's

homepage, to prepare their own medecines. About 70 % of the material was taken

from existing internet sites to show that spagyric principles are also

scientific and to give you somewhere to go if a truck runs me over.

 

Sometimes chinese herbs and formulas benefit from spagyric intervention,

sometimes not. I'm trying to find the pattern, hence my interest in the books.

Although I can read pulses and such, my expertise is more in manipulation and

needling. I am sorry that I did not learn about chinese herbs when I had the

chance.

 

So far about 8 people have asked for the course. I've just gotten back from a

weekend MA seminar so I'm in the process of sending these things out.

 

Gilbert