HERBS FOR THE SPIRITUAL HEART
SELF STUDY
 
1 Audio (1 hours and 54 minutes total)
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This is the Self-Study option for this course, which means you can study and learn this material for personal development. This option does not provide faculty support, grading of assignments, or a certificate of completion.

This course is a part of the curriculum for the Advanced Western Materia Medica program.
 
 
Overview
Learn the the traditional concepts of the Spiritual Heart in Chinese and Unani medical systems.
Learn the correspondences between those concepts and contemporary psychology. 
Learn some herbs used in those system to affect the consciousness in the Spiritual Heart.
Learn a materia medica of these and Western herbs with nuances of actions such as exhilarant, heart-protecting, heart-centering, and heart-wisdom. 
Learn formulation methods to create focused remedies for individual patients. 
 
The Spiritual Heart is described in both Chinese and Unani traditional medical systems as the seat of the conscious mind, of cognitive awareness, and is connected to various psychological and emotional states. Both systems have an extended materia medica to help those in states of stress, trauma, agitation, and disconnectedness find balance and a centered awareness. Over a period of more than 20 years at the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism, we developed this category of Western herbs, incorporating North American plants with the traditional Heart remedies of these systems.