What is materica medica?
Materia Medica – “…is a Latin term…for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing.” (Wikipedia). In this post I will go over what exactly that means, why (and how!) you should start your own materica medica.
What are the benefits of digital materia medica?
The other benefits of having a digital materia medica is that it’s searchable.
Can you change the medium of your materia medica?
Don’t worry about the medium you record your materia medica on – just get started, and if you need to change it, you always can!
What is the Tibetan Materia Medica?
The Tibetan Materia Medica, through its own tradition and method, has developed particular pharmacy works, like specially the multi compounding characteristic and tradition , which is a special feature that greatly differenciates it from the other Asian medical systems.
What is Tibetan medicine?
Tibetan Materia Medica (Menze-rigpa) Tibetan Materia Medica. Tibetans have enjoyed thousands of years of experience with their rich herbs and minerals. The ancient ‘medicine man‘ and the later physicians discovered a great number of herbs and minerals and the way to use them for healing.
Who said the life saving nectar grows in the mountains?
Master Gampopa in quoting the words of Master Nagarjunacarya, said: “The life saving nectar grows in the mountains. But only, if you correctly identify the herbs and plants. with the proper knowledge in accordance to the master.”.
What is a materia medica?
A materia medica is in herbalism files, or information kept on different herbs and herbal actions. Most herbalists keep these types of files of the types of different herbs they use, their experiences and other notes on how or how they used the herb. Materia medicas can come in lots of different formats, and some are handwritten with illustrations, some are on index cards, on excel spreadsheets or published online. Materia medicas have existed for a very long time, and you can even find ones from over 200 years old at Archive.org
What is a superhero herb?
Some herbs are known as superheroes for specific issues. Elderberry=Flu for example. Here is where you want to list the particular problems the herb is often used to work with. You may also find that certain herbs work well for certain kinds of issues in certain circumstances; you will also want to note this here too. You can also add resources to traditional resources and modern studies in this section.