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Sajah Popham explains why herbal remedies sometimes fail and how to improve the intake process for better client outcomes.

Sajah Popham from The School of Evolutionary Herbalism explains why herbal remedies sometimes fail. The issue is rarely the herbs themselves. Instead, it's the intake process that misses critical details about the person and their tissue state. Through the lens of vitalist herbalism, Sajah breaks down what you need to do to refocus your intake sessions, so you can nail the remedy for your client every time. Here's what you'll learn: Why choosing the wrong herb can worsen symptoms Why "good for" herbal thinking often leads to poor remedy selection How temperature, moisture, and tone influence pathology The five key observations used to assess tissue states How to use the OPQRST intake method in clinical herbalism Why symptom quality matters more than disease labels How aggravation and palliation reveal energetic patterns The role of constitution versus current imbalance How weather, seasons, and environment affect tissue states Why tongue diagnosis is one of the most valuable assessment tools in herbal medicine How to think about energetics in a practical, grounded, clinical way ———————————— CONNECT WITH SAJAH AND WHITNEY ———————————— To get free in depth mini-courses and videos…

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Host: Sajah Popham

Topics covered

• herbal remedies
• intake process
• vitalist herbalism
• tissue states
• energetics
• clinical herbalism

Keywords

• herbs
• remedy selection
• pathology
• OPQRST intake method
• symptom quality
• tongue diagnosis
• energetics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The School of Evolutionary Herbalism

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