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🎤🌿 HERBCAST 🌿🎤 Episode 12: The ...

Dec 3

🎤🌿 HERBCAST 🌿🎤 Episode 12: The strategic approach of Chinese Medicine with Charles Buck ⁠
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An internationally respected practitioner, author, and educator in the field of Chinese medicine, Charles Buck was amongst the first to practice and teach CHM in Europe. Having been awarded a BSc in medical Physiology from Bristol University Medical School, Charles then took a 3-year degree in acupuncture and began practising CHM in 1984, He was invited to be course leader for the UK's 1st College-based CHM course in York in 1994 and honoured with an RCHM Fellowship in 1998 for contributions to CHM education.⁠
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Charles is a Fellow of the British Acupuncture Council where he served a 3-year term as Chairman. He regularly presents keynote sessions to conferences across the world and has published extensively.⁠
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From strategically defeating the battles of war to fighting on the battlefield of health, Charlie eloquently explains some of the theories within Chinese medicine so that we may begin to understand its rational and unique strategic approach.⁠
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🎶 Listen to & follow Herbcast -> LINK IN BIO. ⁠

🌿 Digestive health. Our digestive system is the...

Dec 2

🌿 Digestive health. Our digestive system is the place we bring the outer world inside us, work on it to absorb what is useful, and eject the rest. The gut also produces more hormones and neurotransmitters than the rest of the body put together and plays a major role in our immune system. This article highlights its main functions and shares herbal approaches to look after this remarkable system. ⁠
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🔗 Link in bio.

🌿 5 herbs instead of antacids.⁠
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Dec 1

🌿 5 herbs instead of antacids.⁠
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Contrary to common belief excess acid does not usually lead to digestive problems. The main rationale for using antacids is to protect sensitive surfaces from damage that follows disruption in various other digestive functions. Indeed stomach acid is one of our most important defences: it sterilises and begins the breakdown of foods, so as to protect our immune system and tissues from these foreign materials. We should be very careful using acid-blocking agents at all. ⁠This article shares 5 plants to use that have antacid effects. ⁠
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👉 To use herbs to reduce acid-associated problems, it is wise to understand some of the mechanisms involved. Read about them in Herbalist Simon Mill's article. Link in bio.⁠

🎤🌿 HERBCAST 🌿🎤 Episode 12: The ...

Nov 30

🎤🌿 HERBCAST 🌿🎤 Episode 12: The strategic approach of Chinese Medicine with Charles Buck⁠
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In this last episode of our first series of Herbcast we interviewed Charles Buck. He is an internationally respected practitioner, author and educator in the field of Chinese medicine ⁠and a Fellow of the British Acupuncture Council where he served a 3-year term as Chairman. He talks about:⁠
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🌿 Chinese medicine philosophies such as the binary principles - ying & yang.⁠
🌿 Its strategic approach to the cycles of nature and approaching health⁠
🌿 The nuances in Chinese medicine such as terminology and use of language. ⁠
🌿 His views on integrating all medical modalities and why this could be problematic.⁠
🌿 Using Chinese principals in practice - from diagnosis to treatment.⁠
🌿 The levels of detail and specificity in Chinese formulas.⁠
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🎶 Listen to & follow Herbcast -> LINK IN BIO. ⁠