A Family-based
Approach to Studying and Utilising Medicines from the
The
Dr Wright is a graduate of
Durban University of Technology,
This series for will run
fortnightly from 14 January 2009 and is aimed at professionals and students from
all healing disciplines who are interested in using plants as medicines, such as
homeopaths, medical herbalists and naturopaths.
The lecture series will
address methods for studying medicinal plants, the concept and application of
plant family analysis and a journey through many important plant families from a
cross-disciplinary and eclectic viewpoint.
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1
Introduction
to the Plant [14 January
2009]
§
Plant Structures and their correlations in
Man
§
The Green Mind – inside the mind of the
plant
§
The plant-magnesium-CO2 -
O2-iron-human cycle
§
Pointers to a medicinal plant – the
spotter’s guide
#2
Investigating
the Medicinal Actions of Plants I [28 January
2009]
A look
at practical methods for investigating the medicinal potential of a
plant
§
Organoleptic Investigations – what tasting,
smelling and feeling can tell you about a plant’s
medicine
§
Oneirogenic Investigations – methods for
dream investigation of plants
#3
Investigating
the Medicinal Actions of Plants II [11 February
2009]
Further
practical methods for investigating medicinal
plants
§
Goethean Plant Studies – using J.W. von
Goethe’s method of contemplative science for finding out about
plants
§
Doctrine of Signatures – keying in to
signatures in the plant world and what they mean
#4
Plant
Family Analysis [25
February 2009]
The
concept of analysing medicinal substances by studying their family
characteristics has been developing in homeopathy for the past 10
years.
Understanding
plant families can make it easier to come to more accurate prescriptions and can
deepen understanding of individual species
belonging
to a
family. e.g., knowing what a Rose, Borage or Daisy Family patient is like, will
allow the practitioner to find a medicine more accurately and
quickly.
§
Concept of family
analysis
§
Overview of characteristics of Plant Kingdom
Medicines – do patients who respond well to plant medicines have common
characteristics?
§
Evolution of the
The
remaining tutorials cover specific families and look at family characteristics,
a typical patient for that family and important individual species that are
frequently used as medicines
#5
The
Rosaceae
[11 March 2009]
The
Rose and Apple Family
Love, Blood & Thorns.
Matters of the heart. Rosa, Agrimonia, Prunus, Filipendula, Rubus, Alchemilla,
Fragaria, Crataegus etc.
#6
The
Asteraceae (Compositae) [25 March
2009]
The
Daisy Family
The Wounded Healers and Sun
Worshipers. Calendula, Arnica, Artemisia, Bellis, Chamomilla, Carthamnus,
Eupatorium, Achillea, Echinacea etc.
#7
The
Boraginaceae [08
April 2009]
The
Borage or Forget-me-not Family
The balancing of Hard &
Soft, Red & Blue. Symphytum, Borago, Myosotis, Lithospermum, Pulmonaria,
Echium etc.
#8
The
Ranunculaceae [22
April 2009]
The
Buttercup Family
Sensitive nerves.
Cimicifuga, Aconitum, Pulsatilla, Paeonia, Staphysagria, Ranunculus, Hydrastis
etc
#9
The
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) [06 May
2009]
The
Carrot / Hemlock Family
Airy & Violent. Apium,
Bupleurum, Conium, Foeniculum, Carum, Angelica, Daucus, Hydrocotyle,
Petroselinum, Pimpinella etc
#10
The
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) [20 May
2009]
The
Mint Family
Warmth, Excitement &
Joy. Mentha, Hyssopus, Lavandula, Melissa, Lycopus, Salvia, Leonotis, Leonurus,
Thymus, Rosmarinus, Ocimum etc.
#11
The
Berberidaceae [03
June 2009]
The
Berberis Family
Sudden, rapid changes.
Berberis, Mahonia, Caulophyllum, Podophyllum
The
Menispermaceae
The
Moonseed Family
Tinospora, Cissampelos,
Menispermum, Cocculus
#12
The
Anacardiaceae [17
June 2009]
The
Poison Ivy or Cashew Family
Caught stiff, stuck
tension. Rhus, Anacardium, Mangifera,
The
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
The
Cabbage Family / Crucifers
#13
[01 July 2009]
The
Rubiaceae
The
Coffee or Bedstraw Family
Creative flow of ideas,
exhaustion, overstimulation. Asperula, Galium, Rubia, Coffea, Ipecac, Cinchona
etc
The
Rutaceae
The
Citrus Family
Warming, stimulating,
digesting aromatics. Ruta, Citrus, Barosma, Angostura, Zanthoxylum
etc
#14
The
Primulaceae [15
July 2009]
The
Primrose Family
Venus’ Weatherglass.
Primula, Anagallis, Cyclamen
The
Papaveraceae
The
Poppy Family
Pain, torture, fright,
shock, analgesia. Chelidonium, Corydalis, Opium, Fumaria, Eschscholtzia,
Papaver, Sanguinaria
#15
The
Cucurbitaceae [29
July 2009]
The
Pumpkin Family
Earth & Water
Cinderella. Bryonia, Cucurbita, Colocynthis, Elaterium, Momordica
etc
The
Zingiberaceae
The
Ginger Family
Air & fire in the
earth. Zingiber, Elettaria, Galangal (Alpinia), Siphonochilus,
Curcuma
#16
The
Fabaceae
[12 August 2009]
The Pea
Family
#17
The
‘Primitives’
[26 August 2009]
Equisetum & Lycopodium:
an inferiority complex. Also Ginkgo, Ferns and
Seaweeds
#18
The
Weeds, Scruffs & City Dwellers [09 September
2009]
Geum, Buddleia,
Chenopodium, Urtica, Convolvulus, Plantago, Stellaria, Sambucus, Lactuca,
Senecio and other anthropophilic plants
#19
*FREE
SESSION*
Date to be announced in course of 2009
Practical
Investigations: ‘C4 Proving’
An experimental technique
for eliciting information about the effects of a substance on healthy people.
Consists of a blinded, group-work trituration of a substance in a pestle and
mortar and recording of experiences while doing this. The groups’ experiences
will be collated using qualitative research methods to form a picture of
potential actions of the substance under study.
#20 *FREE
SESSION* Date to be announced in course of
2009
Practical
Investigations: Goethean Plant Study
A day of hands-on,
participative, scientific study of a plant in its natural environment, making
use of a Goethean methodology. Goethean Science has been called ‘conscious
process shamanism’. Get first hand experience of this method, studying a plant
with a group of plant-people!
Session
#19 & 20 are open, free of charge, to people who have attended a minimum of
six other tutorials, preference being given to those attending the entire
series.
Wednesday
evenings
14/01,28/01;
11/02,25/02; 11/03,25/03; 08/04,22/04; 06/05,20/05; 03/06,17/06;
01/07,15/07,29/07; 12/08,26/08; 09/09
Time:18h00 –
20h00
Where: Studio 2, 7 New
Row, Covent Garden,
Transport
Price:
£20 per individual
session
£95 for 5 sessions paid in
advance (£19/session)
£180 for 10 sessions paid
in advance (£18/session)
£299 for all 18 sessions
paid in advance (£16.61/session)
Course
notes are included in the price
Please call or email to
reserve a place. Sessions are limited to 12 participants and places are
allocated on a first-paid basis, although
priority will be given to those who wish to attend entire series. No
refunds unless cancelled one week in advance. Please arrive before 6pm to
ensure a prompt start time.
Correspondence
& Payment:
Craig
Wright
Brentwood,
Tel: 07739 459
954
admissions@medicinalplantstudies.com
Payment may be made by
sending a cheque to the address above or
BACS payment to account
Natwest Earl’s Court Branch, 60-07-14 (sort code) a/c 67017851.
Please mark your name
clearly on payments, specifying which tutorials you are
booking.
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