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Why Is Herbal Medicine So Ripe For Grift?

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Practising plant-based medicine is a deeply human experience. Our ancestors developed knowledge through experimentation, and handed down results of this continued experimentation through generations. People developed deep relationships with the plants and fungi around them, and became proficient in utilising them for food, fibres, and medicine. Medicine isn’t something that’s okay to be wrong about. The best-case scenario with being wrong while practising plant-based medicine is that nothing happens, but the worst-case scenario can lead to headaches, nausea, liver damage, kidney failure, and death. Even for plants that are known to be safe, someone may have an allergic reaction that could land them in the hospital. Practising plant-based medicine should…

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Oops All Poison: The Internet and Bad Herbal Abortion Advice

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One of herbal abortions most dangerous pitfalls is the misinformation flooding the internet. Google “Herbal Abortion” and pages of websites, blogs and articles come up, each claiming to be the herbal abortion expert[…]. The internet has emboldened many frustrated woman to believe that she could easily do-it-herself. Misinformation is often what leads to instances of accidental poisoning, under dosing (leading to issues during pregnancy) and death, in certain cases. Maya Lewis, Drink Me and Abort Your Baby: The Herbal Abortion Tea, City University of New York Academic Works It’s a Tuesday in The Great Crumble, and as the political – apparently even cognitive – division in the United States deepens,…

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We Are Very Close To Making Non-Woo Herbal Medicine Free For Everyone

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Click here to donate to our fundraiser. In 2019, members of the Luciferian Dominion raised $900 so that I could attend Oregon State University’s Permaculture Design program as a conclusion of a years-long education in permaculture. The idea was to fill in any gaps in my own learning, and enable me to start passing on this knowledge and experience without leaving it locked up behind a university paywall. I’ve been teaching permaculture concepts and helping with projects all over the world ever since. This ask is bigger, more ambitious, and I think it’s very important to share with you some of the reasons why this is much bigger than a…

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