[REPLAY] Equinox Thoughts On Balance & Amphoteric Herbs

The Holistic Herbalism Podcast · Sep 17, 2022 · 1h 8m

We realized that the Autumnal equinox is coming up soon: Thursday 9/22 at 9:04 PM, for those of you keeping track! This made us want to re-air episode 155, a discussion of our Equinox Thoughts on Balance & Amphoteric Herbs, originally aired on 3/20/2021.

This episode is all about balance. Equinox is the time of year when day & night have equal length. Herbalists use the word "amphoteric" to mean an herb that has a balancing activity, one that is capable of acting in ways that seem opposite, depending on the context in which it’s taken.

But to understand how amphoteric herbs could be balancers…