Summer · Session 3

Blood As Medicine

Sunday, July 19 · 11 AM – 2 PM PT

Blood is the body’s great carrier — it feeds every tissue, defends every border, and holds the record of what we have inherited and what we have lived. When we say a plant works on the blood, we are saying it works on everything the blood touches.

This session moves from the blood itself to the plants that tend it. We begin with what blood actually does — how it nourishes, defends, clears, and remembers — and how the old traditions read its conditions long before anyone could see a cell. From there we turn to three plants and the distinct work each one offers: garlic, hibiscus, and red clover. Together they give us a working picture of blood medicine, from the heat that moves it to the cool that eases it to the sweetness that clears it.

You will leave with an understanding of how to recognize the patterns these plants address, and how to begin a relationship with each one.

Overview

  1. Blood As Medicine
  2. Herbs for the Heart & Blood

The Conversation

Questions, noticings, what this is teaching you — leave them here. This same conversation lives in The Circle.

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For Members of the Apprenticeship

Blood As Medicine

This part of the library opens with the Apprenticeship. It will be here when you're ready — the plants are not in a hurry, and neither are we.