Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@RizomaSchool Why the leaves? As it happens, one of the earliest pieces of formal scientific research powerfully affirming the existence and synergistic potential of whole plant medicine, addressed Berberis. First the context, then the paper itself. web.archive.org/web/20080331225223/http://seedambassadors.org/kindmind/2007/07/05/synergy-paradigm-shifting-phytomedicinals/

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @pauljpastor 2/ Plants, we say, are Nature's pharmacists. Today's harvest, Oregon Grape, a go-to for both the fledgling and seasoned herbalist hereabouts and also, interestingly, a phytomedicinal (medicinal herb) examined by Science for its powerfully synergistic whole-plant pharmacodynamics.Quoted by@pauljpastor 2/ Plants, we say, are Nature's pharmacists. Today's harvest, Oregon Grape, a go-to for both the fledgling and seasoned herbalist hereabouts and also, interestingly, a phytomedicinal (medicinal herb) examined by Science for its powerfully synergistic whole-plant pharmacodynamics.