Test Your Knowledge with this Herbal Quiz
When developing an herbal formula, before throwing herbs in a pot, crossing your fingers and hoping for the best 🤞🏽 what information should you learn about the person who’ll consume your medicine?
A. Lifestyle, diet, emotional state, personality, work, capacity, rest, spiritual practices, and relationship dynamics
B. Their constitution, medical diagnoses, trauma, symptoms, surgeries, hospitalizations, and other therapies
C. Any medications, supplements, herbs, and vitamins they’re taking
D. All of the above Answers and explanations in the stories!
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It was fun, but yowzers the IG/FB tech putting it together took me all morning! 🤪
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