BM -1 week 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Organoleptic

A

making an impression upon and organ : so getting to taste, touch, smell the plant

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2
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What are the tastes - 6

A

sour, salty, bitter, sweet, astrigent, umami

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3
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visual, 2

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color and clarity

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4
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Feel and texture, 3

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slippery, drying and sticky

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5
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what are the 4 directions of the herbal medicine wheel?

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North - cold/depression earty, East- damp/relax miost, South - heat/excitement fire , West - Dry/atrophy air

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6
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Where would cyanne fall on the wheel?

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close to south with heat and under west to for dry

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7
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doctrine of signatures

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signifigance of form shape and action, form follows function, used as learning tool to remember things.

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8
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what two level does the doctrine of signatures work on?

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intiution and imagination

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9
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what is on the the unified botanical genius paradigm

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homeopathy essence, signatures, organoleptics and chemical actions with core personality in the middle

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10
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Flavonoid glycosides are for what?

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anti inflammatory and antioxident, so good for anti ageing

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11
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What is an adaptogen?

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produces a non specific response: often a normalizing influence on physiology in either direction, increases resistance against multiple stressors, physical, chemical etc

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12
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what is a tonic, what do they do?

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Boost energy reserves, promote health in a non specific manner.

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13
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Are adaptogens tonics and tonics adaptogens

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nope - all adaptogens are tonics, but all tonics are not adaptogens, some probably don’t work so much on the endocrine system

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14
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what is the new alternative suggested word for adaptogen?

A

resistogen,

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