What's the Difference Between Herbal Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine?

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The range of herbal medicine, we'll just call it that a, is from the continuum of care similar to what we're seeing in western medicine right now. So with something like cepsis and open skin wounds, you would use different poultices, a plant casings, essentially wrapped around the soft tissue,. changed every so often. And certain herbs, flowers, bushes, trees, barks, resins, roots, all the different aspects of the plants have different medicinal properties. For example, dandelion root is different than dandelion leaves. They affect different parts of the body. The theyre use for different indications.

Dan Engle, MD, is a psychiatrist with a clinical practice that combines aspects of regenerative medicine, psychedelic research, integrative spirituality, and peak performance. Dr. Engle is an international consultant to several global healing centers facilitating the use of long-standing indigenous plant medicines for healing and awakening. He is the Founder and Medical Director of Kuya Institute for Transformational Medicine in Austin, Texas; Full Spectrum Medicine, a psychedelic integration and educational platform; and Thank You Life, a non-profit funding stream supporting access to psychedelic therapies.Dr. Engle is the author of The Concussion Repair Manual: A Practical Guide to Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, as well as his new book, A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy.

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