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You're listening to Only the Best Herbs with Ryan Boulda.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to Only the Best Herbs.
I've had a lot going on in the past week, some family health issues.
So I apologize for the delay.
I'm going to get right back on track though.
Today, we're going to go over some things.
Got some stories here from the medical community, all natural medical community that I wanted to go over.
And we got some other little things to talk about as far as our community, our Facebook community,
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Like this is a very well established community.
We got some really awesome guests coming up.
Just in the last couple days, I've scheduled five or six people to be interviewed or to co-host this show,
which is really cool and I am really excited to do that.
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So one of the first topics we got right here is from Science Daily.
In Science Daily, they are going into discussion about a Japanese herb.
It has been linked to helping with irritable bowel syndrome and gut problems,
people who have digestive issues and stuff like that.
So the name of this medicine is called KAMPO.
K-A-M-P-O.
It's a popular alternative Japanese medicine.
Its origins can be traced back to China.
Researchers suggest the famous 8th century Chinese monk responsible for introducing the commandments of Buddhism in Japan
and who also laid the foundation of traditional Japanese medicine in the country.
His name is Zhaizen and Ganjin.
And his works were believed to have been lost for generations.
However, they have been rediscovered and brought to light by researchers in both Japan and China.
Traditional Chinese medicine has been around forever.
With a history of almost 3,000 years, which goes back to the Zhou Dynasty,
it has been incorporated into Chinese present medical system.
The traditional practice involves the use of plants, animals, and minerals.
It works on the principle of maintaining the delicate balance between yin and yang,
the opposite but interconnected forces said to be at the core of all creation.
To prevent diseases and maintain health, originating in China, T-C-M is practiced widely today, including in Japan.
T-C-M is traditional Chinese medicine.
It is long been considered that it was introduced by a Japanese monk.
And that's where I'm getting this information with the Buddhism, yin and yang, and stuff like that.
This is just really cool.
So when he arrived in Japan, 1753, it is said that he had with him 36 kinds of herbal medicines,
each with different pharmacological effects and recipes for different combinations to treat a variety of diseases.
Along with his Buddhist teachings imparted with his pharmacological and medical knowledge, influencing existing traditional Japanese medicine,
that remains debated.
However, researchers from Japan and China, led by professor Tashikiko Matsuo
of the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering and Health Systems.
Okuyama University has conducted an extensive review of available Chinese, Japanese, and English literature to shed light on this long-standing mystery.
And this long-standing mystery is what they're talking about, these 36 herbal combinations or recipes or substances, basically.
The team composed of Shihui Liu, former assistant professor in Okuyama University,
visiting research fellow Shihui Matsuo and senior assistant professor Takumi Abe, both from Okuyama University.
This article that they published in October of 2022 offers interesting insights on the life of the Jinzen,
as seen through the lens of the enthopharmacological knowledge.
On their trip to Japan, they gathered and brought with them things he found along the way, insignificant stalactites and ziksu traditional Chinese medicine component,
while also bringing traditional ingredients from China, including musk, agarwood, snail, rosin, dipter carp, fragrant gal, benzoin, incense, Dutchman's pipe root.
Man, there's just a list goes on and on. Sugar, sucrose, bushels, honey, sugarcane.
In their article, these researchers, they reviewed the 36 herbal medicines and their therapeutic effects.
Some local folklore suggests that they also had with them a book called the Jian Shen Gren is the Holy Priest of the Jian-Zhen.
It is a secret prescription which has been lost for centuries.
We're talking about this guy from 753.
We're talking about, I know I'm going back and forth between these researchers and this man, but this is how they're researching in this article.
It's slipping back and forth on them.
So bear with me. However, there's this lost herbal prescription.
Right. Campal medicines are prescribed alongside western medicine and modern drugs and is covered by reimbursement of the National Health Insurance.
People in Japan can buy campal medicines as over-the-counter drugs at pharmacies.
This unique system in Japan has derived from a long history of systematic prescription of campal medicines that would have an origin in the Jian-Zhen's prescription in the eighth century.
And this man, Matsuo, one of the researchers, is very excited about that.
He hopes to spread the use of campal medicine beyond Japan.
People in other countries also have a chance to use campal medicines.
In combination with western medicines, he explains, his inspiration in saying so is possible.
Jian-Zhen is one of the first people to bring Chinese traditional medicine to Japan.
He is considered an ancestor of campal medicine who molded Chinese traditional medicine to suit the needs of Japanese people.
In the age of globalization, the journey of traditional medicine knowledge that took 11 years to reach Japan from China may be accomplishing something in less than 11 seconds with the click of a button.
And I believe they're talking about selling campal medicines online.
And that is very, very similar to what we are trying to do.
And I really like this idea because shedding light, stuff like this is very, very interesting.
And people need to know more about Chinese traditional medicines because we have tons of stuff.
We have Native American ancient medicines. We have Chinese traditional medicines.
We have ancient, like Aztec ancient medicine. You know, I mean, we have so many ancient medicines that we probably don't utilize.
Or, you know, maybe they, you know, maybe they are utilized somehow and I'm unaware.
But the fact that I don't hear about it enough is the issue.
And I think campal, for example, which I think people should be, you know, and that's why I'm doing this segment, because this isn't something new.
This has been a long, this has been around for a long time and we are just now starting to integrate that back into our society.
And people want that. People want the option to not have to be reliant on narcotics or man-made prescriptions.
I mean, I know people who are going through even then some else of pain right now just because they do not want man-made prescriptions.
They don't want to be addicted. They don't want all the stipulations that come along with just trying to get a little bit of relief.
If you are interested in learning more about campal, we're going to have some more episodes about it.
We're going to talk about the Chinese traditional medicines. We're going to dive a little bit deeper into that here in the coming months, but figured I would touch upon it a little bit before dive it into it.
Because there's a lot of layers and there's a lot of history to it and there's a lot of herbs that probably nobody has heard of.
I can say I probably haven't heard of at least 50 or 60% of them so far, at least the ones that I've looked at.
Moving on, next we got to talk about peppermint a little bit. It is the holidays and all right. It's Christmas.
Some facts about peppermint people didn't know. Peppermint is widely used as a medicinal herb from natural medicines.
I believe it's naturalmedicines.therapeuticresearch.com. It's more than a festive treat.
We all indulge a little bit during the holidays while sugary treats aren't exactly healthy. Common ingredients and holiday candies and desserts do have some potential health benefits to celebrate.
Here are some fun facts. It doesn't take long to run into a candy cane nowadays.
So we can't talk about sugary treats without bringing up peppermint.
Peppermint oil have a variety of effects on the body including antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Oral, inhaled, and topical peppermint all have a history of medicinal use. Clinical data shows that taking peppermint oil by mouth reduces stomach pain, bloating, gas, bowel movements in people with irritable bowel.
It's conditionally recommended by the American College of Gastroenterology for reducing IBS symptoms.
Clinical research also shows that inhaling peppermint or taking it by mouth reduces nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy treatments.
Topical peppermint seems to reduce cracked skin and pain from breastfeeding. It also relieves tension from headaches.
That's peppermint. So a couple of fun facts. Next, we got cinnamon. Cinnamon is fairly synonymous with the holidays as well.
It's used in everything from candies to flavored lattes and festive cookies. There are several varieties of cinnamon.
There are several varieties of cinnamon, but there's been a lot of interest in using cassia cinnamon, specifically for diabetes over the years.
Some clinical research shows that taking cassia cinnamon, and that is C-A-S-S-I-A, cassia, cassia cinnamon helps control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes.
But the overall evidence remains conflicting.
Lastly, we got a couple that are sure to be in here. Ginger and nutmeg. Ginger seems to help with menstrual cramps, osteoarthritis, pain, nausea, and vomiting during pregnancy.
Nutmeg is for nutmeg. There's an interest in using it for diarrhea and cavities for kids, but there's no good scientific evidence to support its use for any condition.
Nutmeg, right. Well, it was fun to talk about the potential benefits of holiday treats and candies.
We remind patients or customers that the reported clinical benefits from these ingredients are typically seen from standardized extracts.
For example, pharmaceutical grade peppermint oil is typically standardized to contain at least 44% menthol.
It might benefit IBS symptoms when taken in capsule form, opposed to a candy cane, obviously.
Some fun facts for the holiday.
So, maybe not as a candy, but if you guys find some other ways to incorporate, we got peppermint, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, find a way to incorporate that into some healthy treats or into some healthy food options.
You can get the medicinal properties from these herbs.
So, in other news, I did want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
You'll probably hear me say it at least one more time, but it's around these times where you really need to be thankful for what you have, thankful for family, thankful for your house, thankful for all the happiness you have in your life.
Because you never know, one day could change the course of your whole life.
So, just make sure that you appreciate your parents, your son or daughter, your grandparents, your aunts and uncles.
And the holidays are definitely time to reflect on that and spend time with them. And a lot of people, they just wait until the holidays to see their family.
Like, that is the only time they see their family.
And there's probably good reason for that.
But it is the holidays.
And the best gift you could give is pointing someone in the all-natural direction.
Going that direction can end years on to your life. So, if you care about your family, start educating them, bring them to our community, tell them what we're all about.
Tell them that we're here to help and what we're building.
This is going to be awesome.
And I'm just ecstatic with all the participation we're getting in the community.
I'm ready. I think I'm ready to keep going and doing this.
We got some really awesome guests lined up and leaving it at that.
We're going to get into the next segment, which is my favorite segment.
And I have been slacking on this one.
I have been going back and forth in my head thinking if I should do this or continue the story or not.
And I'm going to keep going because I would like to get to where we're at today or whenever I catch up, I would like to be able to talk about more current things than the past.
But like I said, it's very important for you to understand how we got to this point.
And that is my whole reason for doing this. That's it.
Before we get into that, though, I would like to invite any listener to a Facebook group.
It's called Spore, S-P-O-R-E, Space, Z-E, Space World.
It is a awesome community of mushroom cultivators, mycologists, enthusiasts.
I would say that's probably one of my newer homes in terms of like a mycology community or a mushroom community.
So I would invite everyone to go there. I'm hosting a giveaway in which we're giving away nutrients, cannabis genetics, mushroom genetics, hemp extracts, glass pipes, and some few other miscellaneous, you know, or you'll get some stickers.
But I mean, this giveaway is probably going to, I mean, it's a few hundred dollars worth of product.
But it is going to be a legendary giveaway package. So be sure to join the giveaway.
You'll see the rules on that. We got about one, two, three, four, five, six or six people, six or seven people, all together who have donated, maybe seven, I don't know if I'm counting correctly, but six or seven generous people who are getting in on the Christmas spirit.
So one more time, Spore Z World. And now we're going to hop back into the story.
All right, so where was I?
I was going to start drawing some like a map out, basically, I was going to try to like map this out. But I think you guys get the idea. And I'm not trying to beat a dead horse over it. But basically, it's quick recap.
I meet model model brings me to party party. I meet artists and or not artists, I meet people, business owners, and the manager of artists, I suppose.
And then there's the person I'm working with independent film producer and his artist. I'm working with them as they're traveling around the world shooting video.
And then we got an Instagram influencer with her artist, whom we're working with.
And then we got a group of people who are working with us, who are working with us, who are working with us, and who are working with us.
So we get kind of screwed out of doing the hunt for humanity, which was just been put off and we're planning on doing it, but we just need more cooperation. And we're hoping to get that from doing this podcast.
And we're well on our way to getting that organized, wanting to do it more in person, like I have mentioned, we're alluded to before.
From my perspective, I just block everybody. I'm annoyed. I feel like I'm being targeted. My business is being targeted.
What do I do? I change the Instagram to my personal account because I did all the video on it anyway.
I block those people because I don't want them knowing what's going on. And then I... What else do I do? And then I make another Instagram, which I get back to like up until a few months ago, I get back to that.
And still haven't put a bunch of effort into it yet, but we're starting to get it going again. And I end up falling back to Facebook.
Facebook is, I would say, where I'm most active at personally. And I just, you know, I start thinking, you know, I have to focus on my own community because I was very reliant on other people's community.
And that's why we're building this right now. So how I started doing this in first place is I started joining communities and something that had really interested me was mushroom medicine.
And I'm like, you know what, if I were to join any community, I feel like I would belong there in a mushroom community opposed to a cannabis community. Because cannabis community is like money hungry people.
And I'm just like, I have never seen in my life corrupt stuff. And it was a little bit disheartening, but I think my heart has hardened to it now.
So I joined some mushroom communities. I'm mushrooming it up, learning as much as I can. And mushroom medicine is something that has recently become decriminalized here in Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
And Ann Arbor, Salicybin has been decriminalized, I wouldn't call it legal, but it has been decriminalized and it's something that I wanted to get into as well and hemp products help people.
I would say more on a physical level. And then we got mushrooms, right? And I'm not even talking about just Salicybin mushrooms, because I've found great genetics from the group as well for gourmetes, you know, talking like oyster mushrooms,
and lion's mane, stuff like that. And I started making some friends, I suppose, not many.
And too specifically, I would say that I really thought I was connecting with at the time. Again, I'm not going to be naming anybody because these people don't even have real names as their primary account. So that's like, you know, pointless, even named them anyway.
But if you've been paying attention or that, or if you're like in the community, or if you just know what's going on, then yeah, I mean, I guess you're gonna have a, you know, you're gonna have a better idea of what I'm talking about, or at least a lot more context than I will probably provide in this podcast.
But I started talking with two people. One person invited me to a group, which I ended up really liking. And I'd stayed there and decide for a brief moment of two weeks where I was really annoyed and left for a couple weeks, but came back.
And, you know, started absorbing information, seeing kind of what was going on in that group, seeing how they were connected to other groups, just kind of, you know, trying to figure out what was going on because, you know, I had more plans to get into that community in the future.
So, you know, I wanted to start making some quote unquote friends. But I'm starting to learn there's like, not really such thing as a friend in these communities or business in general, you know.
And the other person, you know, I was talking to and we kind of came up with a plan to start a community of our own. And that's kind of where I think I'm gonna have to stop, because this is another interesting story and I thought it would be interesting to tell.
And it'll help catch people up to where we're at now and how only the best herbs was created because a lot of people in the mushroom community have joined this community.
So, it is definitely important. Season three is coming up. I have some awesome guests lined up like I had mentioned. Stay tuned for that.
2024 is going to be a big year for this podcast. And we're going to really take off. We're going to do some more live things, short live things, you know, you'll see that in our community.
And you will also see that here and there on YouTube or like clips of it on Facebook, I guess. Stay on the ride with us. It's only going to get better. We got a lot of information to cover. We got a lot of people to talk to. And I'm excited.
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