I find the topic of herbs to be one of the most interesting and exciting topics in the world.
Simultaneously, I find the vast majority of content related to the topic of herbs and herbalism to be utterly dull and boring.
That seems contradictory, how can that be so?
This contradiction can be understood with a single word: Paradigm.
A paradigm is the frame for a set a views.
Most paradigms related to herbalism occure within the framework of medicinal applications.
In other words, they’re all geared toward the goal of fixing a health problem.
Ultimately the goal of medicinal herbalism is to get back to normal.
That is great if someone has a specific ailment and a specific herb relieves that specific ailment.
Unfortunately if someone doesn’t have an issue that an herb is good for, it’s simply not very compelling.
There’s also the fact that having normal as your goal is pretty boring.
My personal paradigm is very different than this more traditional approach.
I want to be as powerful as possible.
I want to be smarter, faster, more energetic, happier, wiser, stronger, and so on.
Probing the limits of what’s possible is far more compelling and exciting than just normal.
To the goal of becoming as powerful as possible, there are few things better than certain power herbs.
Attribute based herbalism focuses on herbs that build you up toward new heights that far exceed the normal baseline.
Remember, we don’t want to be normal, we want to be as powerful as possible.
This requires unique nutrients and compounds to build very specific qualities within ourselves.
There are herbs that provide these unique components that can help fuel your growth towards increasing almost any attribute.
Defining this concept of “attributes” is critical to understanding the value of this paradigm.
I’m using attributes to mean various qualities of human experience or output.
Things like strength, speed, stamina, intelligence, calmness, happiness, charisma, drive, motivation, vitality, compassion, etc.
Almost any component of your existence or experience of life could be subdivided or categorized as an attribute.
It’s the combination of all attributes that forms the fullness of what we are.
Breaking down the complete being into specific attributes makes things much easier to get a handle on.
A goal of “being better” is very vague and doens’t do much to help orient us in any specific direction.
Wanting to be better in a specific way such as “having more motivation” is far more useful in providing a roadmap or a least a direction in which to head.
This provides us with the steps to take in order to reach our destination, or a least head towards the destination.
This also synergizes with the herbs themselves.
That’s because each “attribute based herb” has one or more human attributes that it bolsters.
For any attribute you can think of, there’s an herb that supports or bolsters it.
In this way, you can pick out and select herbs based on the specific ways in which you’d like to grow.
Want more energy, drive, motivation and happiness? Take Ginseng.
Want more calm, stronger immunity, and deeper meditation? Take Reishi mushroom.
Want more physical vitality, deep vital reserves, and exercise performance? Take cordyceps.
This unique paradigm for understanding herbs allows us to to grow and empower ourselves in a way that’s totally personalized for our own unique goals.
If you’ve ever wished to be or grow a certain way, now you have the fuel to help you get there.