Matt Kelly explains how to work with traditional herbal practitioners when using plant medicines. He recommends finding North American herbalists, traditional healers using local plants, naturopathic doctors, or Chinese medicine providers to guide your botanical use.
Work with somebody who does the traditional medicine of wherever you're at. They're gonna not only know the plants, they're gonna have a lot of experience using them. There's no place you can go in the world where there's not a resident herbal tradition. A lot of my colleagues don't have specific training in botanicals. They're not really gonna be able to guide you very well. In North America, I would recommend working either with a North American herbalist, a traditional North American healing practitioner that use endogenous local plants, naturopathic doctors, any Chinese medicine provider. If you're gonna mess around with a lot of plant medicines, find somebody to help guide you there.
