Using CSS plants as living organisms, may be considered self-organizing and environmentally adaptive. By examining the congruence between crude medicinal plant medicines and CSS, perhaps a more comprehensive understanding of WHM may emerge. CSS may also be applicable to the study of WHM.
In human systems, complexity has been used to study and research the interacting network of human biology, information exchanges in social networks such as organizations ( Capra, 1996 Zimmerman, Lindberg & Plesk, 2001) and Ayurveda and homeopathic systems of medicine ( Bellavite, 2003, Rioux, 2012).
It appreciates the nonlinearity of reality and has been used to explain the unpredictability of weather, repeated patterns of shorelines and mountain ranges, the activity of ants, and the fractal or self-similar patterns of embedded plant structures ( Capra, 1996). CSS has been applied to living interacting systems and the natural world. CSS as an epistemology ( Morin, 2008) includes the theories of complex adaptive systems and nonlinear dynamic systems. WHM is practised in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Western Europe.Ĭomplex systems science (CSS) is a transdisciplinary approach to science ( Morin, 2008) offering descriptions and explanations of how collective behaviors of whole systems arise from the parts and how whole systems interact with environments ( Bar-Yam, 2009). Representing varied and diverse groups of practitioners, WHM is also referred to as traditional Western herbalism, herbal or botanical medicine, medical herbalism and phytotherapy. WHM is a title recently used to differentiate herbalism based on Anglo-American traditional herbal medicine ( Casey, Adams, & Sibbritt, 2007) from other systems of herbal medicine such as Ayurveda or Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Medicines or extracts from crude plant material, such as root, bark, and flower, are used in multiple plant formulations to treat persons with disease and dysfunction and to promote health and well-being ( Bone, 2003 Hoffmann, 2003, p. Western Herbal Medicine (WHM) is a clinical practice of healing using naturally occurring plant material or plants with little or no industrial processing. Complex systems science provides the theoretical tenets that explain traditional knowledge of medicinal plants while supporting clinical practice and expanding research and documentation of WHM. This paper explores the conceptual congruence between medicinal plants and humans as complex systems coherently coupled through recurrent interaction. The purpose of this paper is to provide a plausible theoretical hypothesis by applying complex systems science to WHM, illustrating how medicinal plants are complex, adaptive, environmentally interactive systems exhibiting synergy and nonlinear healing causality. The challenge for WHM is to integrate science with traditional knowledge that is a foundation of the practice of WHM. This is evident in the use of polyherb formulations comprised of crude plant parts, individually tailored to treat the cause of dysfunction and imbalance by addressing the whole person holistically. Interview process was unprofessional conducted interview in a decrepit storage building, as two men stood over me sitting down, felt unsafe, but I got the job.Traditional knowledge of Western herbal medicine (WHM) supports experiential approaches to healing that have evolved over time. Poor management structure & subtly racist hiring manager. Interview process was unprofessional conducted interview in a decrepit storage building, as two men stood over me sitting down, felt unsafe, but I got the job.
Upon termination, when I asked my superiors for proof on my wrongdoings, they had no substantiated proof of my actions, all hearsay. The promise of a bonus was a fallacy, I was the top salesman for months (~4) & never saw any ‘Bonus’ compensation. Lack of communication all around the house. PTO is non-existent choose your time off wisely or you will be penalized. The scheduling manager is unreasonable & hard to accommodate to personal needs will make you feel bad/ not secured in your job for having a life outside of selling weed.
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