Nocturnal Herbalist

Nocturnal Herbalist

By Marcos PatchettAlternative HealthHealth & Fitness
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Nocturnal Herbalist episodes

  • Livestream #2 - Spirit Headache

    Migraines are very common, affecting up to 15% of the population (according to Wikipedia), but are poorly understood. In this Livestream I cover some herbal approaches to migraine and potentially useful avenues for exploration in treating this ancient malady.
    LINKS:
    General migraine info: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/5005-migraine-headaches
    Feverfew in migraine prevention meta-analysis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7133498/
    Wood Betony article by Jim McDonald: http://herbcraft.org/betony.html

    Stachys genus pharmacological investigations: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7601302/

    19 min
  • Nobody is coming to save you (livestream #1)

    Sometimes we have to deal with dire situations on our own, and this can be made better or worse by our expectations and the stories we tell ourselves. In this episode I think out loud about the power of being a passenger, how passivity be leveraged to create resilience, and how poison (at the correct dosage) may create resilience. With reference to the "furious martial plant" Bryony (Bryonia dioica).
    Useful refs:
    Bryony as an adaptogen (1997 journal article) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233804056_Plant_adaptogens_II_Bryonia_as_an_adaptogen
    Bryony in traditional medicine in Europe (2019 journal article)

    14 min
  • The current astrology of COVID-19: the final curtain

    COMPLETE VERSION AVAILABLE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/v21gbve-the-current-astrology-of-covid-19-the-final-curtain.html 

    Previous videos:

    The Medieval Astrology of COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ_wxYnT1Vg&list=PLB6gHKySmYaRSO-2AVgRi0hGNgZCTb6x1&index=3&t=2256s

    The Renaissance Astrology of COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcTnxSKVe4&list=PLB6gHKySmYaRSO-2AVgRi0hGNgZCTb6x1&index=6

    Infinity astrological magazine article: https://infinityastrologicalmagazine.com/product/iam-32-ants-physical-copy/

    BOOK: http://thesecretlifeofchocolate.com/

    Practice website: http://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/

    Association of Master Herbalists practitioner profile: https://associationofmasterherbalists.co.uk/user/marcospatchett/

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    TIMESTAMPS: 

    00:04:21 Review of global COVID-19 predictions

    00:12:50 Incorrect timing of predicted events – revising the astrology of eclipses

    00:20:44 Horary chart #1 (2021): How effective and safe are the COVID-19 vaccines?

    00:51:41 Horary chart #2 (2021):  Would the COVID vaccine harm me?

    01:03:05 UK COVID predictions 2021-2022 review

    01:12:11 UK March-September 2022 UK predictions

    01:26:13 UK September 2022 – March 2023 predictions

    01:38:04 UK March 2023 – March 2024 predictions


    LINKS:

    Johns Hopkins global case tracking since the start of the pandemic https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases

    Global COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

    2021 & early 2022 predictions review: Wikipedia’s COVID review of events in England from June 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2021)#March_2021and in 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_England_(2022)

    Childcare costs crisis early 2022 https://www.eyalliance.org.uk/news/2022/03/government-funding-drives-childcare-pricesand https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/mar/25/childcare-costs-spiralled-uk-families-survey

    Highest deaths with COVID in the UK Feb 2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-reported-sars-cov-2-deaths-in-england/covid-19-confirmed-deaths-in-england-to-28-february-2022-report

    1 hr 53 min
  • Why ELDERBERRY should make you angry: the underuse of herbal medicines in COVID-19

    In this episode I discuss new research on plant medicines in COVID-19 and the distorting effect of profit on the investigation of medicinal plants, with a digression into the Flexner report, a pivotal piece of legislation that re-shaped the medical landscape of America and "Western medicine".

    Full show notes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDR5Rf17f8U

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    BOOK: http://thesecretlifeofchocolate.com/

    Practice website: http://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/

    Association of Master Herbalists practitioner profile: https://associationofmasterherbalists.co.uk/user/marcospatchett/

    1 hr 30 min
  • The Magic of Cacao

    BOOK: http://thesecretlifeofchocolate.com/

    Practice website: http://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/

    Association of Master Herbalists practitioner profile: https://associationofmasterherbalists.co.uk/user/marcospatchett/

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    TIMESTAMPS

    00:35 Talk outline

    03:18 Traditional beverages made with Cacao

    04:28 The metate (metatl) y mano (metlapil)

    06:27 Preparing cacao seeds for making beverages

    08:38 Cacao blanco (Theobroma bicolor)

    10:00 Chocolate atole

    10:48 Bu’pu

    14:55 Cacao vessels and varieties of ancient beverage

    16:51 Foam on traditional Cacao-based beverages

    17:11 Ancient Cacao beverages made without maize

    20:27 Cacao, empire and slavery

    21:30 Reconstructed traditional Mesoamerican Cacao beverages

    23:54 The pharmacology of Theobroma cacao

    24:27 Medicinal compounds in Cacao – polyphenols

    29:24 Xanthines (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline)

    32:30 “Fairy dust” compounds – biogenic amines, salsolinol, GABA, anandamide etc.

    34:29 Cacao and Psilocybe mushrooms

    37:01 Health benefits of dark chocolate

    39:59 Chocolate consumption and decreased risk of death

    42:14 Cacao as a hedonic modifier

    44:38 Cacao as an anti-phobic substance

    46:36 Cacao and the microbiome

    48:26 Cacao and the stars

    48:33 Curandero Diego’s uses of Cacao and the Old World Venus archetype

    51:00 Señora Ca’al, the midwife and Cacao (Venus archetype)

    52:15 Ix Chel & Chac exchanging Cacao

    53:43 Cacao classified using Old World astrology (including the myth of Quetzalcoatl and Cacao’s origins)

    57:45 Quetzalcoatl (a Mesoamerican Venus god)

    57:59 Cacaxtla mural of a Venus god with Maize and Cacao

    59:20 Maize as Sun, Cacao as…Moon?

    1:01:06 Cacao in mythology

    1:01:22 The Axis Mundi in the Perennial Philosophy

    1:02:16 The Mayan World Tree – the wakah chan

    1:04:28 Theobroma cacao as the world tree

    1:05:35 “Portals”, “vision serpents” and sacrifice in Mesoamerican religion

    1:09:52 Theobroma cacao as an ancestor-tree

    1:12:02 The K’iche Maya “Hero Twins” saga (from the Popol Vuh)

    1:18:34 “Two fish”

    1:20:32 Codex Borgia illustration of “the creation of the universe”

    1:22:20 Lacandon Maya “god pots”

    1:23:21 Cacao in Renaissance European alchemy

    1:25:01 Homeopathic “chocolatum” provings

    1:25:46 Chocolate in Traditional Chinese Medicine

    1:26:12 Summary of mythic themes of Theobroma cacao

    1:28:01 Magical uses of Cacao

    Full list of references may be found in the published work “The Secret Life of Chocolate” https://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/the-secret-life-of-chocolate/40255/or, for those in the U.S., https://bit.ly/3dVRX1d

    1 hr 31 min
  • COVID vaccines - a herbalist's view

    In this episode I discuss the arguments for and against deploying the novel COVID vaccine technologies, and whether the controversy over vaccine-related health concerns has any foundation.

    Original show and show notes, with timestamps, references and links available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BP_coDNvFTA

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    Practice website: http://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/

    Association of Master Herbalists practitioner profile: https://associationofmasterherbalists...

    BOOK: http://thesecretlifeofchocolate.com/


    1 hr 23 min
  • The Renaissance Astrology of COVID-19

    Show notes, original video, references and links all on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcTnxSKVe4

    Practice website: http://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/

    Association of Master Herbalists practitioner profile: https://associationofmasterherbalists...

    Book: http://thesecretlifeofchocolate.com/

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    Astrology Schools:  The Academy of Astrology: http://www.academyofastrology.co.uk/

    Kepler USA: https://keplercollege.org/

    Qualifying Horary Practitioner: http://qhpastrology.co.uk/

    “The Traditional Astrology of COVID-19”, full article exploring the astrology of the wider pandemic published in Infinity magazine’s July 2020 Issue.  The full article is available for purchase with the magazine, details here https://infinityastrologicalmagazine....


     

    1 hr 8 min
  • Psychedelic Chocolate: Theobroma cacao as an entheogen

    A talk recorded for London's Psychedelic Society in June 2020 on the subject of Theobroma cacao as an entheogen.  Full show notes and references available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL_o_s_dzfY

    The Psychedelic Society https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/

    Marcos’ website: http://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/

    Association of Master Herbalists practitioner profile: https://associationofmasterherbalists.co.uk/user/marcospatchett/

    BOOK: http://thesecretlifeofchocolate.com/


    1 hr 59 min
  • Why chocolate helps in lockdown

    This is the audio version of a YouTube video, available at https://youtu.be/FfEN9137Rgs. 

    The main presentation was recorded in October 2020 for the UK's National Institute of Medical Herbalists (NIMH) annual conference, and was entitled "Chocolate and Social Isolation - on the Therapeutic Potential of Theobroma cacao in a digitally distanced era".  References are listed in the description box on YouTube.

    TIMESTAMPS

    00:01:30 Upcoming projects and videos

    00:04:59 Presentation begins [Chocolate and Social Isolation]

    00:05:55 Talk outline (contents)

    00:07:50 Definitions – social isolation vs. loneliness

    00:09:05 Loneliness, social isolation and risk of death

    00:13:55 Psychosocial effects of loneliness and social isolation

    00:18:24 How social isolation and loneliness cause health problems (mechanisms)

    00:29:10 Long-term implications of social distancing policies – feasible effects on psychosocial and physical health and behaviour

    00:33:25 Cacao in Mesoamerican symbolism and belief systems

    00:36:46 Traditional uses of Theobroma cacao seeds in Mesoamerica

    00:38:38 Specific Mesoamerican myths featuring Cacao

    00:41:50 Effects of chocolate consumption on mortality and morbidity, by comparison with social isolation and loneliness

    00:46:16 Research evidence for psychosocial benefits of chocolate consumption in the elderly, new mums, and the general population

    00:50:30 Mechanisms by which Cacao may offset or prevent health problems induced by loneliness or social isolation

    00:58:22 Potential benefits of Cacao consumption

    00:59:02 How to take Cacao or chocolate for medicinal benefits

    01:02:14 Implications – what Cacao could do for the world

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    Practice website: http://nocturnalherbalist.com/v2/

    Book: http://thesecretlifeofchocolate.com/

    Professional association: https://associationofmasterherbalists.co.uk/user/marcospatchett/

    1 hr 5 min

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Herbalism, traditional astrology, Cacao, pharmacology, and evidence-based medicine: an eclectic brew for your aural pleasure.