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Greg Boggs
Hello everyone!
I’ve made a Google Sheet that I’d like to share with everyone here in the school. I made a big spreadsheet of every herb that is listed in Doc’s Lesson: Learning the Lingo, as well as his list of Pregnancy and Lactation Safety List.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nPjVl7knPXk816LDxJsh8sh7CXE_G9UWY8UtgSO16PM/edit?usp=sharing
I added a note to every herb with their Latin names in those lessons that had them (so not every herb has that note) and I added a note to every term with it’s definition so you can see what everything means.
The neat thing with this spreadsheet is if you want to see every herb listed that is an Adaptogen, for example, all you have to do is go to the Adaptogen column (column B in the spreadsheet) and click on the drop down arrow near the right side of the column (or right click on the column), then click the button that says Sort Column A to Z, and then voila, it will bring all herbs listed as an Adaptogen straight to the top of the spreadsheet!
This took me quite a few hours to put everything together, so if you find any mistakes please let me know! I want this to be as accurate as it can be.
I hope you find this to be a help for you!
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HGH I.T.
This is very cool!! Would you mind very much if I use this data to display it all in a dropdown form for easier access/legibility?
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Yeah absolutely! And if you want to discuss any of the details on it, feel free to send me an email
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Jodie Traxel
Thank you for saving me some time! This was on my to do list.
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Joelle
This represents so much work! I love making and using spreadsheets and the like. It so helps me organize info in readily usable ways.
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Great! I hope this is a blessing to you!
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Lisa Bateman
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You’re welcome!
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LAURA SCHWER
Thank you for all your hard work!
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You’re welcome, enjoy!
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So,
many hours later…I’ve been playing with the data, and I’ve written up a program to parse it into a Json format and have created a user interface to serve the data.
you can see the early beta version here: (NOTE: super-duper definitely not a final product, just a proof of concept for now)
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Sharon
The link for “herbal action search” doesn’t work. I can’t seem to find it no matter how I search – maybe just a “dumb day” for me!?
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This was just a beta, I believe it is taken down now while they work on something official
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Update:
Fixed a ton of bugs, added some new features and functionality and refined the UI a bit to make it easier to use!
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This is looking great!
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One idea I had that could be a benefit is when you click on one of the herbal actions for it to include the definition of the action as well. I know I’m getting a lot more comfortable with what the different actions mean, but there are still a few that make me pause and have to look them up
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Dawn
Hello, I tried clicking on Herbal Actions a few times and I tried searching the term but I can’t find the file that you have created. Can you help me?
(I finished the course months ago but periodically need to watch new additions to recertify but now I can’t find what is missing to show 100%. Can you see what is incomplete? I went down the whole program, I beleive, without seeing something incomplete.)
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It was taken off the curriculum so as to not interfere with people’s completion rate, but it will be back eventually! Until then you can grab a copy of the spreadsheet from my Google drive link above
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Kelly Clemmer
This thread is awesome! Thanks for all the work being put into this! I absolutely was planning to make a spreadsheet and now I don’t have to!
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You’re welcome! I definitely recommend making it your own and adding to it as your own herbal knowledge grows!
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Robin Blair
Wow! This spreadsheet is amazing. Thank you
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Thank you! Glad you like it!
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Thanks for putting in all of those hours and sharing the project with all of us!!! Great Stuff!
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You bet! Glad it can be a blessing to you!
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Michael Carico
This is VERY GOOD and VERY HELPFUL! Thank YOU for Your Work and Your kindness in sharing!!
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You are most welcome! Glad you like it
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Jodie Hummel
I’m glad I’m not the only one who does these things! I have multiple spreadsheets as well…all of the herbs used in formulas, plus the formulas they’re in. I’ll review yours and see if I have anything to add. Thank you!
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I hope it can be a blessing to you!
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Aubrey England
Great spreadsheet! Just wondering what the S/U/N stand for under the safety for pregnancy/lactating section?
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Thanks Aubrey!
S – Safe, U – Unknown. N – Not Safe2 users thanked author for this post.
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Pamela Van Meter
Thank you for sharing your hard work!!! It is a wonderful blessing to have this info!!!
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You’re welcome! Glad you enjoy it!
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Lora Dietmeyer
You are on the top of my list, along with Dr. Jones. It took a lot of work to do what you have done for all of use. Wow
Thank you!
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Oh thanks so much Lora! Glad it can be a blessing to you
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Dr. Patrick Jones
We’ve added a feature that is going to be really important in this project. Every herb has a dozen actions but that doesn’t mean that every herb is great at each of those actions. We’ve created a scale system where I can rank the herbs for each action. So for example comfrey and plantain are both vulneraries but comfrey is a really good one and plantain is a really weak one. The new system will have rankings on each action for each herb.
Now that the framework is put together, I just need to find some time to fill out the spreadsheet with those details.
Greg, this was a great idea. Evan (the IT nerd) has been putting tons of time into it to make a great new tool for the school. Good work Greg and thanks. :0)
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Thank you Doc! I’m glad the work can be a blessing
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Julie Makimaa
This would be a valuable addition. Looking forward to using it. Thank you.
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Has anyone used the Anki app before? It is an app that you can create flashcards with. I am working on making a set of flashcards that has all the different terms and their definitions. Is that something anyone here would be interested in as well?
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I have not used that one. I’m a teacher and I know there are tons of apps out there and that’s one of the top recommended. I’m willing to try out whatever you mess around with.
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Actually I just played around with it for a couple minutes and it looks really usable. Also there are already some herbal medicine flashcards on the app!
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Yeah there are some great resources on there! I’m working on a deck with the lingo and definitions taken from Doc’s “Learning the Lingo” lesson, so it will be specific to how we are taught here
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Sounds great!
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As I study I’m trying to memorize the top couple herbal actions/uses for different herbs I study as well. I’m looking forward to Doc’s rating system to help inform my studies on that!
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Yeah it will be great when that is released!
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SUZANNE
Hello Greg,
Thank you for all your hard work. I have been coming up with lists myself as to the herbs actions so it would be easier for me to learn them. I really appreciate all the time and effort you have dedicated to this project and then sharing it with everyone. What a blessing you are and your project is! Now I am just trying to figure out how I can download the information onto my computer. ( I am not computer literate. :() I have never heard of the Anki app you mentioned. I only have a computer and not a cell phone-is the Anki app something for the cell phone? I really don’t know what you are talking about, but I am interested in flash cards to help me learn about the herbs, etc.
Thank you again for your unselfish willingness to share with all of us!!
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I’ve also made printable flashcards for all of the herbal terminology in the spreadsheet. You can download it here if you’d like!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n5z1By4p5CU0mB3TWenPwX4UEStawhLU/view?usp=sharing2 users thanked author for this post.
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Sydnia Ginger Anady
WELL DONE, great chart….. i had been thinking of doing one and was contemplating the best approach. THANK YOU that had to take a long time MUCH APPRECIATED
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Thank you Sydnia! It was a fun project and I’m glad I can share it here
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Michael Andrews
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You’re welcome Michael! I hope it serves you well
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Rebecca Livermore
Thanks, Greg, for all your hard work on this! I was about to make something like this myself, and here you already did it. Awesome!
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Thanks Rebecca! This is just meant to be a starting point as it’s only the herbs listed from the Learning the Lingo lesson. You can make a copy of it to your account and then add in all the stuff you want!
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Kelly Benjamin
I have been trying to make a format or similar spreadsheet to do what you accomplished. It’s a Lamborghini. I’m not going to try to reinvent it. It’s as close to perfect as can be done. Thank you so very much.
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Thank you for the kind words! It was my pleasure to share it
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Hi! I’m circling back to this. I am trying to compile my own notes, and I’ve been compiling herbal actions for each herb….But when my husband asked for anti-inflammatory herb recommendations and I searched “anti-inflammatory”, nearly every single herb has that tag (on my own list). I went back to your list and it was way fewer.
My specific question is this: How would I figure out the top maybe 3-5 herbal actions for each herb? Example: going to the quickview for Alfalfa I see it is listed as Alterative, aperient, diuretic, nutritive, and oxytocic. But in the longer lesson it says it has “powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties” and also “antilipidemic and hypoglycemic” properties.
I felt like I saw within the past year that there was going to be a search function for top herbal actions. I hope it wasn’t just a dream!
I would love to take the time to research the literature on each individual herb and determine their top herbal actions that way, but I fear I would never finish! Help me figure this out?
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I recently talked to Doc and crew at a conference a couple of weeks ago, this is still in the works! As for figuring it out now, if you are unexperienced with the herbs then I would look at the whole list of anti inflammatory herbs, then go to the herbal quickviews on each and see which ones sound best for what you need
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Tracy Tappin
I came upon this thread by accident but I was just thinking about this this morning! Greg thank you so much for all your hardwork and I am very interested in the Herb document classifying like Doc said as this would be very helpful as it is hard to know as a beginning student which herbs are the rockstars and which are much milder in their different applications. I am really looking forward to them finishing this. Thank you again!!
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My pleasure Tracy! I hope it helps you out
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Greg, thank you for this – I’ve been trying to get around to something like this. By the way – check out the spelling on Hawthorn. The flash cards are cool – thanks for that also!
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Ha good catch! Glad you are able to enjoy it
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Pam Schrage
Thanks, Greg! This is a phenomenal tool for new students!
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My pleasure!
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Tim Dibble
Thanks for taking the time out of your day not to only help yourself but all of us and others that will attend the school. as you mention it took hours and I bet many more hours that you don’t want to talk about. This is a great spread sheet. Again thanks in advance
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Vasiliki Giannoula
Thank you so much sir !!
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Jean
It also gives you the definition of the words at the top of each column. IE: Put your cursor on the word: Adaptogen and the definition shows up. A nice reinforcement. Glad this has been re-posted.
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