Speakers: Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist An Herban Legend is a persistent, widely and firmly held belief about a plant and its medicinal effects which is not true. A Clinical Pearl, on the other hand, is a useful and reliable property or indication for the herb, unrelated to the Legend. The origin of an Herban Legend or its rationale is obscure or forgotten, and is usually based on misinterpretation of science or tradition. It is repeated, believed, and repeated again from textbook to textbook, across a generation until it becomes “common knowledge”. A large number of such Legends are present in North American Herbalism for the category of female reproductive system herbs, usually relating to supposed hormonal effects. Each of the herbs we discuss will also have one or more Clinical Pearls. We will discuss Actaea spp, Angelica sinensis, Withania, Dioscorea, Humulus, Paeonia, Trifolium, Vitex, and the Viburnums.

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