Discovering the Effect of Herbs

According to my instructor, the discovery of how certain herbs impact the body was studied by Buddhist monks thousands and thousands of years ago. These monks were very much in tune with their bodies, their organs, the vital substances and their energy flows. They would consume an herb, begin a meditation, and then carefully observe and monitor the affects of that herb on their body. They would sense, see, feel, observe the different organs, the different vital substances, and all of the effects the herb had throughout their body. 

This makes sense to me. If you have every consumed a food or beverage, such as a caffeinated drink, and then felt your pulse race or your body wake up, you were participating in a type of observation of a chemical compound on your body. I have also experienced acupuncture treatments where I could literally feel the energy starting to move and flow during the treatment. Other treatments I could even “see” what was going on inside your body, so knowing that Buddhist Monks tuned in via a meditation to observe the affects each herb has would be a process the ancients would have tapped into.

Discovering the Effect of Herbs