Today on the Wu Way, we wrap up our 2 part series deep diving into the wise and wonderful Chinese 5 Element. Season by season, we will walk through this ancient way of existing *in sync* with Nature’s rhythm. We cover:

• The origins of Chinese 5 Element Theory & its distinction from Traditional Chinese Medicine
• What the 5 elements are (and why they matter)
• The elemental, physical emotional, & spiritual attributes of each season
• How to THRIVE seasonally & find internal harmony by living according to Chinese 5 Element (including all the herbs, food, & lifestyle tips to get you there!)

We finish with the 3 remaining seasons of Late Summer (Earth), Autumn (Metal), and Winter (Water) We highly recommend you listen to Spring (Wood) & Summer (Fire) first.

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• Today on the Wu Way, we kick off our 2 part series deep diving into the wise and wonderful Chinese 5 Element. Season by season, we will walk through this ancient way of existing *in sync* with Nature’s rhythm. We cover:
• The origins of Chinese 5 Element Theory & its distinction from Traditional Chinese Medicine
• What the 5 elements are (and why they matter)
• The elemental, physical emotional, & spiritual attributes of each season
• How to THRIVE seasonally & find internal harmony by living according to Chinese 5 Element (including all the herbs, food, & lifestyle tips to get you there!)
• It was impossible to cover everything in one episode, so this week it’s all about Spring (Wood) & Summer (Fire).

**Note the audio is a little quiet during the episode so turn it up!**

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Welcome to a mini podcast series where we take a deep dive on an herb. We hope to better aquaint you with the day's herb while we cover everything from the mystic to the science, the habitat to constiuents. Amy takes you on a journey to know our first Materia Medica Monday plant, Hawthorn.

Hawthorn is known as heart food! Today we explore:

-Actions

-How to prepare it

-Where to find it

-The science behind why it's so useful

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Show Notes:

The Herb Girls Hawthorn Materia Medica (free)

Materia Medica Resources:

The Modern Herbal Dispensary - Thomas Easley

Winston & Kuhn's Herbal Therapy & Supplements - Merrily A. Khun & David Winston (Amy's favorite resource mentioned in the podcast)

The Herbal Academy: Herbarium (online subscription ~$6.50 a month)

Materia Medica Monthly: Sajah Popham - also subscription but very indepth

American Botanical Council

Studies:

Gildor A. (1998). Crataegus oxycantha and heart failure. Circulation. 98(19):2098.

Loew D. (1994). Pharmacological and clinical results with Crataegus special extracts in cardiac insufficiency. ESCOP Phytotelegram. 6:20-26

Tassell MC, Kingston R, Gilroy D, Lehane M, Furey A. Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Pharmacogn Rev. 2010 Jan;4(7):32-41.

Zapfe jun G. Clinical efficacy of crataegus extract WS 1442 in congestive heart failure NYHA class II. Phytomedicine. 2001 Jul;8(4):262-6.