The Body Systems: Understanding Herbal Actions For the Nervous System

Join Clinical Herbalist Cody Smith for an exploration of how herbs support the nervous system. Cody is a Clinical Herbalist and Spagyrist with a focus on holistic, nature-based care that supports the body’s innate capacity to heal. Drawing from Western herbalism, vitalist principles, and the alchemical tradition of Spagyria, his approach bridges clinical insight with deeper energetic and philosophical understandings of plant medicine. Whether working with individuals or teaching, he aims to share herbalism in a way that is both rooted in tradition and relevant to modern healing.

In this workshop, we’ll look at herbal actions such as nervines, relaxants, restoratives, and sedatives and how each influences relaxation, focus, and restoration. You’ll learn how to identify and combine herbs based on their actions and energetics to support healthy nervous system function in daily life.

This is class no. two in a four-part experiential workshop series exploring how herbal actions support the body’s major systems. You are welcome to attend one, or multiple classes in the series! Each class focuses on a different system digestive, nervous, hepatic, and cardiovascular while introducing the herbal actions most vital to its function and balance.

These are hands-on, sensory classes: participants will taste, smell, and experience a variety of herbs to directly observe how different actions feel in the body. Together we’ll explore how actions like bitters, relaxants, alteratives, and cardiotonics work in synergy to create effective, system-specific formulas.

Students who attend all four classes will receive a free 30-minute consultation and 50% off a custom spagyric tincture formula, crafted to match their individual constitution and health goals.

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