Could a couple of drops of an herb tincture enable someone who underwent open heart surgery to feel her chest for the first time in four years? Could it help you mitigate and prevent back pain?
In our society, it’s easy to think that the most complex, advanced medicine is the best cure for any and all pain. And yet, a powerful tool for pain treatment could be an overlooked plant growing in your backyard. In this episode, Dr. Sanjiv Lakhia and his guest John Slattery of Desert Tortoise Botanicals dive into herbalism and its potential. 
Botanical medicine has held a key role in medicine since ancient times. Herbalists and indigenous people have preserved wisdom on medicinal plants and how to use them, and they are reviving awareness about botanical medicine.
“In the way that the nature of a plant resonates with the nature of an individual, it can allow for opening and release in their physical tissue as the consequence of where that resonance meets, such that a healing experience can be facilitated within their physical body,” says John. “That may sound a little bit metaphysical, and it is, but it's also observable.”
Listen to this episode of Back Talk Doc to learn all about botanical medicine and how it can help you treat back pain and other ailments. 
? Featured Expert ?Name: John Slattery 
What he does: John is a bioregional herbalist, forager, and author. Inspired by his desire to improve the accessibility of botanical medicine, he founded Desert Tortoise Botanicals, a company that sells products made from sustainably foraged herbs. 
Company: https://www.desertortoisebotanicals.com/ (Desert Tortoise Botanicals)
Discount Code: Back Talk Doc listeners are eligible to https://www.desertortoisebotanicals.com/discount/BackTalkDoc10 (receive 10% off their first purchase) from Desert Tortoise Botanicals. 
Words of wisdom: “Because the body and the mind are inextricably linked, the so-called placebo effect is actually extremely powerful, meaning that how we hold our mind in wave form within our body consolidates into particle form into the tissue.” 
Connect: https://www.johnjslattery.com/ (Website) | https://www.instagram.com/johnjslatteryherbalist/?hl=en (Instagram) | https://www.youtube.com/user/DeserTortisBotanical/featured (YouTube)

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