Mason is traveling through China visiting the pristine mountains and valleys where we grow and forage our tonic herbs and medicinal mushrooms. Right in the middle of these experiences, he is dripping with the awareness and perception of the Taoist tonic herb tradition that emerged on this ancient land and the majesty of the herbs, and he shared this passionately in this podcast.    You are going to learn all the ins and outs of the wild foraging and conscious farming operations of medicinal mushrooms & tonics and how to ensure you’re sourcing the absolute greatest possible tonic herbs. If you are buying your herbs from SuperFeast, you will learn why our products work so well and are superior in quality. If you’re not sourcing our herbs you will learn the questions to ask the people providing you medicinal mushrooms and herbs to ensure you are not being swindled into buying an inferior product.   We will take a journey into the roots of this herbal philosophy and learn when the split occurred away from traditional healing towards a reductionist approach to healing and herbalism (towards modern medicine), and the consequences. Mason covers what is needed to become an integrated practitioner that keeps develops expertise in the prevention and optimisation approach to health that tonic herbalism and shamanic Taoism is rooted within.    In this episode we will cover: -Why prevention beats treatment every time -The origins of Taoist tonic herbalism -What Shen Nong had to say about where to source herbs -Di Tao as the ultimate way to source herbs -How to ensure your herbs stay heavy metal and radiation free -Why wild chaga is superior -How to grow the best schizandra ever -Why modern doctors have got it wrong -How Traditional Chinese Medicine lost its way  -Why mushrooms grown on grain are the worst ever -The two types of people that grow mushrooms on grain -How to make a herb more adaptogenic through conscious farming  -And heaps more!    Resources Shen Nong The Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica Superfeast Blog: www.superfeast.com.au/blogs/superblog/ancient-secrets-of-tonic-herbalism-podcast   Check Out The Transcript Here: https://www.superfeast.com.au/blogs/articles/ancient-secrets-of-tonic-herbalism-with-mason-taylor-ep-05