I took a look at their website and saw an article that seemed to overlap in topic with the posted image: https://theherbalacademy.com/top-supports-for-anxiety/ although it has citations throughout the article, and lists sources/references at the end, the links for the sources all seem to just be amazon pages for various books on alternative medicine (primarily “vedic healing”, which if I understand correctly would mean that they are more religious teachings than medical ones)
While those books may be peer reviewed, academically rigorous sources, I would expect that they aren’t, and the fact that the sources for their article just links to amazon listings instead of any kind of research unfortunately gives me a lot more pause in terms of the credibility of their claims rather than assuaging my concerns of unsupported medical or mental health advice. Its still a beautiful image, and I’m glad you shared it, but I personally wouldn’t consider the origin a credible source, and would encourage folks to take medical recommendations from that source with a large grain of salt.
You’re welcome. Yes, critical reading is definitely an important skill. I tend to ignore any of their content regarding Ayurveda and other similar, more spiritual practices.
The information on using herbs and essential oils otherwise seems pretty sound to me, but I rarely use a single source to decide. I’m especially interested in herbs and essential oils that have more studies behind them, like St John’s Wort, lavender and garlic.
Thank you for sharing further info!
I took a look at their website and saw an article that seemed to overlap in topic with the posted image: https://theherbalacademy.com/top-supports-for-anxiety/ although it has citations throughout the article, and lists sources/references at the end, the links for the sources all seem to just be amazon pages for various books on alternative medicine (primarily “vedic healing”, which if I understand correctly would mean that they are more religious teachings than medical ones)
While those books may be peer reviewed, academically rigorous sources, I would expect that they aren’t, and the fact that the sources for their article just links to amazon listings instead of any kind of research unfortunately gives me a lot more pause in terms of the credibility of their claims rather than assuaging my concerns of unsupported medical or mental health advice. Its still a beautiful image, and I’m glad you shared it, but I personally wouldn’t consider the origin a credible source, and would encourage folks to take medical recommendations from that source with a large grain of salt.
You’re welcome. Yes, critical reading is definitely an important skill. I tend to ignore any of their content regarding Ayurveda and other similar, more spiritual practices.
The information on using herbs and essential oils otherwise seems pretty sound to me, but I rarely use a single source to decide. I’m especially interested in herbs and essential oils that have more studies behind them, like St John’s Wort, lavender and garlic.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the topic.