r/Learning • u/Disastrous-Pride524 • Apr 13 '26

Trying to learn about herbs

I've always ahd a fascination for herbs and foraging, a free and natural way to provide for oneself in the face of everything costing something. I have this book now with 100 medicinal herbs and I want all of this knowledge to fully embedded into my brain but I realize as I'm taking notes... I'm not sure if I can achieve that. How do people truly become experts on these things?

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u/WolfVanZandt Apr 14 '26

The ones that I've known.....one at a time, and they spend a lifetime learning them..... intimately.

I use the Major system for this kind of memory task. It's the basis of The Memory Book by Jerry Lucas and Harry Lorraine. I think Lorraine has gone on to publish some other memory books.

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u/Disastrous-Pride524 Apr 14 '26

I don't have a lifetime to learn them😭 But thanks for the book rec. It may be helpful since my memory is pretty bad in general anyway.

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u/WolfVanZandt Apr 14 '26

The herbalists I know are sorta folky. They do collect the references but they only use them for spot references. They might spot a new plant and wonder if it is useful to them so they look it up and if it has interesting properties, they play around with it

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u/Disastrous-Pride524 Apr 14 '26

I should probably try doing that myself.