It is a new form of emotherapy in which emotions harmonize through medicinal plants. It is also a new theory, which binds herbs to emotions. All of this is described in Emotional Well-being (Emotioneel welzijn), the book of Emocony, written by Philippe Gérard. Emocony does not treat mental illness or psychiatric problems. Emocony is only focused on negative emotions. Emotions are only partially bi
ochemical events, they're rather disturbances in consciousness. It focuses moreover on herbalists, therapists -also psychotherapists- working within paramedical professions ... as well as on private individuals. "The organizing, correcting, the positive-making and transforming of emotions is a quest, one which I undertook long ago and which eventually brought me to medicinal plants. This quest is also a search for meaningful human existence in freedom and with a free will"
The discovery
Philippe Gérard "discovered" emocony during the long search for the most perfect preparation of a liquid extract, a journey which lead him to the farthest corners of the world, and brought him wisdom and clarity. An emocon is a liquid extract made by maceration of dried or fresh herbs in an extraction fluid, then to be pressed out and separating the pressing moisture. On the one hand you get a nice liquid extract, on the other hand there is the evaporated extraction liquid. This is the seed of an emocon and the start of emocony. The book
The book 'Emotional Well-being' (Emotioneel Welzijn) contains a definition of the theory and philosophy of emocony as well as a description of all emocons.
'Emotional Well-being' (Emotioneel Welzijn) in other words describes how plants work on emotions and subsequently which plants can be utilized for which emotions.
