150.Nick Polizzi – Sacred Science of the Amazon
Today, we’re talking with Nick Polizzi, Author of Sacred Science, documentary film maker and explorer of ancient medicine about following the call of the plant world into sacred healing.
Burdock – Western Clinical Formulas
As with most alteratives, burdock is easy to add to vast array of herbal formulas since improving digestive and lymphatic function has a broad sweeping effect on the rest of the body. It’s flavor is pleasant and the gentle yet thorough support it gives the body adds to its popularity.
149.Replay 101 on Raising Chickens Naturally with Candace and Sue
Backyard chickens are taking over the world one yard at a time. How do you know if keeping chickens is right for you?
Anti-Fungal Salve Recipe
Anti-fungal salve is powerhouse medicine. Many know the anti-fungal properties of Tea Tree oil and Chaparral. Chamomile’s skin fungus fighting abilities are underutilized.
148.Replay of Alchemy of Herbs with Rosalee De La Foret
The Path into Herbalism can be a gentle one but often it begins with a dramatic initiation or a calling so intense, it cannot be ignored.
Harvest and Preservation of Milky Oats
Why Harvest Milky Oats? Milky Oats (Avena sativa) is a popular herb for soothing the nervous system. Oats are cheap and easy to grow in many climates but proper collection starts with good timing. Once the oats have reached their “milky stage”, the forager has to act quickly or the latex will be absorbed into […]
Anxiety Reducing Effects of Passionflower – How It Works
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is an herb commonly used for its anxiolytic (anxiety/panic reducing) effects.
146.Reairing of Herbs of Iceland with Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir
As herbalists, we often rely on a combination of current research and historical records to understand our medicinal plants. For the most part, we’ve been free to experiment and gain our own experiential knowledge, too.
Passionflower – Western Clinical Formulas
Passionflower is more often used as a sedative, anti-spasmodic and anxiety reducer in Western formulas. The formula that passionflower plays a starring role in is for sleep.
145.Herb Lab – The Doctrine of Signatures, Allergies & Herbalist Careers
Although many use the Doctrine of Signatures primarily as a mnemonic device, it tells us a lot about cultural values and botanical connections that are shifting to fit our ever changing world.
Apple Tree Thinning
Why Practice Apple Tree Thinning? I love apples. It is good food and good medicine. When I first started growing my own apples, I resisted the notion of thinning my apples. I looked at that abundance of tiny, tantalizing apple babies in early summer and put my pruning shears back in the tool shed. I […]
144.Jason Scott and the Doctrine of Signatures
Today, we are talking with spudgerasist and mycologist, Jason Scott, owner and operator of Feral Fungi and the curator of AlcheMycology about using the Doctrine of Signatures to work with plants and mushrooms.