272.Community Garden Healing with Rebecca Ingalls
Listen to the newest Episodes of Real Herbalism Radio here: Our Website | iHeartradio | Spotify | Alexa Flash | Pippa | Itunes | Stitcher Whether you are on Iphone, Android, or your laptop we have you covered. Plants create a kind of connection many of us crave, even when we don’t realize it. When you step out into nature, that connection happens and it even Heals the places […]
Goji Berry, Wolfberry, Lycii, Energetic Properties
Goji Berry is one of those little dried fruits that pops up as popular every few years among the herbal and health crowds for a while, then it fades into the background until it’s needed once again. There’s loads of good reasons for that, not the least of which is that Goji Berry is a Yin-Building herb.
Medicinal Properties of Cleavers
Cleavers or Lady’s Bedstraw is known in herbal circles and botany bands as Galium aperine, and it’s one of our weedy favorites for moving lymph, clearing skin, and reducing swellings such as those associated with sore throat and tonsillitis, cancer, and leukemia.
271.Plant-Guided Herb Farming with Elise and Jeff of Oshala Farm-Herb Chat
Listen to the newest Episodes of Real Herbalism Radio here: Our Website | iHeartradio | Spotify | Alexa Flash | Pippa | Itunes | Stitcher Whether you are on Iphone, Android, or your laptop we have you covered. Candace and Patrick reflected on the many ways we Herbalists can make our living. They chat with Elise and Jeff of Oshala Farm last week got them thinking about how wide […]
Blueberry Myth and Magic: Magical Properties and History
Blueberries and Bilberries come from the same family, the Vaccinium family, making them relatives of other famous berries like the Cranberry, Lingonberry, and Huckleberry. They’re a family that’s spread through out the world, making their homes in virtually all the climates Mother Earth has to offer. So what makes Blueberry specifically special?
Gardening with Dog: Tips for Creating a Dog-Proof Garden
3 Practical Tips for successful gardening even when your pup wants to get involved. Here are the ways we’ve created healthy garden beds that deter Dog-incursion.
270.Plant-Guided Herb Farming with Elise and Jeff of Oshala Farm
Listen to the newest Episodes of Real Herbalism Radio here: Our Website | iHeartradio | Spotify | Alexa Flash | Pippa | Itunes | Stitcher Whether you are on Iphone, Android, or your laptop we have you covered. What happens when you let go and let The Plants show you the path? Oooooh… Organic. Sustainable. Local. Healthy. Earth-Centered Living. It’s hard to go wrong when you follow the calling, […]
Sow Oats and Reap Rewards: Grow and Harvest Avena Sativa, Milky Oats
Oats, Avena sativa, are easy to grow, harvest, process and incorporate into a nourished, resilient lifestyle filled with flexibility, strength and stamina. Our ancestors relied on this member of the grass (Poaceae) family for thousands of years for a variety of reasons such as human consumption, medicinal use, animal feed and bedding. Oats are also […]
The Myth and Magic of Avena Sativa: Milky Oats are Spiritual Medicine
We humans have had a long history with Avena sativa, or the common oat. We began cultivating this Middle Eastern native centuries ago, not long after we’d domesticated wheat and barley. Avena sativa wasn’t the first or even the only wild oat we lured from their wild, grassy beginnings. In Medieval Europe, Avena nuda was […]
All About Stinging Nettle: Urtica Dioica Plant Medicine
Most people know nettle by its lasting sting. One accidental brush against its bristly lines of hair causes burning, numbness and swelling for hours. The defending chemicals that cause the trouble are water soluble so nettle is safe to eat after drying, freezing or heating.
268.Embracing Change on the Herbal Path with Anna Rosa
Listen to the newest Episodes of Real Herbalism Radio here: Our Website | iHeartradio | Spotify | Alexa Flash | Pippa | Itunes | Stitcher Whether you are on Iphone, Android, or your laptop we have you covered. Life, like The Plants, is full of change. As an herbalist, that truth seems obvious. Still, we can find ourselves looking at what once worked so well with new eyes. Change […]
Energetic Properties of Avena Sativa, Oats: TCM, Ayurveda
Avena sativa, aka oats, is one of modern herbalism’s darlings for managing stress and exhaustion, recovering from trauma and prolonged illness, and rebuilding pretty much all the body’s systems. Herbal Teachers and practitioners generally divide Oat medicine into two types: Milky Oats or Oatstraw.