172.Clinical Herbalism Training with Nicole Telkes
As the Director of Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine, Nicole Telkes knows the importance of appropriate training for clinical herbalists.
As the Director of Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine, Nicole Telkes knows the importance of appropriate training for clinical herbalists.
Saint John’s Wort pops up in the spring, just in time to start absorbing the growing solar rays. At Mid-summer, just when the Sun’s rays are the strongest, herbalists across the Western world harvest the flowering tops from this weedy herb.
We talked about working with Anna Rósa’s herbal recipes, local herbs and finding information on your local herbs, and de-stressing with herbs.
Over the past decade, access to good herbal knowledge has boomed. With it has come and explosion of courses, schools, and books all purporting to be good, even those that aren’t.
Pictured form left to right: Nicole, Kathi, Mary and Rosemary. For centuries, plant medicine was the dominant medicine worldwide. Around about a century ago, the modern medical system we know today took the field in force, relegating herbalists to the back alleys for decades. Over the past couple of decades, herbalists like Nicole Telkes have built a new appreciation of herbal practices as a way of life. Today, we’re talking with Nicole about where we’ve been and where we’re going.
We, at the Practical Herbalist, are frequently asked about herbal
Herbalist Christina Sanchez reveals 2 of her (formerly) secret recipes for making Piñon pine syrup from the cones and the needles. As a special extra bonus, she added her recipe for Piñon Pine Needle Honey too!
Sue, Candace and Patrick discuss berberine in herbs or isolated in supplements- advantages and disadvantages.
Forest bathing is more than a desire for herbalists, it is a necessity. Our physical connection with nature makes us better healers.
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