Mycellium pack a ton of nutrition and medicine into their fruiting bodies or Mushrooms. Most of us are used to and absolutely comfortable with a few mushrooms on or pizza or added to stir-fry, but we don’t often think of those as particularly medicinal. The real medicine comes from the stuff that tastes bitter and earthy, like Reishi or Turkey Tail, right?
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Herbal Nerd Society exclusive content: Jason Scott explains how to blend magical spagyric mushroom extracts into healing herbal formulas.
Sue and Candace were inspired to make their own medicinal mushroom tinctures after their talk with Jeff Chilton and they share how they did it.
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.
After talking with spagyricist and mycologist Jason Scott of Feral Fungi and AlcheMycology about the synergy of mushrooms, medicine and alchemy, Sue and Candace have donned their wizard hats and are reporting on their own alchemy. For Sue, was a simple mushroom hunt but Candace went much deeper down the rabbit hole.
This week in Herb Lab we had the chance to play in the mud and harvest some Spring nettles at Doris Ranch.
We’ve all heard of Medicinal Mushrooms, but as herbalist explore deeper into the field of mycology we’re finding the world of fungi has many layers of healing to offer.
We talked about how we’re working with Mushrooms this week, reflected on last week’s show, and shared information on a recent Mushroom Study.
We’re knee-deep into the Flu and Cold season. We Practical Herbalists are already mobilizing our defenses. We’re using prevention, stocking up on herbals, and educating friends and family. Today, we’ll talk about how you can join in on the preparations.
In the Pacific Northwest, fall means rain, and rain means mushrooms. The fungi family offers us an amazing and colorful array of foods and medicines. Today, we’ll talk about which mushrooms and lichens make good medicine and how you can make use of them at home. Our guest herbalist is “Dandy” Alese Colehour, joins us to guide the conversation about the wonders of medicinal mushrooms and and lichen.
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