Podcast Episodes

Breathing Exercises & Herbs for Breath Work

Episode 162

“Take a breath, it’ll help!” You’ve heard it before. But what if breathing is difficult or constrained? Breathwork is the answer.

Breathing is like any other movement: there are ways to build efficien…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Top 3 Herbs for Seasonal Allergies

Episode 161

Whenever we choose herbs for health issues, we work to match the qualities of the herbs to the state of the body. These three plants we work with as herbs for seasonal allergies are each drying in na…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Herbal Tattoo Care

Episode 160

Herbal tattoo care starts a while before your appointment. You’ve got to prepare the skin in advance, get hydrated, and ideally do a little work to keep inflammation down in the lead-up time. You wan…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Listen-Along Plant Sit Meditation

Episode 159

Today’s episode is a little different from our usual. We’re sharing a listen-along plant sit meditation! You can take this episode with you to sit outside with a plant, and we’ll guide you through th…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Saw Palmetto Doesn't Discriminate On Gender

Episode 158

Have you heard that black cohosh is “for menopause”? Or that red clover is a “natural estrogen replacement”? Or that saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is “for men” or “for BPH”?

Herbs are not gendered, an…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Ground Ivy: Sometimes It's Hard To Hear

Episode 157

Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), also known as alehoof, creeping charlie, and gill-over-the-ground, is one of our favorite herbs to gather in early spring. We like to prepare a tincture of it in bran…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Herb of the Month - An Essential Herbalism Learning Method

Episode 156

Herb of the Month is one of our most powerful learning methods for students of herbalism – and honestly, it’s great for experienced practitioners too! It’s deceptively simple: just choose an herb and…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Equinox Thoughts On Balance & Amphoteric Herbs

Episode 155

We’re discussing the notion of amphoteric herbs today, because it’s the Spring equinox and we’re thinking about balance. The term amphoteric is orginally a chemistry term meaning “having characterist…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Enhancing Herbal Salves with Tinctures

Episode 154

In this episode we share a simple technique for enhancing herbal salves with tinctures. Lots of herbalists like to put essential oils in their salves, and we’re no exception – but we also want to hav…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Grow Your Own Calendula This Year

Episode 153

We’re lucky that nowadays there are a lot of herb suppliers, so it’s convenient to purchase the majority of your herbs – especially if you live in a place where you don’t really have space to grow a …

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago