Podcast Episodes

Herbs A-Z: Lavandula & Leonurus

Episode 199

This week we highlight lavender & motherwort!

Lavandula angustifolia (and many other Lavandula species), a well-known scent to everyone, recognizable and soothing. Lavender relaxes and releases tensio…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Herbs A-Z: Inula & Juniperus

Episode 198

We’re back to our apothecary shelf herb profile tour! This week we have a pair of herbs who both support respiratory function. They demonstrate two types of heat: pungency and the hot aromatics.

The r…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The Herbs We Didn't Pack

Episode 197

We’re almost moved! This week our episode is about the herbs we’ve kept on the shelves so that we have them available every day. These are plants that are helping us get through the physical exertion…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

[REPLAY] Herbs For Physical Challenges (What Ryn Took To MovNat Level 3)

Ryn says: We've got another replay for you this week, and it's one of my personal favorites. (It also happens to be from right around the last time we moved!) It's episode 95 from 10/5/2019, and it's…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

[REPLAY] 4 Medicinal Mushrooms: Shiitake, Maitake, Reishi, Lion’s Mane

We're replaying some of our favorite episodes from the back catalog of the Holistic Herbalism Podcast. In this one, originally aired as episode 142 on 11/6/2020, we highlight four of our favorite fun…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

[REPLAY] Equinox Thoughts On Balance & Amphoteric Herbs

We realized that the Autumnal equinox is coming up soon: Thursday 9/22 at 9:04 PM, for those of you keeping track! This made us want to re-air episode 155, a discussion of our Equinox Thoughts on Bal…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

We Don’t “Use” Herbs

Episode 196

One of our habits as herbalists and teachers is to avoid the word “use” with reference to plants. We don’t say “I use meadowsweet for headaches” or “I use Japanese knotweed for Lyme disease”. We don’…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

How To See Stress In Wild Plants

Episode 195

Yellow leaves, undeveloped fruit, long “leggy” stems between the leaf nodes – these are some of the key signs of a plant under stress. But if you’ve never met this species before, you might not know …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Climate Change Is Reducing Herb Harvests

Episode 194

We’re back! We had a bit of an interruption in our podcasting schedule, and we’re sorry! We’re moving to our “forever home” very soon, and the podcast took a back burner to online course production w…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Let's Practice - Anxious Insomnia

Episode 193

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This week we’re presenting an exercise in practical herbalism.

In this instance we’re describing a case of anxious insomn…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago