Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCultural Differences in Medicine Making
Herbal medicine is and has always been, the peoples' medicine.
Just as there's significant variation in the people and cultures that fill our world, there's a myriad of medicine-making techniques th…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
The Herbal Detox Myth
Detoxification felt like a big fad for a while, where like everyone was cleansing and detoxing and trying to purge a lot of things that shouldn't be in the body out of the body. And they turn to herb…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
The Importance of Moistening Plants
Most herbs tend to be drying in nature. They're bitter or they're warming or they're astringent. The dynamic of dryness in terms of the state of our tissues or the state of someone's constitution is …
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Terrain vs. Germ Theory
Why do we get sick? When we're speaking about getting sick from some sort of pathogen, do we get sick because there are pathogenic germs that get into our body and make us sick, or do we get sick bec…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Addicted to Bitters
Bitters are a common category of herbal medicine that are universally used to support digestion. While bitters are amazing and incredible in all the many ways in which they support the digestive syst…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Willow Bark vs. Aspirin
It's common for folks to think about willow as an alternative to aspirin. Most people know that willow bark also contains salicylic acid, which is the main compound in aspirin. But if we think of wil…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago