Podcasts about motherwort

In this episode, I invite you into my garden to explore the healing power of three so-called “weeds” that are actually potent medicinal herbs—growing right where they are, wild and wise.These plants have become some of my closest allies in supporting health, especially when it comes to digestion, stress, and overall wellness. I'll share how I use natural remedies in daily life and why I often turn to herbs before reaching for conventional medicine.We'll explore: 

Click here to send me a quick message :) We all go through periods of upheaval in our lives at some point, often individually or on a smaller community level. Right now, many of us are feeling the immensity of upheaval on a collective level. Even if you're feeling some ground, there's a real uncertainty about what happens next. When we're faced with this combination of both acute and chronic stress, it can take a toll on many systems of the body - including our hormones. So, what can we do? What strategies are available that are simple and effective - both in the moment of acute stress and long term over the course of time to enhance stress resilience?There are countless ways to caretake our nervous systems. In today's episode, I share about three categories - breathwork, food choices and herbs - to support the tending of your nerves.And well, I offer a fourth bonus category at the end, too.The truth is that a multi-layered approach is going to be far more effective at cultivating resilience and more ease. But it doesn't have to be hard. These practices are all accessible, and you can choose what you feel most drawn to. Start there. Let it be easy.Listen to learn:the difference between acute and chronic stressthe most important thing to consider when stressors get overwhelminga couple of breathwork practices to calm the stress responsesome foods that can help ground and relax youwhen to consider adaptogens vs nervinessome examples of relaxing and sedative nervinesa simple self-oiling practice to enhance relaxationResources:Sign up for the upcoming Herbal Uterine Tonics class! March 12thToday's shownotes: See hand positions for alternate nostril breathing etcEpisode 19: How stress messes with your hormonesEpisode 32: Motherwort herbal spotlightEpisode 44: Bitters + hormonal balanceEpisode 50: Adaptogens + hormonal healthEpisode 97: Nourish your nervous system with AyurvedaIf you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdomAnd if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal concerns.Support the show

These are definitely some turbulent times. In this episode Lori discusses Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) and its ability to lend a motherly hug when we may need it. #anxiety #motherwort #holisticliving Find out more about Lori at herbchickonline.com

Stress, emotional, and sleep issues impact everyone at some point. Whether you're looking for immediate relief, ongoing support, or ways to help your kids, Wishgarden has a remedy for you! On this episode of Vitality Radio, Jared welcomes back Jamie Cotter from WishGarden Herbs to talk about their mental emotional health formulas that address everything from daily stressors, racing thoughts, muscle tension, low mood, sleeplessness, tantrums, attention, and even grief. You'll learn about the powerful herbs used in these carefully formulated products and how and when to use them to improve your mental health.Products:Wishgarden Herbs12 Days of Christmas code: christmasSeasonings Greetings no code needed!Additional Information:#420: Fast Relief From Seasonal Allergies Using Some Kick-Ass Herbs with Jamie Cotter#473: Supporting Your Immune System Using Some Kick-Ass Herbs with Jamie CotterVisit the podcast website here: VitalityRadio.comYou can follow @vitalitynutritionbountiful on Instagram, or Vitality Radio and Vitality Nutrition on Facebook. Join us also in the Vitality Radio Podcast Listener Community on Facebook. Shop the products that Jared mentions at vitalitynutrition.com. Let us know your thoughts about this episode using the hashtag #vitalityradio and please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Thank you!

Ready to create a business that feels like magic? Sign up for my free Systems for Success Workshop in January 2025 and learn how to design strategies that sustain your unique brilliance. Click here to join: https://carakovacs.mykajabi.com/Systems-for-success This week, I'm joined by Mara June—an educator, death doula, herbalist, and artist whose work centers on holding space for grief and connection with the natural world. Through her project Motherwort + Rose, Mara weaves plant magic, creativity, and storytelling to help others navigate grief and find empowerment in collective healing. We dive into the transformative power of grief, the healing magic of plants like chamomile and rose, and how creativity and community can help us process loss. This conversation is a tender reminder of how embracing grief can open us to joy, resilience, and deeper connection with ourselves and the world around us.  Connect with Mara:  Website Instagram

Is herbalism important postpartum? YES! Is the postpartum period sacred? YES!! Herbs have supported our grandmothers and our grandmothers' grandmothers throughout the ages during the tender and sacred time of the postpartum period. Herbs help the milk come, help the womb return, help the mother's heart stay steady and help the restoration of life force, blood and nutrients that a mother needs after growing a person inside her. This episode is very personal as I'm due to give birth on the day it's released. This photo is me with my daughter 3 years ago - the day after giving birth to her. This time out of time is precious, as it marks the return to the world for the mother who had to travel so far to give birth, and also the arrival in the world of the baby. It is a time when the mother needs epic amounts of support and nourishment, and who better to offer this than the plants who have walked beside us for aeons? This episode covers herbs and strategies to support the four pillars of postpartum thriving: rest, nourishment, soothing and healing. In this episode I give special mentions to Nettle, Motherwort, Lemon Balm and Ladies Mantle. Show Notes Heng Ou - The First Forty Days https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-first-forty-days-heng-ou/book/9781617691836.html?source=pla&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmt24BhDPARIsAJFYKk1eVOzDqBhz6RhJY-_5PXFVIccNMqyDmcusa6VUjipHssvhq0kqrs4aAlOfEALw_wcB Dr Oscar Serrallach https://www.droscarserrallach.com/book *BUY ME A CUPPA* If you liked the episode and want more, a cuppa fuels my work and time, which is given for free. Leave a comment and a few bucks here: ⁠buymeacoffee.com/theeldertree⁠ I could especially use it during maternity leave! To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.theeldertree.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or follow is on socials here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  The intro and outro song is "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sing for the Earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This meditation brings you to a charming, secret garden where you become acquainted with four herbs (Motherwort, Rose, Hawthorn, and Holly) which all have a special affinity for the physical and energetic heart. ❤️ This meditation is especially for individuals who are currently struggling with loss and hurt, are in a grieving period, and/or feel closed off either to other people or their own emotions.  Music Credits: Artists for Intro: Keys- @Adamt166! Drums- @_deMV_ Bass- @MadDuez Guitar- @ALiquidated Meditation Music:Meditation

Here’s the 14850 Happenings events calendar for the weekend of August 24th! For your Saturday, Motherwort is at Lucky Hare Brewing and Tru Bleu is at Lansing Harbor this afternoon. London McDaniel plays dinner music at the Antlers. Black Rose Burning with Three Women, Homie Discount, and Shrouded Prey are at Angry Mom Records, and Lez Zeppelin is at Deep Dive. Sunday, the Freeville Farmers Market at the Freeville Elementary School and Ithaca Farmers Market at Steamboat Landing, and the Punk Rock Happy Hour at Deep Dive. Common Railers play Music in the Hollow on Tuesday at the Ellis Hollow Community Center. There’s a Southern Old Time String Band Jam Session at Deep Dive. Wednesday, Rev Ezra at Mill Park in Newfield, Hans Condor with Mill Bastards and Chippy Bevy on the third floor of the Community School of Music and Arts, open mic night at Sacred Root Kava Lounge, and the Canaan Jam Session at the Canaan Institute. Galactic Wednesday late night at Deep Dive. On Thursday, Tall Poppy String Band at South Hill Cider, City Limits at Lucas Vineyards, the Diana Leigh Quartet at Six Mile Creek Vineyard, Tenzin Chopak is at Danby Food and Drink, and the [...]

Click here to send me your Q's, comments, lovenotes, or a quick message here :) What comes up for you when you think of offering yourself gentleness?I think for many of us, we don't feel time for things like slowness, soothing, gentleness, tenderness, caretaking our own selves. We're often preoccupied with any number of other roles and responsibilities in life, and as women and folks with wombs, we've often been socialized to place ourselves at the bottom rung of importance.Even when we DO have time to tend to ourselves, we often choose distraction or stimulating activity over quiet self time that truly offers our own bodies, hearts, minds and spirits a form of gentleness.Many of us don't even believe we deserve that. It's just something we give, not something we receive. I want to shift the frame around all of this and turn the mirror onto you and invite you to explore what gentleness can look like and feel like in your own life. What herbs may be supportive for you to release tension in your tissues, or soften what feels hard, or soothe and calm your mood and mind?And what other practices are available to you that you could easily incorporate into your daily or weekly or monthly routine to help you soothe and tend yourself?In today's episode, I invite you to consider what a "gentleness practice" could look like and feel like for you -- and encourage you to make your own "gentleness in a bottle" tincture with some of the herbs that help to calm, soothe and nurture your unique needs. Listen to learn:what a gentleness practice could mean for youherbs to soothe tension in your tight tissues and achy musclesherbs to soften and moisten your GI, vaginal and urinary tractherbs to calm your mood and mindmy favorite herbal oil to use for belly massage (+ why belly massage matters)several simple practices you can adapt into your OWN gentleness practicea song to include in or inspire your gentleness practice :)Resources:Today's episode: Get link to Rosalie's poem and moreFree guided meditation: Womb connection + clearing meditationEpisode 18: Uterine tonics (to nourish + support your womb)Episode 19: Pelvic softening wisdom w Chaya Leia AronsonEpisode 32: Motherwort love - an herb for every season of your wombEpisode 49: How to create a sacred window in transitional timesSupport the Show.

Menopause marks the end of menstrual cycles and is typically confirmed 12 months after your last period. During this time, The ovaries stop producing estrogen and progesterone, which can lead to symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, sleep issues, weight gain and more. While nutrition and lifestyle is huge for managing these symptoms, here are the supplements I recommend to support menopause changes.  1. Menopause Balance Tincture This specially formulated tincture is designed to alleviate common menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and mood swings. It contains: Black Cohosh: Known for its ability to reduce hot flashes and night sweats. Sage: Helps in managing excessive sweating. Holy Basil: Supports mood stability. Motherwort, Red Clover, Hops, Lemon Balm, Passionflower, Lavender, Valerian: A blend of herbs that support hormonal balance and reduce stress. 2. Adrenal Balance Tincture Menopause can alter how your body handles stress. The Adrenal Balance Tincture helps manage this by supporting your adrenal glands. Key ingredients include: Adaptogenic Herbs: Such as ashwagandha and rhodiola, which help the body adapt to stress. 3. Metabo Boost Tincture This tincture aids in blood sugar regulation, which is crucial during menopause as hormonal changes can affect how your body processes sugar. The tincture includes: Chromium and Berberine: To support healthy blood sugar levels. 4. Sleep Support Tincture Hormonal changes can disrupt sleep patterns. This tincture, containing herbs like hops, lemon balm, passionflower, valerian, and chamomile, can help improve sleep quality without relying on melatonin. 5. Grass-Fed Beef Liver Supplement Code: Drbeth Rich in iron and other vital nutrients, this supplement helps maintain overall nutrient levels, which can be challenging during menopause due to changes in nutrient absorption and utilization. 6. NutriDyn Inflam-Eze Plus   Menopause often brings increased inflammation, leading to aches and pains. InflamEase, which includes ginger powder, curcumin, and boswellia, can help manage inflammation and improve joint health. 7. NutriDyn Immune Resilience   Supporting your immune system is another big one in menopause. This supplement, with ingredients like American ginseng, turmeric, elderberry, EGCG, and quercetin, helps bolster your body's defenses and manage histamine responses. 8. Creatine and BCAAs Creatine Supplements: To support muscle strength and recovery. https://nutridyn.com/dynamic-performance-drink?ref=113022 Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs): To aid muscle recovery and reduce soreness after workouts. Taking BCAAs immediately after exercise can help your body rebuild muscle tissue more efficiently.  https://nutridyn.com/dynamic-bcaa-drink?ref=113022 Menopause is a huge hormone transition, but the symptoms don't have to run your life! As with all supplements and medications, it is best to test your hormone levels to find the right combination for your individual needs. If you are looking for more guidance or have questions, please let me know.  Let's connect! Facebook: https://facebook.com/drbethwestie Instagram: https://instagram.com/drbethwestie If you have questions or just want to connect, shoot me a DM on instagram @drbethwestie or contact@drbethwestie.com 

I've spent many hours poring over Thomas Avery Garran's materia medica books. In fact, his first book was one of the first herbal books that I bought when I started studying Chinese medicine! And as you'll see in this episode, Thomas clearly loves plants and has wonderful insights into them, from their gifts and energetics to how to grow and harvest them.I was surprised when Thomas chose motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) as his plant for the interview – I just didn't see it coming! But as you'll see, it's obvious how much he loves motherwort, and he shares so much about this wonderful plant's gifts – including his recipe for Tension Relief Tincture. By the way, if you are or know someone who suffers from PMS, this is one recipe you don't want to miss! (You can find the link to the beautifully illustrated recipe card here.)By the end of this episode, you'll know:► A lesser-known herbal preparation that can be made with motherwort► How to recognize high-quality cut-and-dried motherwort► Five tips for growing and harvesting your own motherwort► The main health conditions for which motherwort's gifts shine► When you should (and shouldn't) use motherwort► Why Thomas is passionate about herb farming► and so much more…For those of you who don't know him, Thomas Avery Garran has been studying plant medicine for over 30 years. He lived in China for sixteen years and received his PhD in Materia Medica studies and Plant Pharmacy at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, and was the first non-Chinese recipient of this degree. He has a master's degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine and a certificate in herbal medicine from the American School of Herbalism. Thomas is the author of two books on the use of Western herbs in Chinese medicine; he is also the translator of the first book on growing and processing daodi Chinese herbs and the first men's health book published in Chinese medicine in the mid 17th century. Thomas is also the co-translator of a free e-book on the initial response to the Covid outbreak by the Chinese medicine community in China. He is the executive director of the East West School of Herbology and president of Herb Whisperer, Inc. which focuses on agriculture of medicinal plants and education. Thomas now resides in Western Massachusetts where he and his wife are building an herbal sanctuary and educational center.If you'd like to hear more from Thomas, which I highly recommend, then head to the show notes where you can get easy links for his website and social media channels. You can also find the transcript for this episode in the show notes and you can access your recipe card for Tension Relief Tincture at: https://bit.ly/4bstjU0.I'm thrilled to share our conversation with you today.----Get full show notes and more information at: herbswithrosaleepodcast.comFor more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow @rosaleedelaforet on Instagram!The secret to using herbs successfully begins with knowing who YOU are. Get started by taking my free Herbal Jumpstart course when you sign up for my newsletter.If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it!On the podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature...

Here's the 14850 Happenings events calendar for the weekend of May 3rd! Happy hour with GoGone at Deep Dive, Kitestring Duo at Homer Hops, Motherwort at Hopshire Farm Brewing, Richman and Poor Boys Band at Cedarwood Event Venue this evening. Radio London is playing at the Lifelong Spring Fling Fundraiser at the Library Place Community Room! The Glass Menagerie at the Community School of Music and Arts. And the Seven Wonders, a musical tribute to Fleetwood Mac at the Hangar Theatre. La Cerise Noire, neo-vaudeville, at the Cherry Arts tonight, with aerial arts, comedy, music, burlesque, drag, and more, tonight and tomorrow night! The Friends of Tompkins County Public Library Book Sale is under way for the first of three weekends! Saturday through Monday, and the next two weekends. Risley Spring Faire is all afternoon at Risley Hall's Courtyard at Cornell on Saturday. The 15th Annual Derby Party at Finger Lakes Distilling in Burdett. Madd Daddy is at the Antlers Saturday evening, and the Mostly Motown Chorus spring concert at the First Baptist Church. Strange Standard with Metasequoia and Rye Makepeace at Deep Dive. The Freeville Farmers Market is open 11:30-2:30 at the elementary school for its first Sunday of the season, and the Ithaca Farmers Market has its first Sunday as well. Still Kickin' Band is playing a Cinco de Mayo show at Cedarwood Event Venue at 2 tomorrow. Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra plays at Ford Hall tomorrow at 4. On Wednesday afternoon, the Ithaca east hill farmers market is open for the season, and the Trumansburg Farmers Market is as well. Hannah Toombs at Salt Point Brewing on Wednesday evening, a Wednesday open mic night at Sacred Root Kava Lounge, and Galactic Wednesday at Deep Dive. Looking ahead, Mayfest, Cornell's International Chamber Music Festival, returns to Ithaca May 17th-21st. Lots more details and more 14850 Happenings at 14850.com. Subscribe to the Ithaca Minute in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Play, TuneIn, Stitcher, or via RSS feed, follow 14850.com on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Daily newsletter.

In today's episode I interview Hollie Wildethorn, a Psychotherapist, Clinical Counsellor, Coach and womens mysteries facilitator, who resides on Walbunja Yuin land in the Hawkesbury Valley, North of Sydney. Hollie provides many inspirational offerings through her business, the Institute for Self Crafting, and her mission is to support people who know life can be so much more; to craft the best self-version so far. Hollie is the first person that I have interviewed that isnt a herbal educator, but she hold a special space for herbal education. She runs the incredible Wise Womens Gathering near Wise Mans Ferry, which is being held in just over 5 weeks, on the 16th-19th May. The Wise Women's Gathering is an educational conference that focuses on herbalism, holistic living, women's mysteries, and cultivating community. It provides a space for practitioners and non-practitioners alike to deepen their knowledge and connection with the earth. The gathering emphasizes inclusivity and creating a safe and welcoming environment for all attendees. The presence of herbs is a central theme, as it is a space for traditional wisdom to be shared and passed down. Mentorship and collaboration are also important aspects, with experienced practitioners partnering with younger or less experienced practitioners to co-create workshops. The gathering fosters a sense of community through shared meals, check-ins, and an open mic night where attendees can showcase their talents and be witnessed by their community. For anyone that hasn't heard of this unique gathering, I highly recommend jumping online and checking it out- there are links in the shownotes. Stephanie Hazel and I are both going down to Sydney for the gathering this year and we are running a 3 hour preconference presentation together. I am also running a 90 minute presentation about Motherwort and I also have the honour of being on a discussion panel at the gathering. I have attended this gathering once before, about 6 years ago and I highly reccomend it. In this interview, Hollie discusses her role in the Wise Women's Gathering and the various offerings she presents at the event. She emphasizes the importance of inclusivity and creating a sense of belonging for all attendees. Holly also shares her work as a therapist, counselor, and coach, specializing in trauma and anxiety. She offers retreats, circles, and online courses focused on women's empowerment and connection to the land. Additionally, Holly provides professional supervision for health practitioners and women's mysteries facilitators, promoting trauma-informed care and collaboration. She encourages practitioners to share their knowledge and wisdom beyond their individual practices. Hollie's website: https://www.instituteforselfcrafting.com/hollie Find Hollie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollie.wildethorn/ **THE ELDER TREE TROVE PATREON COMMUNITY** You can join our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and gain a deeper connection to our podcast. Pay only $2 per week to have access to bonus and often exclusive resources and opportunities- plus support the Elder tree at the same time!  To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.theeldertree.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and donate to the crowdfunding campaign ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also follow The Elder Tree on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up to the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠asktheeldertree@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The intro and outro song is "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sing for the Earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We're back and STILL BLACK! Happy Black History Month! It's another great day and another episode in our “Sex as Medicine” series! Titties, boobies, breasts… whatever you call ‘em, they can help you connect to the heart and heart medicine! And not just breast touch, but you can get the medicine through HUGS! SO… get your notebook ready, and take notes!   As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we're trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you're not yet a patreon, join today @ ⁠patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠. Sources and what's In the episode: (podcast episode) Nourishing herbal infusions (book) Black Sun By Rebecca Roanhorse (plant) Cacao (Theobroma cacao)  (afro-Brazilian religion) Candomble (herb) Hawthorn (Crataegus) Herbalism of Spices Course at ⁠Be Nice Have Fun⁠ (article) Sex Saves Lives (article) Breast Massage (herb) Hypericum Perforatum infused oil Nervine - A nervine is a plant remedy that has a beneficial effect upon the nervous system in some way. (herb) Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)  (article) Hugs are good for your health (article) Four hugs a day NIH ________________________ Follow us on social: ⁠@pettyherbalist⁠ ⁠@bonesbugsandbotany⁠ Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠ Join the bonesbugsandbotany Patreon Community to fund support all of Asia's work: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/bonesbugsandbotany⁠⁠ Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty ***if you read this far, send me a dm @pettyherbalist for a shoutout!*** --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pettyherbalist/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pettyherbalist/support

Twiggy Dawn is a Mother, Herbalist, Permaculturalist, Educator and founder of the Elder Tree.  Folks if you want to hear all about the vision for the Elder Tree from our founder, this episode is for you! Twiggy is passionate about growing, harvesting and making medicines and also has a keen interest in wil & naturalised medicines. She loves connecting people to the plants and also to their own ancestral roots.  She has been entranced by plant medicine for as long as she can remember, forming an early interest in witchcraft and fairy lore and making potions from plant material as a child. She honours the plants as teachers with deep reverence and respect. During our chat, Twiggy shares how her experiences working with suboptimal herbal materials and feeling frustrated with offering only surface level herbal symptom relief to customers,  inspired her to birth her business Alchemilla Herbals where she has really stepped into a teaching role through her many workshops which help to activate the home herbalist in participants. During a transformative experience at Pindara farm in Tasmania after the birth of her daughter where she helped grow, harvest and make herbal medicines, Twiggy shares how her dream for a space for healing and learning with plant medicine began to solidify into her vision for the Elder Tree. It's really lovely to hear Twiggy speak passionately of her vision for the Elder Tree and as this episode was recorded towards the beginning of our podcast journey, this vision is now beginning to become a reality… Chatting about self care, Twiggy shares the pillars of health that encapsulate what self care means to her and how it's really important for her to start her day mindfully, rather than jumping straight in… She speaks about balancing her time and allowing herself enough time in the outdoors amongst nature and her plant friends, engaging all her senses- smelling, tasting and listening to the plants. Twiggy takes us on a little journey amongst her plant friends, sharing how when she connects with a long term ally, Motherwort, all her senses are awakened… Towards the end of our chat, Twiggy shares some beautifully accessible ways for us to invite herbs into our daily rituals, using simple techniques and ingredients and finding ways to connect with the plant allies that grow around us… **CONNECT** Alchemilla Herbalshttps://www.alchemillaherbals.com.au/ ** Find out about Twiggy's new online course 'Meandering Medicine' to learn about herbs in a deep, gentle, explorative way here https://www.alchemillaherbals.com.au/meanderingmedicine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alchemillaherbals/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/AlchemillaHerbals/ **SHOW NOTES** How do I use herbs in my daily life? Isabell Shippard **THE ELDER TREE TROVE PATREON COMMUNITY** You can join our Patreon ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ and gain a deeper connection to our podcast. Pay only $2 per week to have access to bonus and often exclusive resources and opportunities- plus support the Elder tree at the same time!  To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at ⁠www.theeldertree.org⁠ and donate to the crowdfunding campaign ⁠here⁠. You can also follow The Elder Tree on ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠sign up to the newsletter⁠. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters ⁠here⁠. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  ⁠asktheeldertree@gmail.com⁠ The intro and outro song is "⁠Sing for the Earth⁠" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music ⁠here⁠ and ⁠here⁠.

Here's the 14850 Happenings events calendar for the weekend of January 26th! This weekend, LACS Theatre presents School of Rock at the Ithaca High School Auditorium. [Friday and] Saturday evening and a Sunday matinee at Kulp Auditorium at IHS. Punk Rock Happy Hour at Deep Dive. Music in the Shire: Scratched Vinyl 6-8 tonight at Hopshire Farm. At 8, singer-songwriter Justin Roeland and Friends finish a monthlong residency at the Downstairs, each Friday in January. The 86ers have an EP release at the Range tonight. And DJ Hot Cole is spinning at the Upstairs. Tomorrow the weekly Ithaca Farmers Market winter market continues, 10:30-2 each Saturday at Triphammer Marketplace. Annie Ol'Thyme at Brookton's Market at noon and Metku at the Danby Community Church at 3pm. DJ Dijon is spinning vinyl at South Hill Cider from 5-7 Saturday. At Deep Dive, Eric Carlin's Half-Dead with Buffalo 5/9/77 Revisited. Felix Free and the Rxcketeers are at the Range, and a Y2K Party with DJ Juno at the Upstairs. Sunday afternoon, Tru Bleu is at Six Mile Creek Vineyard starting at 1. Motherwort is hosting a Sunday matinee concert at CSMA with Microbes Mostly, and Spelunking. And a Southern Supper Sunday at Deep Dive. Lots more details and more events in the 14850 Happenings events calendar. Subscribe to the Ithaca Minute in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Play, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Stitcher, or via RSS feed, follow 14850.com on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Daily newsletter.

Here's the 14850 Happenings events calendar for the weekend of December 29th! This evening, Bad Alibi for Music in the Shire at Hopshire Farm and WonderMonday at Sacred Root Kava Lounge. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad with Felix Free and the Rxcketeers at Deep Dive. And Back to the ‘80s with DJ ha-MEEN at the Range. The Small Kings are playing tomorrow at Grist Iron Brewing, the 1980 Underground at Sacred Root, and DJ Hot Cole is spinning late-night tunes at the Range. Cast Iron Cowboys and Motherwort with DJ Hill and DJ Salt at Hotel Groton on New Year's Eve starting at 6, a Microtones New Year's Eve at the Forest City Lodge, and an Emo New Year's at Modern Alchemy Game Bar. Sophistafunk are playing with Transient Kicks and Root Collider at Funk 'n Waffles in Syracuse. Vicious Fishes, Metasequoia, Secret Service Men, and Milk Cousin at the Range starting at 9. On New Year's Day, don't miss the First Day Hike at Taughannock Falls State Park with check-in starting at 10am and hikes of the gorge trail starting at 11 and 1pm. A peek ahead, Richie Stearns and Friends Thursday at South Hill Cider. And next Friday at 8, singer-songwriter Justin Roeland and Friends start a monthlong residency at the Downstairs, each Friday in January. Lots more details and more events in the 14850 Happenings events calendar. Subscribe to the Ithaca Minute in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Play, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Stitcher, or via RSS feed, follow 14850.com on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Daily newsletter.

Here's the 14850 Happenings events calendar for the weekend of December 22nd! The Sip & Shop Holiday Pop-Up at Copper Horse Coffee has free coffee tastings, coffee and coffee brewing devices, gifts from Terra Rosa, and local artwork and soaps for last-minute shopping. Music in the Shire this evening features the Walsh Family and Friends Holiday Concert at Hopshire Farm and Brewery from 6-9. Skelequesmas tonight at the Downstairs: Delaques and Skeleton Hands are at it again for a Christmas residency. Two nights of music to benefit Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County tonight and tomorrow with Practice at Yule Fest! Deep Dive, the Range, and the Upstairs. Village Swing Saturday from 5-7 at the Downstairs this week featuring Alice Saltonstoll and Ted Caldwell. Iron Horse's 16th Banniversary at Cedarwood Event Venue. Spirit Posse and EK present 2023 Wrapped, a holiday special, at the Cherry Arts Saturday at 8. For your Sunday, Christmas Eve at First Baptist Church starts at 6. There's a Wednesday open mic night at Sacred Root Kava Lounge. Old Time Music next Thursday at South Hill Cider. Next Friday, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad with Felix Free and the Rxcketeers at Deep Dive. And Back to the '80s with DJ ha-MEEN at the Range. Cast Iron Cowboys and Motherwort with DJ Hill and DJ Salt at Hotel Groton on New Year's Eve starting at 6, and an Emo New Year's at Modern Alchemy Game Bar. If you're looking for holiday feasts, check out dining.14850.com, and stay tuned for New Year's Eve updates. Subscribe to the Ithaca Minute in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Play, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Stitcher, or via RSS feed, follow 14850.com on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Daily newsletter.

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Here's the 14850 Happenings events calendar for the weekend of September 8th! Music this evening includes a Farm Jam with Freight at Finger Lakes Cider House and Music in the Hollow with SingTrece and Stone Cold Miracle at Hopshire Farm. Practice at Presents Secret Service Men, Strong Maybe, and Night of the Iguana at the Upstairs. The Lansing Community Carnival continues today and Saturday, with fireworks tonight and the parade starting Saturday at 6. The Ellis Hollow Fair is at the Ellis Hollow Community Center Saturday with live music, games, food, and more. Downtown Ithaca is hosting a Welcome Student Weekend on the Commons to welcome college students to the area. The family-friendly Oswego Pride Festival is all day Saturday at Oswego City Hall! Saturday and Sunday is GrassRoots Unplugged, a two-day benefit concert at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts featuring lots of favorites like Motherwort, Notorious Stringbusters, Thousands of One, Richie & Rosie, and the Sim Redmond Band. Saturday evening Joe Medwick is back in town for an early album release show at Deep Dive, followed by a Groundswell Benefit Dance Party. And the East-West Blues Band has a farewell show Saturday at Garrett's Brewing in Trumansburg. Sunday, Black Hands Universal Market is on the Ithaca Commons from 10-3, Southern Culture on the Skids are at Deep Dive starting at 6:30, and Electrolyte is at the Downstairs. A quick peek at next week, Thursday features Maddy Walsh and the All Star Band at the Downtown Ithaca summer concert series at the Bernie Milton Pavilion at 6. Lots more 14850 Happenings at 14850.com. Subscribe to the Ithaca Minute in iTunes or Google Play, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Stitcher, or via RSS feed, follow 14850.com on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Daily newsletter.

Dr. Eric Osansky discusses Hyperthyroidism with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 3:51  Hyperthyroidism.  Hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's is a lot more common than hyperthyroidism.  Hypothyroidism is when you have low thyroid levels and TSH or thyroid-stimulating hormone is elevated.  With hyperthyroidism there's too much thyroid hormone and TSH will be low.  With such patients you might see an elevated resting heart rate, heart palpitations, weight loss, hair loss, and thyroid eye disease that may include eye bulging and double vision.  While the optimal TSH should be between one and 1.5 or 2, TSH below 1 and esp. at .5 or below is reason for concern for hyperthyroidism.  For most patients with Grave's disease (Autoimmune hyperthyroidism) the TSH is undetectable. 7:54  Grave's Disease.  Most patients with hyperthyroidism (at least 80%) have elevated thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI), which means that it is an autoimmune condition that is referred to as Grave's disease.  9:13  Medical treatment.  The most common medical treatments for hyperthyroidism are the use of anti-thyroid medications including Methimazole or Carbimazole, which converts into Methimazole, and several other anti-thyroid medications, including Propylthiouracil.  The other medical treatments are radioactive iodine, which obliterates the thyroid gland, and surgery to remove the thyroid gland.  Some endocrinologists feel that the surgery is the way to fix the condition and that is their primary treatment for this condition. 11:25  From a Functional Medicine perspective, what happens is that the immune system is attacking the TSH receptors.  There are four main categories of triggers for such autoimmune diseases that we can look at: 1. Food sensitivities, such as gluten, dairy, and corn, 2. Stress, 3. Toxins, including environmental toxins, heavy metals and mycotoxins from mold, and 4. Infections that includes viruses like Epstein-Barr, bacteria in the gut such as H. pylori, Yersinia Enterocolitica, and potentially even parasites.  14:02  Dr. Osansky was diagnosed with Grave's disease in 2008 and got it under control without the use of surgery, radiation, or medications.  When Dr. Osansky sees a patient for hyperthyroidism, he takes a very thorough health history. Then he will run some lab tests, including a CBC, a comprehensive metabolic panel, vitamin D, iron panel, etc. Dr. Osansky also likes to look at adrenals, either through saliva or urine with the DUTCH test. He also likes to test hormones and run a comprehensive stool test and perhaps organic acid testing.  He also likes to test hair minerals, including heavy metals. When Dr. Osansky was diagnosed with Grave's in 2008, he did salivary cortisol testing and found out that both his cortisol and DHEA levels were quite low most of the day.  Grave's causes you to feel hyperactive, so he did not feel fatigued like patients normally do with adrenal fatigue.  He worked on improving his ability to manage stress, changed his diet, and he took certain herbs, including liquorice root and certain nutrients, which helped his recovery.  20:49  Anti-thyroid nutritional strategies. While we are using the Functional Medicine approach to search for the underlying causes for their hyperthyroid condition, there are certain herbs and nutrients that can help to manage the excess thyroid hormone, including the herbs Bugleweed and Motherwort.  Bugleweed is an herb with anti-thyroid properties, that helps to lower the thyroid hormone levels.  Patients often get heart palpitations with hyperthyroidism and Motherwort is an herb that can help with that. It has been found to calm the heart, sort of like a natural beta blocker. Lemon balm can also have a calming effect.

Welcome back to The Herbalists Path! In today's episode, I'm opening up about the whirlwind of mom life and how I've been feeling disconnected from my beautiful plant friends. But I'm still crafting magical concoctions, and as wildflower season blooms here in Oregon, I've been reflecting on the incredible world of herbs. Each plant offers a unique healing power, and I'm excited to share some of my favorites with you.We'll explore calming Lavender, memory-enhancing Rosemary, and other magical plants. I'll also reveal my secrets for making tasty tinctures and discuss responsible herbalism with a shout out to United Plant Savers. If you're eager to dive into herbalism, workshops and courses are a fantastic way to connect with like-minded people and grow your knowledge.Lastly, I'll share personal insights on finding balance between my passion for making remedies and my family life. It's all about connecting with nature, spending time with family, and embracing the joy of herbalism. Whether you're hiking or crafting remedies, we're all in this together, nurturing our planet one plant at a time!

First Friday Gallery Night starts at 5pm with art shows and receptions around downtown Ithaca and beyond. Live music this evening starts with a Go Gone Happy Hour at Deep Dive, Music on the Deck with City Limits at BoatYard Grill, Farm Jam with Betty's Ghost at Finger Lakes Cider House, and a free Gratefully Yours Grateful Dead tribute show on the Cornell Arts Quad. The Spells with Rye Makepeace are at Deep Dive later tonight. For your Saturday, the Ithaca Children's Garden is celebrating International Mud Day starting at 10am! Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Ithaca Eagles are hosting a chicken BBQ for the Newfield Boy Scouts from 12-2. Andrew Alling is playing at Chateau Dusseau at 3. Village Swing with Alice Santonstall at 7 at the Downstairs, and Motherwort and more at Deep Dive on Saturday at 9. On Sunday, Kegs and Eggs brunch at Hopshire Farm, and Animal Encounters at Cayuga Nature Center. Next Tuesday the summer-long Music in the Hollow series kicks off at the Ellis Hollow Community Center with the Pelotones. Live music every Tuesday starting at 6 with food trucks and more just east of Ithaca. Lots more 14850 Happenings at 14850.com. Subscribe to the Ithaca Minute in iTunes or Google Play, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Stitcher, or via RSS feed, follow 14850.com on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Daily newsletter.

It's summa summa summa-time!Summer solstice is upon us and the heat is kicking in. Have you ever noticed how your body responds to the summer heat? For those of us with more fire physically and mentally, the heat can aggravate some of our symptoms or create new ones altogether. For others, the summer heat can be very balanced and welcome. But either way, the heat can sometimes be too much. From exacerbating inflammation, sparking fiery emotions, catalyzing quick digestion or painful spasms, or drying up our tissues and more, heat has an impact on us. So to stay harmonized with the season, learning to cool the summer heat in our bodies can help us feel better in our menstrual cycles, hormonally, and overall.In today's  episode, you'll learn about 10 herbs as well as some lifestyle and dietary practices you can incorporate into your daily routine to cool and calm your body and mind - in this season and beyond.Tune in to find out:how the summer heat messes with your body and mindthe qualities of pitta dosa and how that corresponds with summerwhy some of us are more impacted than others by the heatten herbs to help calm and cool you this summersome easy + accessible cooling food and drink optionsa quick cooling breath practice and other simple cooling ideas Resources:Today's shownotes: Cool the summer heat in your bodyEpisode 11: Dandelion herbal spotlightEpisode 32: Motherwort herbal spotlightEpisode28: An invitation to slow down - womb rhythmsEpisode 44: Bitters and hormonal balanceIf you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal heal

In this episode, I discuss the many medicinal uses of Motherwort, how to cook real Mac and Cheese (with dozens of variations... like with bacon, lobster, crawfish, blu cheese, etc), Thomas Jefferson, PMS, hysteria, a potential economic collapse, masculinity, environmental estrogens, cultural degradation, anxiety, hunting wild game... and yeah, probably more than that!Read about my new book: Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies, an Herbalist's Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/11/medicinal-ferns-and-fern-allies.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZSJPSRead about my new cookbook, The Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking for Preppers, Homesteaders, Permaculture People and Everyone Else: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-omnivores-guide-to-home-cooking-for.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKX37Q2Visit my Substack and sign up for my free newsletter: https://judsoncarroll.substack.com/Read about my new other book, Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast an Herbalist's Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/06/medicinal-shrubs-and-woody-vines-of.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2T4Y5L6 andGrowing Your Survival Herb Garden for Preppers, Homesteaders and Everyone Elsehttps://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/04/growing-your-survival-herb-garden-for.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X4LYV9RThe Encyclopedia of Medicinal Bitter Herbs: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-encyclopedia-of-bitter-medicina.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5MYJ35RandChristian Medicine, History and Practice: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/01/christian-herbal-medicine-history-and.htmlAvailable for purchase on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09P7RNCTBHerbal Medicine for Preppers, Homesteaders and Permaculture People: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2021/10/herbal-medicine-for-preppers.htmlAlso available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09HMWXL25Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/southern-appalachian-herbsBlog: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/Free Video Lessons: https://rumble.com/c/c-618325

Robin Rose teaches us about one of the spiritual aspects of working with motherwort (Leonarus cardiaca) as a plant ally. This is a clip from a class Robin Rose Bennett taught for the International Herb Symposium. WATCH THE FULL CLASS  Learn more about Robin and her work at RobinRoseBennett.com BOOK - The Gift of Healing Herbs by Robin Rose Bennett: LEARN MORE AND BUY International Herb Symposium - LEARN MORE AND REGISTER WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES!  Here's the freebies: VIDEO | Most Vital Herb in David Hoffmann's First-Aid Kit WEBINAR | Herbal First Aid with Heather Irvine EBOOK | 86 Page Plant Healer Book 30 DAYS FREE | HerbRally Schoolhouse EBOOK | Calendula for Radiant Skin by Rosalee de la Forêt VIDEO | 5 Herbal Events Around the World presented by Bevin Clare BOOK DISCOUNT | The Essential Guide to Western Botanical Medicine PRIVATE COMMUNITY | HerbRally Facebook Group BOOK EXCERPT | 36 Pages from Plant Healer's "Nourishing Foods" Book DISCOUNT | 15% off all Mountain Rose Herbs products DISCOUNT | Mushroom Revival AUDIO | Hour-long Adaptogens Class with Heather Irvine DISCOUNT | 10% off all HerbRally products CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES!  Thanks for listening!  HerbRally www.herbrally.com 

In honor of Heart Health Month (and my birth month) episode 52 is talking about herbs to support the cardiovascular system! I discuss Hawthorn and Motherwort, two botanicals that can support both the physical and emotional heart. I discuss the main actions, herbal energetics, taste, and key constituents of each herb. I also give a few DIY herbal tincture/tea recipes for you to use and integrate these herbs into your weekly or daily routine! Be sure to follow my Instagram @briannadiorio for all the Brianna Approved educational content! You can visit my website www.briannadiorio.com to learn more. Production Manager and Graphics @kylediorio ___ Befriending Anxiety E-Course My Befriending Anxiety E-Course is now live! You can enroll now and learn more here! __ Use my code “bestlife” to get 10% off NO2U Nitric Oxide Lozenge and free shipping at the link below. https://no2u.com/shop/ https://n1o1.com/

In this week's episode of ReInvent Healthcare, we are talking with Dr. Eric Osansky, a chiropractor, clinical nutritionist, and certified functional medicine practitioner with over 20 years of experience in health and wellness.  He's the author of "Natural Treatment Solutions for Hyperthyroidism and Graves” and "Hashimoto's Triggers", as well as the host of the “Save My Thyroid Podcast”. We go in depth on his experience with hyperthyroid and Graves' disease and how he turned his life around and helps those who are experiencing the same thing.   IN THIS EPISODE: [05:00] Percentage of the population with Hyperthyroid and Graves' [07:20] Thyroid Triggers [11:30] Thyroid Antibodies and Multiple Autoimmune Conditions [21:00] Herbs for Thyroid Management [35:10] L-Carnitine to Lower Thyroid Hormone Levels KEY TAKEAWAYS: There are a lot of people out there with hyperthyroidism. Unfortunately a lot of them end up getting their thyroid glands removed or ablated because they aren't aware of the options they have. Thyroid triggers vary from person to person, so there isn't a standard ‘protocol' for all patients. Proper testing is needed to appropriately assess your clients. For natural thyroid remedies there is Motherwort to help with the cardiovascular system and hyperthyroidism, Bugleweed for antithyroid that can help with palpitations, and Lemon Balm to help patients with sleep issues.   RESOURCES: ReInvent Healthcare Thyroid Theme Get the Magic Questions Learn More About Our Practitioner Training Thyroid and Thrive     Natural Endocrine Solutions Dr. Eric Osansky YouTube Natural Treatment Solutions for Hyperthyroidism and Graves' Disease Hashimoto's Triggers Save My Thyroid Podcast

Elizabeth Jinks is a midwife, mother of seven, seed saver and a syntropic food forester. With a Masters' in Primary Maternity Care, she is committed to delivering informed, personalised care that empowers women to birth well, whether in a hospital, birth centre or from the comfort of home. From birthing six of her babies at home with the same midwife, Beth is passionate about offering this continuation of care for other women. Our discussion includes some insightful chats about placenta planting in her garden, her vision for birthing 'on country', and Beth's inspiring Permaculture journey on her property in Koah in Far North Queensland. She shares how she was chosen by the land, and her humble beginnings of a shipping container and caravan that evolved into earth shaping to make swales and a small dam for water harvesting, to an established tropical syntropic food forest which provides most of her sustenance.  Beth explains how she uses herbs in her daily life and, specifically, the four essential herbs; Shepards Purse, Angelica Root, Rasberry Leaf and Black Cohosh that she takes to every birth to support women, as well as her love of Motherwort and Mugwort Moxas as supportive plants for women. The story of how Beth supported Tonielle in her personal home birthing experience is shared in this interview, and how permaculture brought them together and continues to evolve with students visiting and participating in planting in her evolving garden of abundance.  She speaks of her regular use of Aloe Vera and Sacred Basil and lists what is flourishing in her summer garden, and we touch on various plants that can and can't be eaten during and after pregnancy. From Moxa's for Breach babies to Mayan Abdominal Massage to treating Placentas as sacred rather than medical waste...I trust you'll find value in this interview! Show Notes & Links: - Life In Syntropy video - https://youtu.be/gSPNRu4ZPvE - Mugwort and Moxa - https://daoisttraditions.edu/healing-power-moxa/ - Mayan abdominal massage - https://www.rebirthmayamassage.com/post/what-is-maya-abdominal-massage - Sacred Placentas or Medical Waste? - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319806#Treading-on-unknown-territory - Eucalyptus Grandis - syntropic support specie Connect with Tropical Babies Midwifery:  Website: http://www.tropicalbabiesmidwifery.com.au/services.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tropicalbabiesmidwife To learn more about The Elder Tree, visit the website here and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  asktheeldertree@gmail.comThe intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music here and here.

Bitter herbs beyond digestion?It's true. Almost everything we ever hear about bitters is about how they stimulate our appetite, encourage digestive juices to flow and enhance our bowel movement.Like, literally, that's what most people say, on repeat, every time they talk about bitters. But there is SO MUCH MORE to these herbs and foods than just supporting our digestive function (though that's obviously important too).Did you know there are "bitter taste receptors" outside of the digestive tract? Well there are. And they're everywhere... from your heart, your respiratory tract to your uterus.This awareness as only been really coming to light in recent years, but it explains a lot about why some herbs may have affinity for some organ systems.So in this episode I cover all of this and more, exploring the specific ways that bitters enhance our digestion and how many of those actually impact our hormonal health (for real!) as well as our emotional and mental health, too. Listen to this episode to learn:what the bitter taste is and how it works in the bodywhat bitters actually do to enhance your digestionwhy you may not have to taste bitters to achieve the medicinal effect you're seekingsome examples of my favorite bitters and which organ systems they have affinities forwhat to consider when adding bitters into your protocol from a constitutional and energetic perspectivewhy I wouldn't want to be without bitters when working on hormonal health challengesResources:Free dandelion recipe collection!Today's shownotes + all the nerdy references: Bitters + hormonal health?Episode 8: Spring tonic herbsEpisode 11: Herbal Spotlight on DandelionEpisode 30: 5 herbal pillars for hormonal healthEpisode 32: Motherwort love: An herbal ally for every season of your womb If you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

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 tension. It has a warmth to it, which is more noticeable the more you take or the longer you take it. The flowers are the part that are most popular and available, but we also love to work with lavender leaf! It's more astringent and less “floral” than the flowers are, and makes a lovely tea.Leonurus cardiaca is a lion-hearted plant with strong protection for its “babies”, the seeds. Motherwort soothes the human heart and releases tension, draining excess heat. It can also relax the pelvic organs, and because of this, help bring on menstrual flow that is restricted by tension. Despite warnings you may see, motherwort is quite safe even for a pregnant human, at the common dose strengths of Western/American herbal practice.Lavender & motherwort both feature prominently in our Neurological & Emotional Health course. This course is a user's guide to your nerves & your emotions – including the difficult and dark ones. We discuss holistic herbalism strategies for addressing both neurological & psychological health issues. It includes a lengthy discussion of herbal pain management strategies, too! In addition, you receive everything that comes with enrollment in our courses, including: lifetime access to current & future course material, twice-weekly live Q&A sessions with us, open discussion threads integrated in each lesson, an active student community, study guides, quizzes & capstone assignments, and more!If you have a moment, it would help us a lot if you could subscribe, rate, & review our podcast wherever you listen. This helps others find us more easily. Thank you!!Our theme music is “Wings” by Nicolai Heidlas.Support the showYou can find all of our online herbalism courses at online.commonwealthherbs.com!

Oh, schisandra, what a great herbal love.I know, not as popular as say, dandelion or nettles, but to me, schisandra is just as essential for our apothecaries. Perhaps you're familiar with this plant already, maybe you think of schisandra as an adaptogen, or as a lung tonic, or even as an herb to contain and replenish fluids in the body... or maybe you're completely new to this beautiful herb. Either way, this episode will help you to get to know this plant - which is not commonly thought of as a hormonal or sexual health herb - in a new light.Truly, an herbal ally for transitions in our cycling years, and beyond.Listen to this episode to learn:why schisandra is one of my favorite herbs how Schisandra's taste tells us about the medicinal propertiesschisandra's traditional and modern energetics and actions how schisandra is viewed from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspectivemodern applications of schisandra for whole body healthsome updates on recent research and clinical trials on schisandrawhen you might incorporate schisandra into your hormonal health protocolshow schisandra is especially supportive for perimenopause + post-menopauseResources:See photos, videos + references from today's episode: Schisandra lovin'... an herbal ally for whole body resilience + hormonal healthEpisode 17: How stress messes with your hormonesEpisode 32: Motherwort love: An herbal ally for every season of your wombEpisode 33: Homeopathy, hot flashes + the menopausal transitionEpisode 37: Easing into menopauseLearn how to track your cycle + symptoms so you can understand what's going on in your body with this free guideIf you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

hey boo, We're in it with the Sacred Fats series, and getting real deep about our relationship with the fat in our bodies. We hope that you all feel safe enough to have this sort of reflection and conversation about your relationship with your own fat. Grab a blankie and a warm drink… this might be a heavy one for you all. Topics Discussed: Hawthorn (crataegus monogyna) tincture Motherwort (leonarus cardiaca) tincture Linden (tilia americana) infusion Cacao (theobroma cacao) Animal Liver (book) The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler (book) The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara Sobonfu Somé Kapha, Vata, and Pitta: Balancing the Three Principle Energies of the Body ________________________ Follow us on social: @pettyherbalist @bonesbugsandbotany Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/support

happy happy day bbs, We're continuing the Sacred Fats series, and discussing our part two on essential oils! We help y'all understand the endocrine system, discuss scientific studies on essential oils and how to have discernment in reading scientific studies, and briefly discuss affects of essential oils on the skin biome. This is a really good episode with a lot of heady knowledge, but also some high vulnerability about our lives as usual! Enjoy this with a spiced tea today! Topics Discussed: Hawthorn (crataegus monogyna) tincture Motherwort (leonarus cardiaca) tincture Cannabis Sativa Lemon Balm (melissa officinalis) tincture (article) What are essential oils and prepubertal gynecomastia (article) “scientifically proven” case Lack of Evidence that Essential Oils Affect Puberty Franklin Health Institute Art of Prevention: Essential Oils - Natural Products Not Necessarily Safe ________________________ Follow us on social: @pettyherbalist @bonesbugsandbotany Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/support

Today, we are learning about some herbs known to support thyroid health: Motherwort, Lemon Balm and Bugleweed. Joining me on the show today to dive deeper into these herbs is herbalist, Princess Manuel. Princess Manuel created LUYA Healing and Herbs in February 2020. In her practice as an herbalist, she is intimately involved in plants. She learns its energetic qualities, among many other properties that help her determine what is right for each unique individual. In this episode, we discuss: Herbs that support thyroid health How your doshas can play a role in identifying the right herb for you Collective care versus self care Episode Resources on the blog at https://rawfoodmealplanner.com/could-these-herbs-help-your-thyroid-function-better // HOST Samantha Salmon Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach and Ambassador of Health and Happiness The information provided in this broadcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. These statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration, or the equivalent in your country. Any products/services mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. RawFoodMealPlanner.com © 2022

Find the full episode notes here: https://www.elizaceci.com/episode/23   Order your Earth Angels Essences, here >>> www.elizaceci.com *use code: PODLOVE for 10% off Motherwort essence that's referenced in this episode can be found here >>> tap for motherwort flower essence

Oh, motherwort! Such an indispensable herb for those of us with wombs. Motherwort. Leonorus cardiaca.  No matter what phase of life you're in, there's likely some way motherwort can support you... and I'm really not exaggerating. Motherwort is specific for everything from anxiety + stress (which can often be exacerbated by hormonal shifts), to easing menstrual cramps, to supporting a mama or parent postpartum to calming a racing heart which is common in perimenopause. Truly, an herb for all seasons of our wombs. Listen to the episode to learn:why I turn to motherwort often in my lifebasics about plant identification and growing similarities between western motherwort and Chinese motherworthistorical understandings of working with motherwortmodern actions and clinical applications in your own bodyupdates on recent research on motherwort's actionsResources:See photos of motherwort on today's shownotes pageLearn to grow motherwort in this FREE herbal gardening basics guideEpisode 4: Herbal spotlight on tulsi / holy basilEpisode 6: Gardening for your menstrual healthEpisode 18: Uterine tonicsEpisode 25: Immediate postpartum care the herbal wayIf you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

Hola hola hola! Its ya fave aunties here, interrupting the regularly scheduled programming to bring y'all an episode about conflict. Learn about the healing ways we can deepen our relationships through leaning into conflict and the herbal, more than human allies, who can help us. Grab some chamomile tea and allow the lessons to really set in. Issa good one! Topics Discussed: (person) Kamini Desai - Yoga Nidra kaminidesi.com (book) The Recognition Sutras by Christopher D. Wallis (herb) Hawthorn (crategus monogyna) (herb) Motherwort (leonarus cardiaca) (herb) Mullein (verbascum thapsus) (herb) Lemon Balm (melissa officinalis) Follow us on social: @pettyherbalist @bonesbugsandbotany Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty #pod #podcast #podcasts #podcastersofinstagram #petty #pettyherbalist #herbalist #herbalism #blackherbalist #blackherbalists #bioregionalherbalism #bougieaunties #bougieaunteatime #medicinemaking #herbalmedicine --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pettyherbalist/support

Today's episode is just a snippet of Christa's class "Motherwort 201".  The full class is in our membership area, HerbRally Schoolhouse. You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST at checkout. Just go to HerbRally.com/schoolhouse to register.  Also, we just published a video on our YouTube channel with Christa.  She chats about her new book The Essential Guide to Western Botanical Medicine. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Hope you enjoy today's podcast!  Talk to you next time, Mason www.herbrally.com  

Most deaths worldwide are caused by heart disease. Over a long period of time, cholesterol silently accumulates in blood arteries, sometimes going unnoticed or not receiving adequate attention. We should all consider prevention because of this. The underlying causes include aspects of lifestyle and food, but fortunately, there are numerous herbal therapies that are readily available and have been scientifically proven to promote cardiovascular health. For instance, the traditional heart herbs of Western herbalism include Garlic, Hawthorn, and Motherwort; the Ayurvedic herbs Arjuna and Ashwagandha; and food-like anti-inflammatories and antioxidants such as Berries, Turmeric, and Hibiscus. Join my free herbal channel on Telegram! Follow my updates about the herbs I'm taking, planting, or harvesting in nature! You just have to download and set up the Telegram App on your phone first (it's easy!), then click this link to join my channel. Dive deeper into herbal studies with me! I am posting herbal inspiration videos every week or so, and at least one full herbal class or detailed case study a month for my Ko-Fi members, so make sure you are signed up! This is a fun way to learn and it supports the creation of this podcast. I appreciate your interest in Herbalism, you are helping to keep this knowledge alive! Would like to work with me one-on-one and book your Online Health Consultation? Send me a message through my website: www.herbalhelp.net Or click on my calendar to book a free 20 min call to get your questions answered directly and to see if we are a good fit for each other! I am a professional, clinical Herbalist registered with the American Herbalists Guild and would love to give you personalized help! YouTube Channel: Herbal Help by Tamara Follow me on Instagram: herbal.help If you like the show please let others know and write me a review! You can rate me on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Castbox, Audible Podcast Addict and more, and it's super easy, just click on this link. This show is meant for educational purposes only. This is not health advice. Please send me a message through the contact form on my website. I love to hear from my listeners and get feedback! What herb would you like me to discuss next on this podcast? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtoearthherbalism/message

Motherwort, the “lion-hearted herb,” fills your heart with courage and soothes its inner wounds. This herb tends to the physical and emotional heart and is an indispensable part of the Materia medica. With its many uses and simple administration techniques, this herb is sure to become a favorite herb to support a healthy heart.    In this week's episode, you'll learn:   What Motherwort tastes like this and how this translates to its effects on the body This herb's organ affinities, energetics, and herbal actions  The emotional indications of Motherwort  Motherwort's astrological and alchemical correspondences  How to prepare medicine at home using this herb ———————————— CONNECT WITH SAJAH AND WHITNEY ———————————— To get free in depth mini-courses and videos, visit our blog at:  http://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com   Get daily inspiration and plant wisdom on our Facebook and Instagram channels: http://www.facebook.com/EvolutionaryHerbalism https://www.instagram.com/evolutionary_herbalism/   Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyP63opAmcpIAQg1M9ShNSQ   Get a free 5-week course when you buy a copy of the book, Evolutionary Herbalism:https://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com/evolutionary-herbalism-book/   ———————————— ABOUT THE PLANT PATH ———————————— The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.   ———————————— ABOUT SAJAH ———————————— Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves. He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.    ———————————— ABOUT WHITNEY ———————————— Whitney Popham is an herbal practitioner and the co-founder of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Unity. Her calling to plant medicine began from a deep passion for activism and a vision for creating healing and positive change in the world. She has devoted her life to that vision by being a humble vessel for the plants to touch people's lives and bring more healing and beauty into the world.   Through her own health challenges and struggles, she experienced the profound healing gifts of plant medicines and then committed her life to helping others reach vibrant levels of health. She specializes in digestive health in her clinical practice through working with herbal medicine, nutrition and lifestyle coaching. Her true gift is in listening to the plants through intuition and vision, which she uses to help her clients with healing on the emotional, psychological, spiritual, as well as physical levels of health.   ———————————— WANT TO FEATURE US ON YOUR PODCAST? ———————————— If you'd like to interview Sajah or Whitney to be on your podcast, click here to fill out an interview request form.

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In a belated Mother's Day special, the witches are talking about ancestor magic (including some touching, personal stories from Nick). Shannon talks about an herb for protection and longevity, Motherwort, and Gaia. To keep up with the witches, follow them on Instagram @wandsandfrondspod. They're always happy to hear from you (and take topic requests). You can email them at wandsandfrondspod@gmail.com. To support Wands and Fronds, you can join their Patreon! You'll also receive access to bonus episodes, monthly coven meetings, and video recordings. If you'd like to show your support in non-monetary ways, please don't forget to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts/ITunes or leave a rating on Spotify! If you want to buy Shannon's bath teas, you can check out this link.

Good things are growing wild! Donna makes a Turkish Nettle Salad. Donna and Lonna talk about dandelions, Good King Henry, mint, sorrel, lambs quarter, purslane and more. Donna and Lonna learn about the herb motherwort from author Ava Chin and how local vegetable farmer, Kate Solko, is preparing for farmers market season.

Get full show notes and more information at: http://herbswithrosaleepodcast.com/ (herbswithrosaleepodcast.com) For more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow https://www.instagram.com/rosaleedelaforet/ (@rosaleedelaforet) on Instagram! The secret to using herbs successfully begins with knowing who YOU are. Get started by taking my free Herbal Jumpstart course when you https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/ (sign up for my newsletter). If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it! On the podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature connection. Each week, I focus on a single seasonal plant and share trusted herbal knowledge so that you can get the best results when using herbs for your health. Learn more about Herbs with Rosalee at http://herbswithrosalee.com/ (herbswithrosalee.com). ---- Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140195006X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=metvalher-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=140195006X&linkId=015132911186b966727b15dabec8da5d (Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal) and co-author of the bestselling book https://amzn.to/3a2G3R4 (Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine). She's a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and teaches many popular online courses. Read about how Rosalee went from having a terminal illness to being a bestselling author in https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/rosalee-de-la-foret.html (her full story here). 

In this episode I talk about Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) and all of the amazing ways this plant is such a good herbal ally for so many of us. My journey with Motherwort came at the most needed time, after a deeply disturbing experience I had with a dark energy on land in the most unassuming place. I talk about this without going into too much depth and rather spoke more about how Motherwort supported me strongly during such a traumatic moment. I also touch upon whats been in the works here at Mountain Hollow, new offers in the shop, the upcoming in person gathering schedule, and my observations on working with my interns and this deep work with plants. Resources mentioned in this episode: The Herbal Apothecary by JJ Pursell I hope you enjoy these journeys as much as I do and that they bring you a bit of newfound information on the power of plant spirit medicine. Learn more and shop the Motherwort Glycerite in the online apothecary at mountainhollowmedicinals.com/shop Check out this great educational article on Glycerites and Tinctures. While you are shopping be sure to check out the newly posted rituals and talks on healing for sale. Take a look at the upcoming workshops at mountainhollowmedicinals.com/events Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and subscribe to my monthly missives to keep up with new offerings and receive recommendations on books and other practitioners and healthy recipes. Learn more about all of this at mountainhollowmedicinals.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/diana-hansen4/support

Tara Lanich-LaBrie shares about co-creating magic with plants, through food. You'll also hear about: Intuitive and practical food making What Tara has learned through studying and learning Gaelic What happened when she visited the land of her ancestors Tara shares the story of how she broke her sacrum and how Mullein supported her  ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! 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She is a forever student of the plant realms and loves to share what she is learning through the lens of food. Tara creates colorful, gluten, dairy, and refined sugar-free food that are plant-focused with the intention that it gets people curious about the plants and how we can protect them.  Tara believes that food is fundamental to our human community, weaving together what our ancestors knew was beyond survival; it is essential to our emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Food is integral to our reciprocal relationship with the land, people, and the many beings that inhabit our planet. Tara shares recipes, and teaches with the plants through her consciously created business The Medicine Circle, and through her Patreon @themedicinecircle.    In this episode, we talk about: How Tara began her journey of farming and working with the plants How a vision from the plants, led Tara down her healing journey Sharing and making food as an offering Why the plants want to work with us On intuitive and practical food making Being diagnosed with chronic gut issues and PCOS On excepting yourself as a sensitive being On developing a relationship with your food How liver cleansing and food elimination were a huge part of Tara's healing journey Symptoms as signals of what's going on within the body Creating a relationship of awareness with your body and the Earth Tara shares the story of how she broke her sacrum and how mullein supported her How the plants teach us how to work with them On trusting your intuition and your connection to the plants Feeling into the difference between fear and intuition Creating a practice of asking the plants for permission before harvesting Tara's deep connection to nettle On creating beautiful and colorful food The magic and medicine of herbal donuts On speaking the language of the land What Tara has learned through studying and learning Gaelic  What happened when Tara visited the land of her ancestors And so much more! 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Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Tara's offerings at themedicinecircle.com Connect with Tara on Instagram @themedicinecircle // https://www.instagram.com/themedicinecircle Support Tara on Patreon @themedicinecircle Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret  References: Blendily https://www.blendily.com      Kristen Houser || episode 60 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/kristen-houser-60     Native Land https://native-land.ca       Vandana Shiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva Prilosec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeprazole Malabsorption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabsorption IBS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irritable_bowel_syndrome Polycystic ovary syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycystic_ovary_syndrome   Metformin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metformin Hyperthyroidism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthyroidism Rosehip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip St Johns Wort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypericum_perforatum Motherwort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonurus_cardiaca Comfrey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphytum Mullein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum Sacrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrum Homeopathics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy Contraindications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraindication Folk medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_medicine Tincture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture Allopathic medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopathic_medicine Dandelion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum Osha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligusticum_porteri Common Nettle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica Roundup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_(herbicide) Gaelic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language Dream Freedom Beauty Podcast https://www.dreamfreedombeauty.com/ The Hill of Tara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara 32 Words for Field || Book https://amzn.to/3bHzs1I Scoil Scairte || Course https://www.thetrailblazery.com/scoilscairte   Rising Appalachia || Band https://www.risingappalachia.com     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! 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Thank you Ral Christman Sr from the Podcast - Live from the Rez, for an opportunity to be reminded how powerful an unexpected gift can be. Much love to all of you as we tilt into another season on the wheel of the year. I shared the following in this podcast-  From the book - "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer Llewellyn's Witches' Datebook 2021 Tinctures- Redwood Tips and Motherwort-  From Mythic Medicinals

#003 - During this episode Dr. Eric discusses natural symptom management options for hyperthyroidism/Graves' disease.  This includes bugleweed, motherwort, hawthorn, lemon balm, L-carnitine, and lithium.  He will give general dosing suggestions, and will also discuss when someone should consider taking antithyroid medication.For more information on how to save your thyroid, including a free thyroid/immune action points checklist, visit the following:https://savemythyroid.com/

Book recommendations: Please bleed by Samantha Zipporah and Blood magick by Seth. Herb recommendations: Rhodiola, dandelion root,Burdock root, Motherwort, milk thistle & magnesium. Follow me: @practical magickpod-IG @practical..Magickpod-TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode we speak with Janet Kent about learning herbalism as a young punk, starting Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine, radical vitalism, the autonomic nervous system (and herbs for that!), and her famous "grief relief" formula (which she shared with us and is posted below!) Acute Grief Tincture Hawthorn (Berries, Flowers or both) 4 parts Peach leaf 3 parts Motherwort 2 parts Kava kava 2 parts Anemone 1 part "Also, if people want my zines, Ease Your Mind: Herbs for Mental Health and Under Pressure: Herbs for Resilience by writing me at medicinecountyherbs@gmail or messaging me @radicalvitalism on Instagram." Radical Vitalism essay https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/radical-vitalism-by-janet-kent-and-dave-meesters/ Herbalism in an Age of Mass Extinction, two essays https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/herbalism-in-an-age-of-mass-extinction-part-one-context-concepts-and-strategy/ https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/herbalism-in-an-age-of-mass-extinction-part-two-ecologically-minded-practice/ You are Nature essay https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2020/02/01/you-are-nature-working-with-the-elements-for-change/ Janet and Dave's podcast https://thebookonfire.podbean.com/ Season one we discuss Donna Haraway's Staying with the Trouble. Season two we discuss Sylvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support

This chapter features motherwort, a beautiful herb for the heart, anxiety, sleep, and all stages of womanhood. The recipe may be found at https://www.adelynesapothecary.com/motherwort. 

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On episode 27 of the Magick and Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby explore the archetype of the Mother. They discuss the Mother as a creative vessel, but also an omen for destruction, initiation, and sacrifice. They speak about the goddess Macha, working with Motherwort, and how the Mother shows up in folklore, film, and within the Triple Goddess. Created by Tamed Wild. Production by KT Herr. Music by Follow the Wind, Taizo Audio. Sources: “Maiden, Mother, Crone” by D.J. Conway

The Dark Goddess was banned to the Underworld and then the Mother-Wound was formed. Invoking the Dark Goddess can heal timelines with thy mother and thy self. This epsiode is me rambling and channeling the Dark Mother.

Patricia Kyritsi Howell, RH (AHG), is the founder and director of the BotanoLogos School of Herbal Studies, and author of Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians. Patricia has been a practicing clinical herbalist for over 28 years, and in this episode, she shares with us two of her favorite herbal allies- motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). In our conversation, we discuss the traditional ways in which these plants have been used to support women's bodies and cycles, and different ways of working with them. Patricia shares with us her own personal accounts of how and why these plants have been such an important part of her own healing journey, in addition to numerous clients she has worked with over the years. While each of these plants has a rich history of medicinal uses, Patricia also gives some insight to a more magical and energetic side of these wild weeds, and shares some tips for forming your own connection with them. Learn more about Patricia, her herb school, and other educational offerings by visiting wildhealingherbs.com Connect on Instagram: @botanologos ----more---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST Your support means so much!! If this show has spoken to you or inspired you in some way, please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a review and rating so that others can find it more easily.   This podcast is a labor of love, and every little bit helps to keep the show going. If you'd like to make a one-time contribution to show your support, you can use this Venmo link to enter and send your preferred dollar amount. ----more---- STAY CONNECTED SUBSCRIBE: Sign up for the Dancing Sage newsletter and save 15% on your first purchase or consultation! Connect with Anna Claire and Dancing Sage Wellness: Website Instagram

After my last episode aired on Grief Support I realized I left A LOT of herbs out that are incredibly helpers when it comes to grief. I also had listeners reach out and has for more specific info. So here's even more information the many beautiful herbs and addresses more of the research surrounding why berries (and other anti-inflammatory & cardiovascular herbs) are so important when we are making our way through grief. Rose, Motherwort, Lemon Balm, Holy Basil and Albizzia/Mimosa are a few more I introduce you to and hope you will look for when you need a bit more support. Come join the conversation on Instagram for recipes and even more information https://www.instagram.com/shelleyswapp/

I Do INDEED have talent. This week we chat about Inguz and Motherwort, and we're even somewhat focused and on topic this episode..sort of. Join us for a cozy chat ranging from a verile rune to a motherly plant!wbahpodcast.comLinks: hearthwisdomstore.comrunesecrets.com_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-Elder and Rose Botanicalselderandrose.comUse the code WBAH for 10% off your orderInsta: @elderandrosebotanicalsBetterHelpbetterhelp.com/witchUse the code witch for 10% off your first month of BetterHelp!WBAH Printswbahprintshop.com/Crafted by Lera Street Designs - @valeriyan_root_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-Advertise with us! Just shoot us an email over to wbahpodcast@gmail.comSnag yourself some WBAH Merch!teespring.com/stores/wbah-podcast-storeContact Us (Come Eat With Us)Instagram @WitchBitchAmateurHourTwitter @BitchHourFacebook @WitchAmateurHourwbahpodcast@gmail.comWant to help support the Podcast? Consider becoming a Patron!www.patreon.com/wbahpodcastHandwritten letters are actual magic!PO Box 865Canton, Tx75103Theme music by:www.fiverr.com/master_serviceWe are not doctors, lawyers, or professionals. We are amateurs, and nothing we say should be taken as advice, instruction, or seriously. Any action taken based on what we say or imply can and will lead to illness, existential crisis, injury, your pets no longer loving you, and death. We make no promise or guarantee, expressed or implied, and assume no legal liability or responsibility for any injuries resulting from the use of information contained within our media.

Working with herbs individually instead of in formulas has many benefits. Motherwort is an herb that benefits the heart and nervous system. How to make Hawthorn tea.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Motherwort is here to help us with our nurturing sides… Whether we are mothers of babies or not! There are lots of ways to birth new creations into your life, be initiated into new cycles and be fertile for all those around you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/support

Happy mother’s day, 2020! The truth is, any herb could be an herb for moms, because not all moms are alike, in their needs or their preferences. These four, though – linden, dandelion, yarrow, and violet – are really worth knowing and sharing with the mothers in your life.These plants are abundant, so you know you’re being sustainable and responsible. They’re resilient, and can pass that resilience on to us when we work with them. And they’re especially relevant to a mom’s life in the world today, too! Linden can help us release tension in the body and in the mind, and soothe frazzled nerves. Dandelion is irrepressible and sunny, and provides rooted nourishment when you’re feeling trampled. Yarrow is a warrior’s herb, and sometimes moms need to put on their armor and go to battle – whether that’s for the kids, or against them!

All you Gotta do is summon it. Courage is within your heart… Guess you just gotta wake it up and take that first step forward. Find the inner strength to face your illusions of fear. Many thanks to all the beautiful herbs today like Motherwort, Borage, Thyme and Mullein! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/herboracle/support

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Yoni SteamingWHAT IS IT?https://www.soulvibrance.com/yoni-steam/http://mayamoonhealingarts.com/bajos-vaginal-steams/ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a14512508/diy-budget-yoni-steam-review/According to this website: Yoni steaming, also known as vaginal steaming, is a practice in which a woman allows the warmth of herbal steam to permeate the exterior of her vagina. Respected by healers around the globe, yoni steaming is an opportunity to reconnect with your body and utilize the wisdom of plant medicine to heal your cycle.What it’s SUPPOSED to do:Significantly reduce pain, bloating and exhaustion associated with menstruation.Decrease menstrual flow as well as reduce dark purple or brown blood at the onset or end of menses.Regulate irregular or absent menstrual cycles.Increase fertility, especially when combined with ATMATSpeed healing and tone the reproductive system after birth.Reduce uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, uterine weakness, uterine prolapse & endometriosis.Assist with the repair of a vaginal tear, episiotomy, or C-section scar.Assist with the healing of hemorrhoids.Relieve chronic vaginal/yeast infections, and works to maintain healthy odor.Ease symptoms of menopause including dryness or pain during intercourse.Detoxify the womb and remove toxins from the body.Release stored emotions and tap into the energy that is our creative potential.What has it been proven to do?...I don’t know. The only scientific anything i’ve been able to find is that there’s No scientific evidence that it does work. But no links to the science?Maybe why you shouldn’t do ithttps://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a19949929/gwyneth-paltrow-v-steam/It can burnWorse case scenario it can get too hot and burn youIt can mess with your vaginas good bacteriaJust like regular douching, trying to "cleanse" your vag with steam can be drying and disrupt the natural bacteria that lives up in there. And since the vagina is a self-cleaning machine, you don't need to take any action to keep it that wayIt won’t actually balance your hormonesThere are no hormonce produced by/in your vagina. That only happens in your ovaries and the steam isn’t going to make it up that far.What is in it? It is preferable to use dried herbs unless you are using rosemary, juniper or cedar – you can use those plants when they are fresh as they contain a high amount of volatile oils when fresh.The typical ratio is 1 Quart of fresh herb or 1 Cup of dry for a large pot of water. Choose 1-5 herbs for your steam.You can choose plants that you have a spiritual connection with that may not be specific for the physical ailment but will support your emotional well being.Herbs that have an affinity for the urinary and reproductive organs; Red Raspberry Leaf, Juniper, Motherwort, Peony and Dong Quai.Herbs that contain volatile oils; Basil, Oregano, Lavender, Rosemary, Marigold, Garden Sage, Peppermint and Lemon Balm.Herbs that are astringent or tonifying; Witch Hazel, Yarrow, Cedar Berries, Rose and Juniper.Traditional herbs the Maya use are Oregano, Basil, Marigold, Rosemary, Chamomile, Damiana, Plantain, Yarrow.How do you do it? It is important when working with the plants that you build a relationship with them. You can do this by asking the plants and the water to help you in what you are trying to heal at that time.Choose your formula.1 qt. fresh herb or 1 cup dry.Place herbs in a pot of lukewarm water.If possible, let sit in the moon light overnight, imbuing the water and plants with the moonlight, with your prayers and allowing the water and plants to absorb each other.The following day, bring to a gentle simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes.Set up your steam space; turn off your phone, put music on if you’d like, or grab your favorite book, light candles, or make a cup of tea to enjoy while you are steaming.Once you are set up pour your steam water into a different pot as to avoid burning the floor.Place your steam pot under a slotted chair, step stool with slot, lawn chair or steam stool.Remove your clothes from the waist down, leaving your socks on, keeping your upper body warm.Sit on your designated seat over the steaming herbs making sure the steam pot is placed underneath the body so the steam gets to the perineum.Drape your lower body with blankets that extend all the way to the floor to ensure the steam is contained.Be careful not to burn yourself. If necessary, create a small vent to allow excess steam to escape, it should feel pleasant.Sit over your steam for about 15-20 min. depending on the temperature.Simply enjoy the healing and nurturing time you have set aside for yourself.When you are done, dry yourself off.Rest quietly after the steam in a warm room, free of drafts, open windows or air conditioning, for at least 20 minutes.When you get up, dress warmly and protect yourself from cold drafts or sudden temperature changes for 24 hours.Release the herbs and water back to the earth –  giving thanks for their support in your healing.Vaginal Detoxinghttps://metro.co.uk/2016/01/14/people-are-putting-balls-of-herbs-into-their-vaginas-to-detox-their-wombs-5622949/https://goddessdetox.org/products/goddessvaginaldetoxpearls?variant=10854907137Steaming is considered a type of detox, other ways that people try to “detox” their vaginas is with “detox pearls” which are little balls of herbs/oils and they actually stick them up into their vagina.Most of the articles and how to videos I found say that it detoxes your womb… Lets just take a minute to point out that your vagina is not your womb.What is in themMuslin ClothMotherwortAngelicaBorneolrhubarbVagina TighteningLotions and gelsAll of the ones I found online  say that you put the lotion on your fingers and rub on your vaginal walls to help tighten itA StickIT’S A STICK“This vagina tightening stick has rapidly tightening effect on women's vaginal relaxation, it can help you to regulate sex apathy, improve elasticity of the vagina and enhance sex sensation. Adopts pure natural ingredients, which is safe, healthy and convenient prevent and cure gynaopathy. With this stick, can let your husband and you find the feeling of the newly married.”https://www.walmart.com/ip/Yosoo-Lady-Vagina-Hygiene-Healthcare-Cleaning-Women-Vaginal-Tightening-Wand-Shrink-Stick-Rod-Vagina-Tightening-Stick-Vagina-Tighten-Stick/200599177?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=7754&adid=22222222227236912532&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=280635795298&wl4=pla-469170890310&wl5=9060400&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=115794707&wl11=online&wl12=200599177&wl13=&veh=sem Exercise!Good ol kegels The vagina is a muscle, nothing can “tighten” it except exercising the pelvic muscles.

Listen in as herbalist Dana Aronson talks all about the beautiful motherwort! Motherwort’s latin name, Leonurus cardiaca, is depicted from the Greek word leon (lion), ouros (tail), and cardiaca, giving meaning to the heart. This sheds light to the common name, Lion’s Heart. In Europe, the name “motherwort,” has a literal meaning of “mother-herb.” With both of these names, this gives a small peek into the medical properties of this plant we know as Motherwort. Check out Dana’s motherwort monograph! This episode is brought to you by the Breitenbush Herbal Conference. This event is one of the nation’s longest running herbal conference and is an annual gathering for herbalists and healers of all kinds. The next event will take place on September 5 – September 8, 2019 at the Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon. It’s a couple hours drive from Portland and Eugene, or an hour and half east of Salem. People come from all corners to celebrate and learn from some of the most inspiring teachers in our herbal community. This years speakers include Autumn Summers, Erika Galentin, Glen Nagel, Heather Irvine, Howie Brounstein, Julie James, Lara Pacheco, Missy Rohs, Nicole Telkes, Steven Yeager and Thomas Easley. The healing waters and ancient forests of Breitenbush provide an unforgettable setting for this gathering. Workshops, demonstrations and herb walks appeal to all levels of students. Fine handmade goods and books will be available in the Herbal Marketplace. The Breitenbush Herbal Conference is so much more than just a "conference". It's a personal healing retreat for your body and mind. HerbRally www.herbrally.com Breitenbush Herbal Conference www.herbalconference.net 

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Marcus and Andrew talk about what it means to really deeply connect with the land or space where you live. They explore their experiences with plants, spirits, and magic. Going further they talk about how you might grow beyond your limits through exploring this kind of magic  Think about how much you've enjoyed the podcast and how many episodes you listened to, and consider if it is time to support the Patreon You can do so here. If you want more of this in your life you can subscribe by RSS , iTunes, Stitcher, or email. Marcus is at these spots online Facebook, House of Orpheus.com, and Instagram. And their great conference is found here VeridisGenii.com. As always I am at thehermitslamp.com Thanks for joining the conversation. Please share the podcast to help us grow and change the world.  Andrew You can book time with Andrew through his site here.    ANDREW: [00:00:00] Welcome to another installment of The Hermit's Lamp podcast. I'm here today with Marcus McCoy, and I would say that Marcus is a Renaissance person, in a way. You [00:00:15] know, I was thinking about how I would introduce them and I'm like, well, they're, they're into magic, and they're into plants, and they're into perfumes, and they're …. And I just started thinking, you know, they're kind of into everything as far as I know, you know, there's not a lot that [00:00:30] falls outside of the scope of their interests and so on. And I had the pleasure of meeting Marcus a few years back at the Northwest Tarot Symposium, and we had a great time hanging out and making ridiculous esoteric jokes, and a little bit of serious conversation [00:00:45] too. But yeah, but for people who don't know you, Marcus, give us the, give us a quick down low. MARCUS: Renaissance man is pretty good. That's a pretty good aspiration. When I was younger, I would try [00:01:00] my hand at pretty much any art form. I could, I just had to be creative and I'd get really bored [laughs] or hit like a [garbled at 1:11] and have to like pursue some other art form. And yeah, that's pretty accurate for me. Yeah, [00:01:15] I I own two different businesses. I have the House of Orpheus and Troll Cunning Forge. Troll Cunning Forge is a artisan blacksmithing [00:01:30] talisman-making project that I've started a couple years ago, when I started blacksmithing, I've only been doing that for a couple years now. I really love it, I'm really passionate about it. And House [00:01:45] of Orpheus is my perfume company. I've always had a passion for perfumes, I'm . . . not the typical passion for perfumes, but it's something that's really interested me for a [00:02:00] very long time. So that project, those are my two businesses and then we run the Veridas Genii Symposium, my partner and I and, what else? Yeah, I've [00:02:15] got my, we have a lot of different projects that we're working on.   ANDREW: For sure.   MARCUS: We're also going to be starting [garbled at 2:23] and a lot of different things ….   ANDREW: Very cool. So I guess one of the things that stands out for me, and [00:02:30] one of the reasons why I wanted to have you on the podcast, was to talk about, kind of, kind of what you do, for sure, but also the way in which you approach it, because you know my experience of kind of both [00:02:45] talking with you and seeing your stuff online, is that there is a different sense of relationship to plants and spirit and materials then, then maybe I run into in a lot of places, [00:03:00] you know? And I've seen a lot of talk over the last couple years as the word animism returns to favor in the, you know, in the Western magical circles and it seems to me [00:03:15] that you've been an animist since before animism was cool. If that makes any sense, you know, but….   MARCUS: I've been making animism cool, actually.    ANDREW: Yeah.    MARCUS: Yeah, the Bioregional Animism Project, bioregional animism [00:03:30] was something that I had coined. I started that many years ago and started an online community, back when tribes dot net was a thing?    ANDREW: Okay.   MARCUS: And, and had a, the [00:03:45] first blog on bioregional animism, called Bioregional Animism. That sadly got taken offline when Blogger got [00:04:00] bought up or absorbed into Google and they made it impossible for you to like maintain your, or renew your account with them. So, yeah, I got [00:04:15] absorbed but I still have all the information. It's still in Blogger. I just can't have the Bioregional Animism.com anymore. It got logged. Yeah.   ANDREW: So, tell me about how you came to that. Like, how did you come to bioregional animism?   MARCUS: [00:04:31] I was working with a South American shaman doing a particular set of ceremonies every year. The ceremony, the [00:04:46] particular ceremony was called the Long Dance Ceremony, and he would incorporate South American shamanic practices with this North American dance that he had learned from his teacher and a beautiful [00:05:01] painted arrow. And a lot of the insight that you got from the Long Dance Ceremony was that you are the land dancing, you are place. And so as [00:05:17] an extension of place, the spirit of place moves through you and creates the prayers it dances. And through that insight, I started recognizing that animism [00:05:32] as a whole was the genus loci or the spirit of place moving through us, creating new traditions, establishing relationships to maintain an equilibrium within [00:05:47] the bioregion, in the larger ecological whole, which includes human beings. But the problem is that most people think of themselves as being separate from that . . .   ANDREW: Sure.   MARCUS: Ceremonies like that [00:06:04] allowed us to or assist us in recognizing that we are the spirit of place and we are an expression of place and that the traditions that we think that we are creating: We're actually [00:06:19] just also an expression of that place experiencing itself as us. And so, I think that that was the, that's what I experienced, and wanted to share with other people and [00:06:34] so Bioregional Animism became a way of communicating that to other people. Now keep in mind, animism at that time . . . I had an anthropology background. I was, I had my degree in transpersonal [00:06:49] anthropology. So I was, I was young when this started, in my 20s, when I first started writing about bioregional animism, and I was incorporating a lot of words that I [00:07:04] felt could articulate it carefully. And so I went against the old animist anthropological structure of what animism meant and were the new research [00:07:19] and the new academic perspectives on animism, which were highlighted by religious scholars like Graham Harvey. So he's . . . what he did there was basically redefine animism in a way [00:07:34] that was more akin to global populations of animist people, how they actually perceive it. The previous model, the Western anthropological model, or perceived perception of what animism [00:07:49] was, was a projection of neoPlatonism onto indigenous world views where they . . . Which, I mean, that's kind of what the colonists have always done, you know? [laughs]   ANDREW: Sure.   MARCUS: from what . . . doesn't everyone think of things in terms of spirits? [00:08:04] And you know, like, the mind-body split and all these neo-Platonic ideas. We just project them everywhere or see them everywhere. But the reality is, is that once you get involved with a indigenous [00:08:19] world view and start to learn their perspective, you start seeing that it's not, you know, there's more than one ontological system in the world. [laughs] IAnd it's not all neoPlatonism and they don't all view the world in the same way that we do in terms of, [00:08:34] like, there being a body and a spirit and when the body dies the spirit goes into the spiritual plane, and that's not how all the, all the world sees it.    So instead of thinking of [00:08:49] animism as things having an animating spirit, we move over to a new way of looking at it, which is a relational ontology. And I think that's the thing that a lot of people, now that animism is really popular, a lot of people are [00:09:04] really missing that. They're still thinking from this old colonial projection of animism onto animist people, indigenous people, but they, they're doing themselves a [00:09:19] great disservice, to not thinking about it further and actually looking at what indigenous people did and instead they're just maintaining, they're not animist, they're still there, they're still neo-Platonist, but they're now just allowing [00:09:34] other things to have a spirit.    ANDREW: Right.   MARCUS: Right.   ANDREW: So, so that distinction between sort of projecting a human experience as a spirit in a body, right? [00:09:50] being extended to everything else, which is the sort of Platonic model right? And, and then in the other model, can you say more for people about what that's, what that difference is? How is that difference [00:10:06] seen, you know, and I understand there's no universal difference there. But like what are, what are some other ideas or other ways of thinking about that that, you know, that use smaller words, maybe.   MARCUS: [laughs] So. [sigh] You [00:10:21] want me to use smaller words? Damn it. Okay! I used to do that in the psych ward all the time and I led student groups . . . [laughs] So maybe, so [00:10:36] we are lending, we are. We are accepting that there, the world has many different viewpoints as to how it may work.   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: Right? And that not one is superior to another.   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: And [00:10:52] that it is very mysterious.   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: And that that mystery may never be solved.    ANDREW: Yes.    MARCUS: Okay? So that, that's, that's, that's how we can get our foundation of what may be an ontology.    ANDREW: Yeah!   MARCUS: From [00:11:08] a simple standpoint. But then, so from a relational ontology standpoint, we're run understanding that it's our relationships and how we relate with the world around us that helped create the way we perceive the universe. [00:11:23]   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: And so in that, what makes animism a relational ontology is that we accept and lend our own personhood to others. And [00:11:38] we acknowledge others as being persons . . .   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: That have the ability to communicate with us, just as we do, because that's a trait that persons have.   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: They can communicate, right?   ANDREW: Yeah.   MARCUS: And so [00:11:54] now we've gone and we've taken animism and we've removed it from this idea that it has to revolve around an animating spirit.   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: Because having an animating spirit revolves around one particular ontological [00:12:10] system.    ANDREW: Yeah.   MARCUS: And we defined that as being neoPlatonism, right? That we're projecting onto all worlds' ontological systems. So we stopped doing that and now we can open up and acknowledge that there may be other ways of relating [00:12:25] to persons.    ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: Right?    ANDREW: Yup.   MARCUS: That are still animist because of the relation aspect. So that means that there's a whole lot of different ways that we can relate. And I [00:12:40] think that's really interesting from a, and that's where I really got into the bioregional aspect was that when I was writing about it, I never wanted anyone to identify as a bioregional animist, and that's kind of against the point [laughs], was, is to [00:12:55] relate to place as self and to allow place to express itself as you.    ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: And so you would, as, in doing so, you would get to know yourself as place and, and [00:13:10] new traditions, new ways of being, new practices would become like an expression just like a plant evolving in a place and, and, and now taking on new traits as it evolved [00:13:25] surroundings. And so, unfortunately, a lot of people like these catchphrases and they want identity and so they don't want to go deep with that. And so they just identified bioregional [00:13:40] animist and they still are working with these old ideas of what animism means and they weren't really paying attention when I was talking in the first place, apparently. [laughs]   ANDREW: Well, and I think that, you know, having having relationships [00:13:55] to, to spirit and to place, you know, so often people are, at least from what I see and hear, a lot of it is very identity-driven, is very narrow [00:14:10] in its perspective. Right? And I think that there's .  . . and what I hear you talking about, there is a multitude of possibilities that continue to be present all the time, you know? And I think [00:14:25] about it like, you know, I mean I'm practicing, you know, the Lukumí tradition, right, you know? There there are things that have aché, right? They have energy and they have a certain kind of energy that, that [00:14:41] might be seen to be inherent in them. But those things are modified and that energy is changed or different depending on the relationship, and what's going on in the time and place, and [00:14:56] where it's active, and it's different depending on the presence of the spirits and whether the Orishas are present and whether they are embodying those elements, or using those elements in a certain way, at which point that thing [00:15:11] becomes something different than it was before. And, in amongst all of that, it's continuously shifting and able to sort of hold a variety of energies, relationships, [00:15:26] or, or spirit for that matter, and, but it's not easily definable in terms of: this is the thing that it is, right? Does that make sense? Is that kind of some of what you're [00:15:41] talking about?   MARCUS: Totally, and Lukumí is really an interesting example because it's something that spread from Africa to the New World and in every place that adapted [00:16:00] to or recreated itself in, whether it was, I guess, Cuba and Brazil being the primary places. And some people could argue, I guess, that [00:16:15] there was influences, of course, too, like Haiti, but you can see. And I may be wrong there, but I'm no expert . . . [crosstalking at 16:22)   ANDREW: That too, for sure.   MARCUS: Yeah sure. So it really is fascinating to see the differences in the way that they express themselves [00:16:30] and how they adapted to place and how they had to adapt to different plants and wildlife and nature itself, you know, and those are . . .  It's nature religion in a sense. Yeah.    ANDREW: Yeah. So [00:16:45] how do people, how do people start to, to find this kind of deeper connection? Like what, what do people, you know, now that your blogger group is gone. How do people, how do people approach this? What, you [00:17:00] know for people looking to, you know, go beyond sort of the kind of more direct or limited perspective we started off talking about and looking to kind of dig deeper into how do we, how do we live in relationship [00:17:15] to space and to the things that are there? What do you suggest people do?   MARCUS: Well, I think, I mean, it's difficult because we're not born with that. You know, like the, the language of speaking [00:17:30] place isn't our first language, you know? We're taught a consumer-based language, you know, a trade language, you know, at least in North America, you know, it's a what is it, a Creole or a English is a considered a Creole or a trade [00:17:45] language, which is interesting. But we need to change, we need to learn the language of the land itself. We need to go out and start deconstructing [00:18:00] the identity that we've been taught that excludes place from being self.   ANDREW: Right.   MARCUS: But we got to discover why that is, within ourselves, and all these different things that the ego is clung [00:18:16] onto to create that structure that we identify as, as, as you are I. And that's a process that's individual, but it needs to include place and the spirits of place in that process. [00:18:31] Humbly. And I also believe that one of the greatest ways of accomplishing that is through the venue of humble service. I think finding a way to integrate [00:18:47] your motivations and your spiritual path in that process of discovering and deconstructing the ego and replacing it with a sense of self as, as, as one with place, [00:19:02] is best done through the lens of a path of servitude, humble servitude.   ANDREW: Yeah. I think, I think it's easy to, you know, it's just come up on many podcasts that I've done over the past few [00:19:17] years. It's easy to have a very transactional relationship with spirit. Or to try and have a transactional relationship with spirit. You know, I mean, I think about how people approach the goetia and other things right? Listen, here, you do this. I'll do this. Let's [00:19:32] get it done, you know, it's . . . But you know, it's not necessarily, it doesn't, it doesn't necessarily work that way, or I mean, it can work that way, but it's not, it can't be . . . like connecting to place can't be centered around that [00:19:47] as the practice.   MARCUS: I think that what I learned from Peruvian practices is the idea of like sacred reciprocity, where there's a, there's a, an experience of life force always [00:20:02] going on and that it's not transactional per se, it's more of a respect and honor and gratitude and there are these things that make animism, that are kind of like, [00:20:17] that, you can see between all animist societies that become like a, sort of, what you, we, consider spiritual where it's a, it's living from the heart and the will, you know, like where you're, [00:20:33] you're honoring everything.    ANDREW: Yeah.   MARCUS: All the time. [laughs] And your respect to everything all the time and you're in such deep gratitude to everything all [00:20:48] the time, you know? Like a good friend of mine in a ceremony once told me, you know, when we were talking about, you know, and and trying to deconstruct those, those ego constructs that, that prevent [00:21:03] us from, from feeling and allowing the the spirit of land to be us and he looked at me and he's like, you know, the more I'm grateful for, the more I have to be grateful for. And [00:21:18] it was just these little, these little things, these little insights that come throughout life, you know? When you're dedicated to working on that, that path, that you remember they are [00:21:33] so simple, but they keep, they keep your feet on the ground.    ANDREW: Yeah. For sure.   MARCUS: For making [garbled at 21:42] process.    ANDREW:  Yeah, and I think that there's a quality to the way in which we [00:21:48] pay attention that changes with these kinds of approaches too? You know it's not about . . . It's about noticing what happens and noticing those things as as the dialogue, you know, [00:22:03] and being part of that conversation, you know? I think about, you know, the birds that visit my backyard, I think about the surprising plants that emerged this spring, new, that I have never had my yard before. I [00:22:18] don't know where they came from, you know, I'm like, excellent, wonderful, welcome, new friends, what's, you know? And, and that will be a thing that I will mull over for months to come, you know, and sort of get a sense of what those, what those are, and what they want, and why [00:22:33] they, you know, why they're here. And I understand that on one level, we could say, “Well, probably the squirrels dug them up or the birds spread the seeds,” but but that's not really what it's about. Right? It's about understanding what that relationship means and what that shifting [00:22:48] relationship means as an extension of, as you say, ourselves, and as our sort of very very extended sense of self within a space.   MARCUS: Yeah, and you know, it's interesting as an herbalist, I get really excited because there's [00:23:03] this idea called, like, volunteer plants, where like a plant will volunteer itself or introduce itself. And it's literally like discovering a new part of yourself, right? [laughs] Like, I didn't [00:23:18] know that I was really like that or or this is something about me that I never realized before, you know, that's similar. It's a similar sense, or, like feeling, but you get really excited when this, this new plant introduces itself, or a new animal. Any time I see a new life-form that [00:23:33] I've never seen before, you can ask my partner. I'm just like, [laughs] “oh my God.” [sighs]   ANDREW: What is it? What's going on? What do you mean? What do you got to say? Sure, yeah.    MARCUS: [laughing] Yeah, I get just entranced and I just fall in love with [00:23:48] all these new plants that I discover, I remember when I first discovered, talking more about plants now, but there's a plant called the ground ivy. And this plant [00:24:03] just kept appearing. I just kept seeing it here and there and it kept showing up, kept showing up, kept showing up and I was really fascinated by it, and it just caught my eye, and it was such a subtle plant where you really would, you would just glance over at, [00:24:18] you wouldn't even notice it. It just has, it grows like in the grass. You can't even see it sometimes. And sometimes you'll see like entire outcroppings of it. But it's really inconspicuous and doesn't really show itself and [00:24:33] it's got these little green kidney-shaped leaves and these little tiny, every once in a while, it'll have these little tiny purple flowers. And you really don't notice it and when you pick it and you . . . Its aromatic properties are kind of [00:24:49] maybe a little like on the mint level but a little bit more pungent like a geranium kind of like in this place in between the two, but like, more, little bit more like leaning towards like the stinking geranium side. And, and [00:25:04] so you're like, “Okay, well, maybe it's kind of a bitter,” and then I did some, you know, I tried finding out what it was, trying to identify a plant that you've never heard of before, just found, it's kind of challenging.   ANDREW: Sure.   MARCUS: But I was, I was able to find some some people that were like, “Oh [00:25:19] it's this,” you know, and I posted a picture and and found some, talked to some other plant geeks and figured out that it was what it was and started doing more research looking at folklore stuff with it. And lo and behold this [00:25:34] plant is used to help you identify who's a witch.   ANDREW: Okay.   MARCUS: And that it will help you identify who's done witchcraft on you. But that's just in the folklore, you know, like you read [00:25:49] this and I was like, “okay.” Well, there's no, no one tells you about like how they used it or what the folklore was, other than that. It's just that's what it was used for or that's what its purpose was. Its other purpose was as [00:26:04] a gruit, so adding it to beers, as a flavoring for beers, which is also kind of interesting.    So, I get to know this plant and I'm getting to know this plant now over years. It's like three or four years of me [00:26:19] having this, like this courtship with this plant, getting to know it better and better and better and better, and there are other ways that I've learned to get to know a plant really well, if I really need to. Working [00:26:34] with different visionary plants, you can, like Ayahuasca, for example, you can get to know a plant spirit really easily. And also, if you start practicing any of the work from the Grimoire Sympathia, Charubel's work [00:26:49] that's incredible. It's very much akin to South American plant shamanry.    But, at any rate, I wasn't taking the relationship that intensely with this plant and I just wanted to get to know it the long way, but through [00:27:04] just attuning myself to it and working with it, I started getting this idea that I should. take the vine, wrap it into a kind of a wreath, [00:27:19] a small wreath like about the size that could go up your wrist, and look at through it like a monocle just symbolically and then place it into your pocket and carry it around with you. And when I did that, [00:27:35] all of the subtle witchcrafts that people do . . . And when I say subtle witchcrafts, I talk about, you know, like glamour, making yourself look like you're someone that you're not, or envidia, you know, or envy, [00:27:50] the evil eye, these little things that everyone's capable of that happen all the time to people, and that are also magical, and I started seeing [00:28:05] these things happen and people's glamours especially started to fade away and I started seeing people that were in my life for who they really were, which was really startling. [laughs] And [00:28:21] I was really just blown away by this plant's ability to do that. And yeah, I grow it now. It's been very helpful. It's very helpful.   ANDREW: Well and I think that, it's [00:28:36] one of the things that's fascinating. If you spend that time listening and relating, then the plants will show their mysteries, right? You know, and it's so different than, than, [00:28:51] the idea that we'll just, you know: “Marcus, tell me, what's the way what's the thing I do? How do I, you know, what's the spell? What's the, whatever, right?” And I mean, that stuff's great too, like it's fine. But, but I think that becoming [00:29:06] curious about it, and being open through curiosity to get to know it, I think often reveals something different. And to me, I think it's also, it's sort of like the idea [00:29:21] of like having a license from the plant to work with it. You know? If it reveals its mystery to you through whatever means, to me, that's often going to be way more effective or [00:29:36] powerful or fruitful than maybe the stuff where you just went and read some stuff in a book and were like, “oh, okay,” and it's also going to be back to that idea of place. It's going to be, you know, where you are and [00:29:51] what's available to you, right? As opposed to, you know, like, as I practice Lukumí in Canada, right? It's like, it's hard because there's not a lot of stuff here that grows in the Caribbean, right? Some.    MARCUS: You know, I'm here in Seattle, you know in the [00:30:06] Washington area. Yeah, my friends that practice Lukumí, you know, up in Seattle and Renton. Yeah, they have to do the same problems, you know, like with different trees or plants and things and having to order them. And, yeah, it's interesting, that [00:30:21] tradition and its adaptations to place, working with the local plants. I don't . . . a lot of it. I've seen, I've heard some people trying to work with local plants. But yeah, I haven't seen too much success [00:30:36] with it yet. But once again, you know, like you were saying, we're, we're treating the plant as a person. Not an object.   ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: Or [00:30:52] a tool. And I think a lot of times, the Western perspective is to treat things as objects and tools and to have a very utilitarian relationship with it. You know, A more [00:31:07] of a new anim-, we'll call it a new animism approach, would be to relate to the plant as a person and to, like you were saying, you know, like establish a relationship with it. Let the plant teach you its, its, its [00:31:22] secrets, you know, instead of trying to pry the secrets from the plant. We're getting to know it and a lot of plants really want to help, they [00:31:37] want to introduce themselves to you. They want to, just like I was saying with the volunteer plants. It's amazing. Motherwort is a classic plant for new moms. And [00:31:52] it will, it's, historically, it's been known to to just start growing at a new mother's house, start growing there and that just helps, you know, if you know motherwort, it's a bit of an anti-anxiety, [00:32:07] and I'm, I'm sure that your nerves are frazzled when you're a new parent. [laughs]   ANDREW: Definitely, I can attest to that for sure. Well, there's something too about being in relationship to those plants over time. You know, I, I used to do this ceremony [00:32:22] at this particular sort of woodland on a, on a farm just north of Toronto, and we did ceremony every month for two years there, basically, and one of the, one [00:32:37] of the highlights was, I spent 10 days there by myself fasting and doing ceremonies and stuff. And during that time, my connection to that place grew tremendously, you know, because [00:32:52] I was there, because I was around it, because I had seen it through seasons, you know?   MARCUS: Mm-hmm.   ANDREW: And the culmination of that particular retreat, there was a tree, a large cherry tree that [00:33:07] there was, in sort of west of where that the west edge of the, the space we did ritual at, and at the time that I was there, when I was doing my, my evening sun salutations, I [00:33:22] realized that the cherry sap was oozing out of the tree because as the sun set behind it, it became like little stained glass, you know, gems, you know?   MARCUS: I know. Yeah, yeah.   ANDREW: And there are those moments where [00:33:37] you know, that's, that's a 15-minute window in the day at one part of the year, you know, but being there for that, it, opens you up to, to different things until you know different ways of relating to it, you [00:33:52] know, collecting with that resin and working with it and doing other things and you know, and so on, right? It's just, it's like, it's like, it opens a road for you to start traveling down.   MARCUS: Mm-hmm. Indeed. And it's even more, it's [00:34:07] even more interesting. They, so a lot of different animist societies believed, because it was, once again, they didn't necessarily all have this idea of like a spirit or a spirit world. A lot of things were just supernatural, right? [00:34:22] And another trait that persons had was the trait of being able to shapechange or become invisible. So we have invisibility and shapechanging as being traits [00:34:37] that persons have, especially supernaturally powerful persons. And plants and animals were considered some of the most supernaturally powerful beings around, other than huge aspects of nature, you know, lightning, thunder, mountains, [00:34:52] rivers, lakes, things like that, the ocean.    And so, when you meet a plant and it has shapechanged into human form and it talks to you and [00:35:07] you get to relate to it as a, as an other than human person that is taking on the shape of a human person so that it can relate to you. [00:35:23] You . . . The level of intimacy and the way that you can relate to that plant changes all of a sudden, because we now see that, we no longer see that plant as other, we see it as as human. Oh, wow, [00:35:38] it's got a human face. It's got, it's a person, you know, like because we're still so indoctrinated especially to only see persons as human persons.    ANDREW: Yeah.    MARCUS: It's very hard for us, still, [00:35:53] especially, I think, in Western society to, to lend over personhood to other than human persons or to things that we perceive as being other. We, even within animist societies, that there were things that they didn't [00:36:08] think of as being a person, and that's something that's important to like discuss on the table when we're looking at animism, is that not all things were considered persons, not all rocks were rock people. Certain rocks were! [00:36:23]    ANDREW: Yeah.   MARCUS: There were specific rocks sometimes and then sometimes all rocks were considered rock persons, but for the most part, not all rocks were considered rock persons, and that's, that's something to consider and to bring into the conversation, but it's [00:36:39] really interesting when you do have that experience and say, like with the cherry tree that you saw, or the, you experience that you have this really beautiful experience with. You imagine meeting that being, that [00:36:54] cherry tree as it shapechanged itself into a human being and spoke with human words in a way that you could understand and it had a conversation with you, or it taught you something or gave you a song, or it taught you a particular type of magic, [00:37:09] or it taught you a particular type of magic that you could do with its body.    ANDREW: Mm-hmm.   MARCUS: Right? Or it taught you lessons and related its own personal virtues. You know, the virtues of the cherry [00:37:24] are renowned throughout poetic history. [laughing]    ANDREW: For sure. Yeah.   MARCUS: And so, and its use in medicine and culinary things, you know, like I [00:37:39] once met strawberry and had, received a powerful lesson from strawberry on sex magic or how to attract and allure and to use glamour to attract people to you. Strawberries [00:37:55] most definitely are very skilled at that. [laughing]   ANDREW: Our emails are gonna be full after this comes out now, right?   MARCUS: Now everybody's gonna want to know how to talk to strawberries. [laughing] But, but, it's really, [00:38:10] it changes when you allow that to happen and I believe that the work, like I said, once again, really want to introduce more people to Charubel's work and the book, The Grimoire Sympathia. [00:38:25] He was a Welsh, a Welsh wizard from the 1800s, who was able to basically accomplish much of the same thing that we acknowledge that like South American [00:38:40] Ayahuasceros are doing, or [badgatalistas?] are doing with with Ayahuasca, but through just honing his psychic abilities to communicate with plants . . . And he did it from a very Western esoteric model, [00:38:55] which I think is really important for Western people to recognize, like here we have this Welsh, you know, if we want to call him a shaman or a sorcerer or a magician, whatever, you have him doing this thing that we exoticize down in South America [00:39:10] and within indigenous communities, and here, this is someone from, you know, like a Western European standpoint. We don't need to go and and you know, info mine and culturally appropriate from these other cultures in order to like have [00:39:25] communications and have relationships with plants and we don't have to borrow indigenous traditions that we don't understand either. The . . . Here this guy has given us, through this book that he wrote, an ability [00:39:40] to do that. And so I'd like to encourage more and more people to do it. The book is available via PDF only at this point, it's a very rare book. But yeah, the Grimoire Sympathia is great. ANDREW: Well, and I [00:39:55] think that that's, people should definitely check that out. I haven't read it. So I'm going to go check it out and I think it's back to that idea of like, what's, what's, where you are, right, you know? What's the, what's growing where [00:40:10] you live, what you know, what's growing in the parks and ravines and forests or whatever depending on where you are. And how do you, how do you, how can you relate to that? You know? Because I think that there's so many wonderful [00:40:25] and powerful plants. You know, like people, you know, there's a lot of discussion about sage and smudging and fumigation and stuff like that. And you know, if you want to clean something spiritually, you know, like [00:40:40] one of my favorite things to go to is, you know, I have a very deep and long term relationship with the burdock plant, you know. And you go dig up some of those roots and, you know, cook them up and use that to spray around your place, does a really [00:40:55] good job of getting rid of a lot of stuff, you know? And it's not . . .    MARCUS: Yeah.   ANDREW: You know, and it's not exotic or fancy or glamorous or whatever. In fact, it's a lot of work of trying to get those roots out of the ground, but it's worth it. You know?   MARCUS: Yeah. [00:41:10] Yeah. Yeah. I mean there's a lot, there's a lot of different things that you can do too, I mean whether it's in just paying attention to your surroundings and I mean around here, we have Western red cedar and Western red cedar's always been worked with for, for [00:41:25] cleansing amongst the indigenous people up here. But if you just start paying attention to the plant, you know, you don't have to go through and like adopt their, their beliefs, you know, or imitate their behaviors. [00:41:40] You can actually just look at the plant and to go, “Well, this plant doesn't allow anything to grow underneath of it.”    ANDREW: Yeah.   MARCUS: Nothing grows underneath of a red cedar. And if you stand underneath of a red cedar in the middle of summertime [00:41:55] peak heat you can actually feel the essential oils dripping out of it in a vaporing form and falling on you and then those get into the, they saturate the soil as well as, [00:42:10] you know, the branches falling down, but within that, within the essential oils, volatile oils that are within the plant, you've got insecticides and herbicides and all these different like things that prevent other things from living underneath [00:42:25] of it.   ANDREW: Sure.   MARCUS: And so it cleanses, it creates a protective circle around itself because trees grow in the circle [laughing] and so they naturally protect themselves and so, [00:42:40] you look at the relationship. It has with water. You, what you do, you sit underneath of a cedar tree in the rain and you, you pay attention to like, well, you know, through the the branches, the water are taking those [00:42:55] same volatile oils and they're driving it deeper into the, into the soil, right? So there's a relationship between the rain and the cedar. And when I saw that and experienced that I was given a gift. [00:43:11] Of taking branches from the cedar, you know, like giving some of my hair in return, you know, and like, like taking a branch or tobacco and, and, and taking the cedar branch [00:43:26] and dipping it in water and then using that to, to spurge . . .   ANDREW: Sure.   MARCUS: Or to cleanse myself and that's not imitating anybody, that's not culturally appropriating anything. That's me sitting [00:43:41] underneath of a cedar tree paying attention to how it grows and what its place is amongst all the other life forms and the forces of nature that helped create it. And we can do that. We [00:43:56] can take the time to pay attention and to learn. And like I said, if you really go deep and you can allow yourself to even allow the the land to move you physically, it can move your mind, it can move your, your voice. [00:44:11] It can speak through you and to actually have that experience and to allow the spirit of place, the spirit of the land, the intelligence of the land, the genii of the land to move you physically [00:44:27] in a dance or in a trance state is powerful.  And to allow a plant, certain plants are more prone to doing that than others, like teacher plants or tutelary plants. They can come [00:44:42] in and they can move you and they can physically teach you and share your body and when that happens, it's pretty incredible. And it's a pretty cool thing. And [00:44:57] that's when you start, it's through having those experiences repeatedly that you start, that that level of reverence intensifies, and that level of gratefulness [00:45:12] intensifies, and that level of respect intensifies, and the way you live your life becomes shaped by those things, and they become that, and the way you relate to the world around you starts to change, and [00:45:27] that's what we would call spiritual but that's once again . . . [laughing] Spirit is a word that's kind of constructed by the Western, you know, philosophical language base and it's not necessarily . . . We have to kind of find our own way of relating [00:45:42] to it and it's . . . the word spiritual might not really even apply anymore.   ANDREW: Well, and I think one of the things that happens too, is that when you're, when you're working to be present in that way, whether we want to think of it as the [00:45:57] Earth reveals more things to you or perhaps the plants and other things that are there, you know, encourage their friends to reveal more to you, you know, but it becomes this process of expanding [00:46:12] and sort of opening towards, you know, deeper access, deeper knowledge, you know, more mystery . . . because I think that mystery is always a part of it and I've found personally that you [00:46:27] know, the longer, the longer I try and hold this approach to working and being in the world, the more often something emerges even in advance of when I actually need it or [00:46:42] before I know that I need it too, you know, there's this kind of fascinating thing where something will start to show up and then, you know, a month later, I'll be like, “oh, hey, I'm glad, I'm glad I saw you, and now that, now that this thing came up, what [00:46:57] do you think about helping me with that?” And it's, you know, it's like it was already, it was aware of it before I was, right? You know? Which I think, Which I think is fascinating, and you know, some of the, yeah, what's the right word, [00:47:12] deeper magic, more wondrous happenings, around this kind of stuff, you know. Yeah.   MARCUS: Yeah, those wondrous happenings that kind of maintain and create that sense of of awe, you [00:47:27] know, having that being a source of humility for yourself. Is beautiful, having more of those awe experiences. [laughs] I mean to me, I mean, that's, that's a motivating [00:47:42] factor into the exploration of magic itself, you know, like having more of those awe, like, awe-dropping sort of experiences. It's amazing. Yeah. That's where it's at.    ANDREW: It's [00:47:57] definitely where it's at. Well, maybe we should wrap it up on that point: go out, and find the mystery and engage the . . .   MARCUS: As I learned in a ceremony once, it's that we must perpetuate the mystery at all costs.   ANDREW: [00:48:12] Mm-hmm. I like it.   MARCUS: Me too.   ANDREW: So for folks who want to find out more about you or follow along on your great creations and shenanigans on the [00:48:27] Internets. Where should they come and look for you? Where's good places for your stuff and for where you're hanging out?   MARCUS: Okay, so I have House of Orpheus.com that you can find pretty [00:48:43] easily on Facebook as well as just House of Orpheus.com. And we're also on Instagram. I post on Instagram multiple times a day for each one of the projects that I work on, just to keep [00:48:58] people informed. Then there's also my metal work, working with talismans and blacksmithing, and that's at Troll Cunning Forge and we're mostly on Instagram and Etsy. I [00:49:13] post a lot of my one-off stuff on Instagram though. And so, just keep updated with the Instagram profile. And then the Veridis Genii Symposium, which is VeridisGenii.com. [00:49:28] So that's V I R I D I S . . .   ANDREW: We'll put a link in the notes.    MARCUS: Yeah, if I was writing it down easy, no, and [00:49:43] then we, so we have a Instagram for that as well as a Facebook profile and website. That's going to be coming up really soon, people that are really interested in plant magic. I highly recommend checking it out. We've got Daniel Schuelke and [00:49:58] Corinne Boyer and there's a whole bunch of really just amazing people speaking this year and it's, really looking forward to it. It's going to be a great event.   ANDREW: And also there's a publication in the same name which we . . .   MARCUS: Yeah.   ANDREW: Which [00:50:13] we carry in the shop, when we're back up and running, but you know, yeah, it's around, you can definitely get that as well. And there's a lot of great stuff in there that's worth checking out.   MARCUS: Yeah, we just edited . . . This is our fifth year. So the fifth edition, it's [00:50:28] going to be amazing. So yeah, really looking forward to it being published, and we publish that when it comes out during the, the event so it's available at the event for people.   ANDREW: That's awesome. Well, thanks for hanging out with me today, Marcus. It's been a pleasure.   MARCUS: Yeah, [00:50:43] likewise. It's been great. Any time.

Mother’s day can mean different things for different people, but whatever your situation is, Motherwort can be a supportive friend. Physiologically its effects are to soothe and relax the heart and arteries, but this crosses over into mental and emotional effects too. Those are what we find most interesting in connection between the herb and its namesake.Motherwort helps you establish and defend your boundaries and needs, gently but firmly. That’s important for a mother, because so often those boundaries get loosened or blurred between mother and child. Boundaries also change as kids grow, and sometimes the readjustment is difficult. Motherwort can help there, too! (If that’s feeling relevant to you, you may also be interested in our previous episode about Emotional Support for Mothers & Teens.)This lion-hearted little herb also helps you become “bomb-proof” – able to put up a strong front when you may in fact be feeling a bit shaky inside, so that your kids (or other people who depend on you) can be reassured. In that way it’s helpful for anyone who does support or caretaking work, or upon whom others rely. It’s a great ally!The audio in this podcast about Motherwort comes from our Holistic Herbalism Materia Medica course, which is part of the Family Herbalist program. The first step in becoming an herbalist is learning the herbs themselves, and how to make all the kinds of herbal medicines, so that you can take care of yourself and your family, and that’s just what this program provides. You’ll learn about 89+ herbs in their depth & complexity, plus more than two dozen methods of making your own herbal remedies. You’ll be ready to take care of everyone in your family!And, just to be clear: you don’t have to be a mom, or even to have a biological family, to take the Family Herbalist program. Your “family” is not only made of blood relations, but also of heart bonds, so whether you’re looking to take care of your actual relatives or the family of your heart, you’re welcome in this program!Learn more here: Family HerbalistSupport the show (https://commonwealthherbs.com/supporters/)

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In this episode of Solecast I sit down with Stephanie Syson from Biodynamic Botanicals/ Colorado Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute. Stephanie is a permaculturist, educator, gardener, & herbalist.  She also hosts a show on Colorado Public Radio called "Living Permaculture." In this interview we talk about herbalism, plants, permaculture and all the basics you need to get started with planting & cultivating your own medicine garden.  Also discussed: Growing Avocados & tropical fruit in the Rockies w/ climate battery greenhouses Herb Spirals (a permaculture design for planting perennial herbs) Human evolution & our co-evolution with plants Some comments on "invasive species” vs "native plants” Plants Stephanie discusses & recommends : Motherwort.  Skullcap Yarrow Comfrey Burdock Oats Elderberry Astralgus Marshmallow Elecampagne Dandelion Nettle Mint Tulsi Plantain Calendula Lemon Balm (Bonus) (get these at Strictly Medicinal Seeds)    Check out Stephanie's podcast "Living Permaculture" w/ Jerome Ostentowski Learn more about Biodynamic Botannicals & The Colorado Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute

Layer meditation techniques for triple the peace and discover how motherwort tea can support you as you manage loneliness. This is part 6 of a 7-Part Loneliness series Episodes 1220-1226. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: *a Free Private Facebook Group to connect with meditators from around the world *a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating *a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better *a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique *a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.  If you'd like to receive fresh daily fully guided meditations 7 days a week you can subscribe to Slow Down Nation, a monthly subscription membership site and app. Not only do you receive a brand new daily fully guided meditation, you also receive access to over 800 meditations customized around weekly themes.  ***All meditations are Mary Meckley's original copyrighted content unless otherwise stated, and may not be shared without her written permission. Resources: The beach waves composed by Mike Koenig. Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller. I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review on iTunes. To be guided in a daily meditation where you learn a different meditation technique customized around a weekly theme head over to www.SipandOm.com to subscribe to Slow Down Nation daily meditations guided by Mary Meckley. Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group at https://www.SipandOm.com. **All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any kind of medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy or clarity you may experience as you meditate!

Meditation techniques to focus your mind and the benefits of motherwort tea. This is part 6 of a 7-Part Good Habits to Live Your Life By Meditation series, Episodes 989-995. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: *a Free Private Facebook Group to connect with meditators from around the world *a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating *a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better *a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique *a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.  If you'd like to receive fresh daily fully guided meditations 7 days a week you can subscribe to Slow Down Nation, a monthly subscription membership site and app. Not only do you receive a brand new daily fully guided meditation, you also receive access to over 800 meditations customized around weekly themes.  ***All meditations are Mary Meckley's original copyrighted content unless otherwise stated, and may not be shared without her written permission. Resources: Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller. I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review on iTunes. To be guided in a daily meditation where you learn a different meditation technique customized around a weekly theme head over to www.SipandOm.com to subscribe to Slow Down Nation daily meditations guided by Mary Meckley. Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group at https://www.SipandOm.com. **All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any kind of medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy or clarity you may experience as you mediate!

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions follwed by a 30 minute interview with Wendy Hammarstrom. After studying art, dance and theater in Philadelphia in the 1970s, and receiving a BFA in Dance from Temple University in 1978, Wendy and her husband turned their East Oak Lane home into Innerworks Center for bodywork and movement classes. At the same time, Wendy also founded Agape Dancers, a modern dance troupe whose choreography included images from nature, yoga and martial arts. Since moving to California she has taught massage therapy, yoga and mandala art, written for a variety of newspapers, and completed her book, Circles of Healing.  She has been blessed with a wonderful daughter, Marina Braff, and has shared her home with a multitude of animals.  Wendy continues to see massage and yoga therapy clients in North County San Diego and the Inland Valley. Website: www.circlesofhealingbook1.com and email: Innerworks1@aol.com this episode Q&A includes: • check out Susun's new course on adaptogens.. • saw palmetto berries work best out of a tincture- how to make your own using dried berries.. • there are some berries and roots that can be used dries to make tinctures, but in general fresh herbs are used to make tinctures.. • nourishing herbal infusions can be considered American adaptogens.. • 'Healing Wise' covers the three traditions of healing.. • grieving blurry eyes- cooked brightly colored foods, witch hazel and chickweed.. • numbness and tingleing in arm- hypericum.. • natural birth control... • flaws in the heart and using hawthorn, motherwort and passionflower for different issues.. • bedwetting and cornsilk infusion..

Let we share with you my very favorite plant for soothing, healing and helping when you need it most. It is Motherwort—Leonurus cardiaca. In the Chinese pharmacopeia it's known as Yi Mu Cao, meaning “Lion's Tail.” A herb of the heart, this humble plant grows in waste lands. Motherwort is the most comforting herb I have ever found anywhere. It brings a sense of inner security and calm strength unequalled by anything, except perhaps a love affair of the deepest order—maybe not even that.  

Let we share with you my very favorite plant for soothing, healing and helping when you need it most. It is Motherwort—Leonurus cardiaca. In the Chinese pharmacopeia it’s known as Yi Mu Cao, meaning “Lion's Tail.” A herb of the heart, this humble plant grows in waste lands. Motherwort is the most comforting herb I have ever found anywhere. It brings a sense of inner security and calm strength unequalled by anything, except perhaps a love affair of the deepest order—maybe not even that.   This wonderful herb has gained its name from the ancient practice of using it to reduce anxiety during pregnancy. The plant has good sedative properties— well validated by scientific experiment. It is able to calm the nervous system while at the same time acting as a tonic to the while body. Culpepper, who believed that motherwort belonged to the goddess Venus and to the astrological sign of Leo, wrote "There is no better herb to drive melancholy vapors from the heart, to strengthen it and make the mind cheerful, blithe and merry." I think this sums up the virtues of my beloved motherwort superbly.   Its leaves are full of mind-altering natural chemicals. Studies in China have shown that these decrease the levels of blood lipids and exert a regulating action on muscles like the womb and the heart, bringing peace in their wake. This is one of the reasons why, in addition to being used by women to ease hot flushes, banish insomnia, and restore elasticity to the walls of the vagina, it is an excellent herb for the treatment of many heart conditions in men. No wonder it’s the most physically and psychologically healing plant I know. This magical plant is also rich in alkaloids. It’s bitter as an infusion. So it can be easier to take as a tincture or make into a herbal vinegar. Take 10 to 25 drops of the tincture made from the fresh plant, or 1 to 2 teaspoons of the herb vinegar as desired. A herb for all seasons, here are just a few of the gifts it can bestow upon you: Motherwort reduces fevers and is often used to treat illnesses with delirium. It is often used to treat lung issues like bronchitis and asthma, and is sometimes taken in conjunction with mullein. It calms nerves. In fact there is something so calming and balancing about motherwort that it is hard to describe if you have never experienced it. Used frequently it can relieve anxiety, uplift the nervous system, and relax tensions, while raising vitality. I often turn to it when I know I need to confront a situation that I believe is likely to be stressful. Motherwort can also minimize hot flushes and reduce their intensity, length, and frequency while helping to calm the dizziness or faintness that sometimes comes with them.  This is probably thanks to its ability to oxygenate the blood in both men and women, tonify the thyroid, liver, and heart, and invigorate circulation all round. For best results use it regularly for 12 weeks or longer. Although sometimes, 10 to 15 drops or so of the tincture in a little spring water can ease a hot flush while it’s happening. If you want to sleep peacefully and undisturbed, motherwort can be a good friend. It’s also useful if you awaken in the night with sweats and have trouble dropping off again. Take 10 to 20 drops of the tincture kept at the side of your bed with a glass of spring water and swallow some each time you wake up. It’s a natural diuretic as well. A little motherwort every few hours can reduce water retention. This is especially useful after a flight if your legs and feet have become swollen. As for clearing menstrual and uterine cramps if your menstrual flow is absent or light to moderate, I’ve never found anything more effective. Use 5 to 10 drops of the tincture in a little water every few minutes until they have gone then repeat as necessary. Prolonged use strengthens the muscles of the womb, and even makes it resistant to cramping in the future. Finally, in my own experience, this magical plant even seems to enhance women’s self esteem, would you believe? Ten to twenty drops of tincture of motherwort works wonders whenever you are feeling unsettled. Alternatively you can take 5 to 15 drops of the tincture every day for a month or two to stabilize emotions long term. It also strengthens the heart and helps you feel courageous even when the chips are down. There are a couple of important cautions in regard to using motherwort that you should know about. If you are taking blood-thinning drugs—and I sincerely hope you are not—then don’t use motherwort. Finally, if your menstrual flow is very heavy, motherwort could well make it heavier, so avoid it in this case. Meanwhile, I leave you with a wonderful Chinese belief from ancient times when there were many stories of both men and women whose water source was a stream flowing through the banks of motherwort: these people were believed to have lived 130 years or even longer.

Let we share with you my very favorite plant for soothing, healing and helping when you need it most. It is Motherwort—Leonurus cardiaca. In the Chinese pharmacopeia it’s known as Yi Mu Cao, meaning “Lion's Tail.” A herb of the heart, this humble plant grows in waste lands. Motherwort is the most comforting herb I have ever found anywhere. It brings a sense of inner security and calm strength unequalled by anything, except perhaps a love affair of the deepest order—maybe not even that.   This wonderful herb has gained its name from the ancient practice of using it to reduce anxiety during pregnancy. The plant has good sedative properties— well validated by scientific experiment. It is able to calm the nervous system while at the same time acting as a tonic to the while body. Culpepper, who believed that motherwort belonged to the goddess Venus and to the astrological sign of Leo, wrote "There is no better herb to drive melancholy vapors from the heart, to strengthen it and make the mind cheerful, blithe and merry." I think this sums up the virtues of my beloved motherwort superbly.   Its leaves are full of mind-altering natural chemicals. Studies in China have shown that these decrease the levels of blood lipids and exert a regulating action on muscles like the womb and the heart, bringing peace in their wake. This is one of the reasons why, in addition to being used by women to ease hot flushes, banish insomnia, and restore elasticity to the walls of the vagina, it is an excellent herb for the treatment of many heart conditions in men. No wonder it’s the most physically and psychologically healing plant I know. This magical plant is also rich in alkaloids. It’s bitter as an infusion. So it can be easier to take as a tincture or make into a herbal vinegar. Take 10 to 25 drops of the tincture made from the fresh plant, or 1 to 2 teaspoons of the herb vinegar as desired. A herb for all seasons, here are just a few of the gifts it can bestow upon you: Motherwort reduces fevers and is often used to treat illnesses with delirium. It is often used to treat lung issues like bronchitis and asthma, and is sometimes taken in conjunction with mullein. It calms nerves. In fact there is something so calming and balancing about motherwort that it is hard to describe if you have never experienced it. Used frequently it can relieve anxiety, uplift the nervous system, and relax tensions, while raising vitality. I often turn to it when I know I need to confront a situation that I believe is likely to be stressful. Motherwort can also minimize hot flushes and reduce their intensity, length, and frequency while helping to calm the dizziness or faintness that sometimes comes with them.  This is probably thanks to its ability to oxygenate the blood in both men and women, tonify the thyroid, liver, and heart, and invigorate circulation all round. For best results use it regularly for 12 weeks or longer. Although sometimes, 10 to 15 drops or so of the tincture in a little spring water can ease a hot flush while it’s happening. If you want to sleep peacefully and undisturbed, motherwort can be a good friend. It’s also useful if you awaken in the night with sweats and have trouble dropping off again. Take 10 to 20 drops of the tincture kept at the side of your bed with a glass of spring water and swallow some each time you wake up. It’s a natural diuretic as well. A little motherwort every few hours can reduce water retention. This is especially useful after a flight if your legs and feet have become swollen. As for clearing menstrual and uterine cramps if your menstrual flow is absent or light to moderate, I’ve never found anything more effective. Use 5 to 10 drops of the tincture in a little water every few minutes until they have gone then repeat as necessary. Prolonged use strengthens the muscles of the womb, and even makes it resistant to cramping in the future. Finally, in my own experience, this magical plant even seems to enhance women’s self esteem, would you believe? Ten to twenty drops of tincture of motherwort works wonders whenever you are feeling unsettled. Alternatively you can take 5 to 15 drops of the tincture every day for a month or two to stabilize emotions long term. It also strengthens the heart and helps you feel courageous even when the chips are down. There are a couple of important cautions in regard to using motherwort that you should know about. If you are taking blood-thinning drugs—and I sincerely hope you are not—then don’t use motherwort. Finally, if your menstrual flow is very heavy, motherwort could well make it heavier, so avoid it in this case. Meanwhile, I leave you with a wonderful Chinese belief from ancient times when there were many stories of both men and women whose water source was a stream flowing through the banks of motherwort: these people were believed to have lived 130 years or even longer.

The most common herald of menopause is the appearance of hot flashes. These are virtually synonymous in the experience of many women. An adjunct to hot flashes are night sweats where you awaken drenched in sweat, so much so sometimes that you not only need to change your night clothes but the sheets on your bed as well. Both night sweats and hot flashes can be disconcerting if you are frightened of them. Don’t be. A lot can be said about hot flashes, but there are only two facts that you need to know: First, they are completely harmless. Second, hot flashes are the only symptoms among a long list of stuff usually attributed to menopause that genuinely belong to it. Women of all ages get hot flashes especially strongly when their ovaries are removed surgically. During pre-menopause, thinner women often experience more drastic alterations in their estrogen levels and are therefore more likely than their bigger sisters to get stronger hot flashes. In most women, hot flashes are at their most intense during the last year or so before the end of menstruation and during the first year afterwards. Estrogen levels tend to be lower in pre-menopausal women with hot flashes than those without hot flashes. Yet it is quite clear that low estrogen, although it continues to get the blame for hot flashes, it is by no means all that is involved in their production. It is the sudden drop of estrogen in your body that is the real issue. And once your body becomes accustomed to lower levels of estrogen, most hot flashes gradually diminish. Often low estrogen is not involved in hot flashes at all. Hot flashes happen to women if they have been taking supplementary estrogen in HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) for a time and then stop. . There are certain foods and habits known to contribute greatly to the incidence of hot flashes. Stop cigarette smoking, drinking, caffeine, and eating hot spicy food. An overactive thyroid can cause hot flashes too, as can insulin resistance, the use of all sorts of potentially dangerous drugs from Big Pharma, and diabetes. Hot flashes are often the result of allergic reactions to foods and the chemicals in the environment. The high levels of steroid hormones used in pharmaceutical hormone replacement suppress important functions in your body, such as those that are connected with allergies and with your body's attempt to detoxify itself. When estrogen decreases rapidly in a menopausal woman who has been taking artificial hormones, then the underlying allergy or toxicity that was being masked by the hormones comes to the surface. Foods can give you reactions such as migraine, headaches and rises in blood pressure as well as hot flashes. It is time to look at your diet, since when offending foods like milk and all cows’ milk products, including yoghurt and cheeses, wheat, chocolate, or oranges are removed from the diet, hot flashes will diminish and may even cease altogether. By the way, extra estrogen does not “cure” hot flashes. It only masks them for a while. Actually, there is nothing to “cure,” because hot flashes are not a symptom of disease. They are a normal bodily change associated with the transition between the menstrual years and menopause. The standard medical treatment for hot flashes is estrogen. If you decide to go on estrogen for a few years “to get you through the rough patch,” what you are not told is that when you come off it, your hot flashes are likely to return in force—three years down the road or twenty. Women who have been filled full of fear of menopause—particularly professional women—sometimes sit in trepidation lest a hot flash come over them while in a business meeting to betray that they are menopausal. Women always think they are more evident to the outside world than they are. But even if they were, so what? Why should any woman agree, even tacitly, to buy into the general nonsense that menopause—or perhaps a swollen belly during pregnancy—is something disgraceful to be hidden? If you have been experiencing hot flashes, change your diet. Also use some powerful and benign herbs. Here are my favorites. They work beautifully: Sage: Make an infusion of 1 teaspoon of the dried leaves in a cup of water, allow it to steep for 10 minutes, then drink 1 tablespoon of the tea 1 to 4 times a day. Or you can use 10 to 25 drops of tincture of sage every day. Motherwort: It does not make a great tasting tea, so I prefer to take it as a tincture. Take 10 to 25 drops of tincture every 2 to 6 hours. Chastetree: Take 1 capsule of powdered berries 3 to 4 times a day, or 15 drops to 1 teaspoon of the tincture 1 to 3 times a day. Dong Quai: Make an infusion of a teaspoon of the dried root in a cup of boiling water and drink once a day. Or take 15 to 30 drops of tincture 1 to 3 times a day. Remember this: The long traditions of natural medicine view hot flashes as the body’s way of detoxifying itself and enhancing immunity. And recent research shows that even a slight raise in temperature in the body can be instrumental in doing both. For my personal recommendations click here.

In the next few minutes, I want to share with you white hot secrets about two natural plants that you can use to alleviate menstrual, peri-menopausal and menopausal issues gently, safely and effectively. Not once in the last 20 years have they failed to do their job. Both plants have been used to help women for centuries and their therapeutic actions have been scientifically validated. The first, and one of the most remarkable natural healing plants on the planet is Motherwort—Leonurus cardiaca—commonly known as Lion's tail. It gets its name from its ancient reputation for reducing anxiety. Motherwort has all the feel of a loving, caring mother when you take it. It can calm your nervous system while acting as a tonic to your whole body. This lovely blessing from nature is full of mind-altering natural biochemicals which studies in China have shown to have a regulating effect on the womb and the heart, bringing calm all round. It's effective for easing hot flushes, banishing insomnia, and restoring elasticity to the walls of the vagina. It's also an excellent natural treatment for many heart conditions in both men and women. Let me tell you how it's used: Motherwort is rich in alkaloids and is bitter when drunk as an infusion. It's easiest to take as a store-bought tincture, but you can also grow the plant yourself and turn it into a homemade herbal vinegar. Take 10 to 25 drops of the tincture made from the fresh plant every 2 to 6 hours, or 1 to 2 teaspoons of the herb vinegar as you need it. There is something so calming and balancing about motherwort that it is hard to imagine if you've never used it. It's a blessing during any stressful time. For best results with hot flushes, use it regularly for 12 weeks or more. That being said, just 10 drops of the tincture in a little spring water will often ease a hot flush while it is happening. Motherwort is also a great help when you awaken in the night in sweat and have trouble dropping off again. Use 10 to 20 drops of the tincture (keep it at the side of your bed with a glass of spring water) and swallow some each time you wake up. Sometimes, it even helps banish bad dreams. The other amazing natural plant I love is Chaste Tree. Its proper name is Vitex agnus castus or Monk's Pepper. Chaste Tree originally gained its name from its ability to calm the lascivious desires of men. On women, however, it exerts the exact opposite effect. It can stimulate your libido while balancing your emotions and energizing your whole body. Chaste Tree is one of the most helpful plants in the world for peri-menopausal, menopausal and postmenopausal women. It does the job, whether your hormones are deficient or in excess, thanks to its actions on the pituitary that harmonizes any imbalances. Chaste Tree is better known in Europe and the Orient than in Britain and the United States. There, its berries have been used for centuries to help protect from and even cure cancers of the breast and womb, as well as to reduce breast lumps and tenderness. It can banish edema, clear skin problems, moisten vaginal tissues that have dried, and clear hot flushes. Unlike many healing plants, Chaste Tree is not rich in phyto-hormones. It relies for healing on the glycosides, micronutrients and flavonoids it contains to work its wonders. This humble plant goes deep in its effects on your body and psyche but, like most natural treatments, will take time, so be consistent with its use. Expect results after using it daily for 8 to 12 weeks. In a year to 18 months you can stop using it completely as improvements are likely to have become permanent. Here's how to use it. As a homemade infusion, drink one cup of tea made from its freshly ground berries a day. In capsule form, take 1 capsule 3 to 4 times a day. Or use 15 drops to 1 teaspoon of a tincture 1 to 3 times a day.

In the next few minutes, I want to share with you white hot secrets about two natural plants that you can use to alleviate menstrual, peri-menopausal and menopausal issues gently, safely and effectively. Not once in the last 20 years have they failed to do their job. Both plants have been used to help women for centuries and their therapeutic actions have been scientifically validated. Motherwort The first, and one of the most remarkable natural healing plants on the planet is Motherwort—Leonurus cardiaca—commonly known as Lion’s tail. It gets its name from its ancient reputation for reducing anxiety. Motherwort has all the feel of a loving, caring mother when you take it. It can calm your nervous system while acting as a tonic to your whole body. This lovely blessing from nature is full of mind-altering natural biochemicals which studies in China have shown to have a regulating effect on the womb and the heart, bringing calm all round. It’s effective for easing hot flushes, banishing insomnia, and restoring elasticity to the walls of the vagina. It’s also an excellent natural treatment for many heart conditions in both men and women. Let me tell you how it’s used: Motherwort is rich in alkaloids and is bitter when drunk as an infusion. It’s easiest to take as a store-bought tincture, but you can also grow the plant yourself and turn it into a homemade herbal vinegar. Take 10 to 25 drops of the tincture made from the fresh plant every 2 to 6 hours, or 1 to 2 teaspoons of the herb vinegar as you need it. How To Use There is something so calming and balancing about motherwort that it is hard to imagine if you’ve never used it. It’s a blessing during any stressful time. For best results with hot flushes, use it regularly for 12 weeks or more. That being said, just 10 drops of the tincture in a little spring water will often ease a hot flush while it is happening. Motherwort is also a great help when you awaken in the night in sweat and have trouble dropping off again. Use 10 to 20 drops of the tincture (keep it at the side of your bed with a glass of spring water) and swallow some each time you wake up. Sometimes, it even helps banish bad dreams. Want to know more? Motherwort improves circulation and strengthens tissues that have lost elasticity. You can use it to rejuvenate the tissues of bladder, womb and vagina, for instance, when you take it a couple of times a day for as little as 2 to 4 weeks. Finally, it’s great for clearing cramps when the menstrual flow is light to moderate or even completely absent. Use 5 to 10 drops of tincture or ½ to 1 teaspoon of the homemade vinegar every few minutes until the cramps have gone. Then repeat whenever you need to. There’s one important caution you need to be aware of, however. Motherwort is not an herb to use when a woman is experiencing menstrual flooding, since it can aggravate this tendency. Chaste Tree The other amazing natural plant I love is Chaste Tree. Its proper name is Vitex agnus castus or Monk’s Pepper. Chaste Tree originally gained its name from its ability to calm the lascivious desires of men. On women, however, it exerts the exact opposite effect. It can stimulate your libido while balancing your emotions and energizing your whole body. Chaste Tree is one of the most helpful plants in the world for peri-menopausal, menopausal and postmenopausal women. It does the job, whether your hormones are deficient or in excess, thanks to its actions on the pituitary that harmonizes any imbalances. Chaste Tree is better known in Europe and the Orient than in Britain and the United States. There, its berries have been used for centuries to help protect from and even cure cancers of the breast and womb, as well as to reduce breast lumps and tenderness. It can banish edema, clear skin problems, moisten vaginal tissues that have dried, and clear hot flushes. Unlike many healing plants, Chaste Tree is not rich in phyto-hormones. It relies for healing on the glycosides, micronutrients and flavonoids it contains to work its wonders. This humble plant goes deep in its effects on your body and psyche but, like most natural treatments, will take time, so be consistent with its use. Expect results after using it daily for 8 to 12 weeks. In a year to 18 months you can stop using it completely as improvements are likely to have become permanent. Here’s how Here’s how to use it. As a homemade infusion, drink one cup of tea made from its freshly ground berries a day. In capsule form, take 1 capsule 3 to 4 times a day. Or use 15 drops to 1 teaspoon of a tincture 1 to 3 times a day. German researchers discovered that Chasteberry stimulates progesterone synthesis, and this in turn balances excess estrogen which can trigger hot flushes. Chaste Tree’s anti-inflammatory capacities have been known to shrink fibroids when used regularly for 12 to 36 months. Sluggish digestion and constipation are no match for the Chasteberry, which can restore digestion easily and permanently, provided you take it for long enough. It can even clear skin troubles that develop as a result of hormonal change, and banish fluid retention. To top it all off, this amazing plant is known for its ability to clear depression and balance mood: Typical PMS problems, from migraines and depression to ordinary headaches and anxiety, yield slowly but often permanently to Chaste Tree. This usually takes about 6 months, but it is wise to continue with the plant for another 6 months afterward to make benefits permanent. Make sure you choose only the best products. There are too many poor wannabes on the shelves. Here are the ones I recommend. Use them. I think you’ll love them as much as I do. Here are the ones I recommend Eclectic Institute, Motherwort Organic, 2 fl oz Gaia Herbs, Vitex Berry, 60 Veggie Liquid Phyto-Caps

In the next few minutes, I want to share with you white hot secrets about two natural plants that you can use to alleviate menstrual, peri-menopausal and menopausal issues gently, safely and effectively. Not once in the last 20 years have they failed to do their job. Both plants have been used to help women for centuries and their therapeutic actions have been scientifically validated. Motherwort The first, and one of the most remarkable natural healing plants on the planet is Motherwort—Leonurus cardiaca—commonly known as Lion’s tail. It gets its name from its ancient reputation for reducing anxiety. Motherwort has all the feel of a loving, caring mother when you take it. It can calm your nervous system while acting as a tonic to your whole body. This lovely blessing from nature is full of mind-altering natural biochemicals which studies in China have shown to have a regulating effect on the womb and the heart, bringing calm all round. It’s effective for easing hot flushes, banishing insomnia, and restoring elasticity to the walls of the vagina. It’s also an excellent natural treatment for many heart conditions in both men and women. Let me tell you how it’s used: Motherwort is rich in alkaloids and is bitter when drunk as an infusion. It’s easiest to take as a store-bought tincture, but you can also grow the plant yourself and turn it into a homemade herbal vinegar. Take 10 to 25 drops of the tincture made from the fresh plant every 2 to 6 hours, or 1 to 2 teaspoons of the herb vinegar as you need it. How To Use There is something so calming and balancing about motherwort that it is hard to imagine if you’ve never used it. It’s a blessing during any stressful time. For best results with hot flushes, use it regularly for 12 weeks or more. That being said, just 10 drops of the tincture in a little spring water will often ease a hot flush while it is happening. Motherwort is also a great help when you awaken in the night in sweat and have trouble dropping off again. Use 10 to 20 drops of the tincture (keep it at the side of your bed with a glass of spring water) and swallow some each time you wake up. Sometimes, it even helps banish bad dreams. Want to know more? Motherwort improves circulation and strengthens tissues that have lost elasticity. You can use it to rejuvenate the tissues of bladder, womb and vagina, for instance, when you take it a couple of times a day for as little as 2 to 4 weeks. Finally, it’s great for clearing cramps when the menstrual flow is light to moderate or even completely absent. Use 5 to 10 drops of tincture or ½ to 1 teaspoon of the homemade vinegar every few minutes until the cramps have gone. Then repeat whenever you need to. There’s one important caution you need to be aware of, however. Motherwort is not an herb to use when a woman is experiencing menstrual flooding, since it can aggravate this tendency. Chaste Tree The other amazing natural plant I love is Chaste Tree. Its proper name is Vitex agnus castus or Monk’s Pepper. Chaste Tree originally gained its name from its ability to calm the lascivious desires of men. On women, however, it exerts the exact opposite effect. It can stimulate your libido while balancing your emotions and energizing your whole body. Chaste Tree is one of the most helpful plants in the world for peri-menopausal, menopausal and postmenopausal women. It does the job, whether your hormones are deficient or in excess, thanks to its actions on the pituitary that harmonizes any imbalances. Chaste Tree is better known in Europe and the Orient than in Britain and the United States. There, its berries have been used for centuries to help protect from and even cure cancers of the breast and womb, as well as to reduce breast lumps and tenderness. It can banish edema, clear skin problems, moisten vaginal tissues that have dried, and clear hot flushes. Unlike many healing plants, Chaste Tree is not rich in phyto-hormones. It relies for healing on the glycosides, micronutrients and flavonoids it contains to work its wonders. This humble plant goes deep in its effects on your body and psyche but, like most natural treatments, will take time, so be consistent with its use. Expect results after using it daily for 8 to 12 weeks. In a year to 18 months you can stop using it completely as improvements are likely to have become permanent. Here’s how Here’s how to use it. As a homemade infusion, drink one cup of tea made from its freshly ground berries a day. In capsule form, take 1 capsule 3 to 4 times a day. Or use 15 drops to 1 teaspoon of a tincture 1 to 3 times a day. German researchers discovered that Chasteberry stimulates progesterone synthesis, and this in turn balances excess estrogen which can trigger hot flushes. Chaste Tree’s anti-inflammatory capacities have been known to shrink fibroids when used regularly for 12 to 36 months. Sluggish digestion and constipation are no match for the Chasteberry, which can restore digestion easily and permanently, provided you take it for long enough. It can even clear skin troubles that develop as a result of hormonal change, and banish fluid retention. To top it all off, this amazing plant is known for its ability to clear depression and balance mood: Typical PMS problems, from migraines and depression to ordinary headaches and anxiety, yield slowly but often permanently to Chaste Tree. This usually takes about 6 months, but it is wise to continue with the plant for another 6 months afterward to make benefits permanent. Make sure you choose only the best products. There are too many poor wannabes on the shelves. Here are the ones I recommend. Use them. I think you’ll love them as much as I do. Here are the ones I recommend Eclectic Institute, Motherwort Organic, 2 fl oz Gaia Herbs, Vitex Berry, 60 Veggie Liquid Phyto-Caps

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