Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed a 30 minute interview with her guest, Brighid Doherty. Brighid Doherty is an herbalist honoring the Wise Woman Tradition.  She resides on Deer Isle, a bridged-island in Downeast Maine.  Brighid is a passionate herbal health educator and a professional gardener.  She is the founder of The Solidago School of Herbalism.  Brighid began her connection with herbs while playing in her mother's gardens as a child, their scents and beauty attracting her curiosity. For the past two decades, Brighid has worked with medicinal plants in a variety of ways; as a student and a teacher, a gardener and a forager, a medicine maker and health consultant.  She received a BA focused in Organic Agriculture and Herbal Medicine from Evergreen State College.  She has had many wonderful herbalist mentors including Susun Weed, Rosemary Gladstar, Katja Swift, and KP Khalsa.  She teaches a variety of workshops for the home herbalist, including medicinal plant walks, herbal

Sean is an herbalist, gardener, medicine maker. All are invited to call in on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm EST to make comments, ask questions and engage the discussion about herbal medicine, current events and trends happening in the world. Send any sound clips, links and notes to peoplesmedicineshow@gmail.com

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed and guest, Lauren Cooper of Greenstar Farm and Apothecary   Lauren Cooper is an artist , farmer and  community herbalist living in the Appalachian mountains of Southwest Virginia. With her family she has owned and operated Greenstar Farm and Apothecary in Blacksburg, Va since 1991. As an herbalist she grows , forages, stocks and markets locally a large apothecary of medicinal plant preparations with the help of apprentices, and runs a small free and barter clinic. Inspiration from her herbal practice informs her work as an artist. Lauren is  the author and illustrator of : Greenstar Folk Herbal- Do It Yourself Plant Medicines For The People , published  in 2019  http://greenstarfarm.co/index.html https://campuslife.vt.edu/student_centers/Squires/Perspective_Gallery/medicine-show.html https://www.facebook.com/GreenstarFarmAndApothecary/ Q & A topics in this episode include: intestinal discomfortgoji berriesgetting rid of fleastincture teaherb infused oilsevening p

Pamela Fischer is the founder and President of the Berkeley Herbal Center in Berkeley, CA. Berkeley Herbal Center is a non-profit organization serving the community through its Western Herbal medicine school, community clinic, and robust dispensary. It is one of the few schools in the country that operates a year-round community clinic on site. For 30 years Pamela has been studying plants and herbal medicine. After receiving her degree in eco-psychology, Pam became attracted to the herbal healing path and immersed herself into a well-rounded education provided by the insights and wisdom of Western scientists, Western herbalists, native healers, wise women, and witches. Her basket of tools includes Western herbal theory, Traditional Chinese pulse diagnosis, Ayurveda, and Tibetan medicine. She has spent countless hours and days camping and hiking in our local woods, working with local plant medicine, and teaching about their use and conservation.  Pam is known as a visionary leader and grass-roots organizer.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest, Rev. Maggy Whitehouse. Rev. Maggy Whitehouse is an independent sacramental minister (or Hedge Priest), a professional stand-up comedian and an expert and prolific author on Bible History and metaphysics. She began stand-up at the age of 56. Maggy has more than 30 years’ experience as a radio and television journalist and documentaries presenter and producer and was host moderator for the BBC’s Religion & Ethics message boards during the second Iraq war. Alan Bookbinder, head of BBC Religion and Ethics 2001-6 described her as ‘terrifying!’ She is the author of 17 published books including six on Judeo-Christian mysticism; China By Rail (Century 1988) and The Miracle Man, the story of what would happen if the Messiah returned today as a judge on America’s Got Talent. (The Miracle Man, O Books 2008). Maggy made it on to Wikipedia after writing a sensible book about Opus Dei at the time of all the palave

    Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minte interview with guest, Joyelle Petersen   Joyelle Petersen is a mother of four spirited children and a keeper of sacred rites. She has been in service to her Community for over 15 years devoted to honoring the sacred transitions of birth, ceremony, ritual, and death. She infuses her work with each family,client,and individual as a devotion allowing a personalized approach to meet the needs of the women and families she serves. The true essence of Joyelle's talents lie with the creation of women’s gatherings, circles, and honoring the ebb of flow of our internal rhythms. Ceremonial Practices have always been in the forefront of her work, and she believes through the blessings of celebration a great generational healing can occur. The lives Joyelle has been blessed to touch became her catalyst to create more intentional gatherings in the future.  Contact Joyelle Petersen on Instagram @warrioresswithin and on her webpages:  

Sean is an herbalist, gardener, medicine maker. All are invited to call in on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm EST to make comments, ask questions and engage the discussion about herbal medicine, current events and trends happening in the world. Send any sound clips, links and notes to peoplesmedicineshow@gmail.com

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest, Kerri Connor. Kerri Connor is the leader of The Gathering Grove – a family friendly earth based spiritual group - and has been practicing her craft for over 30 years. She is currently working on her 9th book and her writing has appeared in several Pagan magazines.  Kerri is a cancer survivor and holds a Medical Marijuana Card in Illinois where she lives with her husband, son, and a plethora of critters.  A graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Kerri holds a B.A. in Communications. She is working to convert a portion of their land into a spiritual sanctuary. Visit her online at www.KerriConnor.com. Q & A topics in this episode include: relationshipsasthma / shortness of breaththrush follow-uphip and lower back painconnecting with plantsHPVdonating herbs and herbal supplies

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest, Steve Blake, ScD. Steve Blake, ScD is a doctor of science specializing in nutritional biochemistry. He is a registered professional herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Master Herbalist. He is author of the worldwide database the Herb Doctors with 168,000 herbal facts. He is Director of Nutritional Neuroscience at the Maui Memory Clinic. He worked as Faculty Nutritional Biochemist at Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience for years. He just published a clinical study in the Journal of Brain Sciences on reversing dementia. He is research director at the Neuroscience Nutrition Foundation. He has presented grand rounds at many hospitals. He is recently credentialed to work in China setting up hospital programs to reverse disorders using nutrition. He is author of 16 major works on the effects of nutrition on health, including Nutrients for Memory (www.drsteveblake.com). Q & A topicx in this episode incl

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Ellen Kamhi. A PhD, RN, AHG-RH, AHN-BC, _The Natural Nurse®_ has been involved in Natural Medicine since 1973.  Dr. Kamhi is a MedicalSchool Instructor, teaching Botanical Pharmacology, offers online and onground Herbal Certification Programs, and leads EcotoursForCures.com to indigenous areas of the world. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild (AHG-RH), and is an adept at radionics and dowsing. Author of many books including The Natural Medicine Chest, Arthritis, The Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide, and radio host, Dr. Kamhi educates professionals and consumers about how to care for themselves Naturally!   www.naturalnurse.com   Q & A topics in this episode include: heat intolerancethrushsore throat & blisters in the mouthinner ear troubles / balance issuesprevious caller follow-up re: chest pain  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest, Tammy Billups. Tammy Billups began by doing deep inner healing that banished the medications she was destined to take the rest of her life. She is now a celebrated healer of humans and animals having facilitated thousands of sessions over two decades. She’s a certified Interface Therapist (Bioenergetics), bestselling author, speaker and pioneer in animal-human relationships. She invented the groundbreaking modality, Tandem Healings™, to speed up the healing of humans and animals with a soul bond. Tammy has created meditation CD's to expedite deep emotional healing for all beings.  She has appeared on CNN’s The Daily Share, Primetime Live ABC, and Oprah. Her second book, Animal Soul Contracts, has been widely received for covering uncharted ground and has been described as life changing. Her work on the soul contracts between animals and their humans and healing animals’ emotional wounds was featured at the

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest, Craig Salerno.   Craig Salerno is a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over a decade of experience working in the field of addiction. Craig is passionate about exploring psychedelic medicine work as it pertains to individuals in active addiction and recovery. Craig works in private practice in Boulder, Colorado offering psychotherapy, psychedelic integration services, and ketamine therapy for a range of mental health concerns, including addiction.  craigsalernocounseling.com  Q & A topics in this episode include: discomfort from pinched nerveE. coli in mouthgut healthsleep disordersnettle to relieve arthritis/tendonitis painscoliosis painviolet tincturedandelionmotherwort

Sean is an herbalist, gardener, medicine maker. All are invited to call in on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm EST to make comments, ask questions and engage the discussion about herbal medicine, current events and trends happening in the world. Send any sound clips, links and notes to peoplesmedicineshow@gmail.com

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest, Jenny Braxton. Jenny Braxton is a sexuality + empowerment coach, helping women connect with their innate pleasure and power by reclaiming what she calls , so they can create the lives they desire in alignment with their true selves.  www.jennybraxton.com Q & A topics include: tremorsdrawing up Earth energyGrandmother TwilaSusun shares a student's account of her experience with "break & enter"cystic acne and cramping prior to menstrual bleedingdeep wound healing

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30  minute interview with Max Dashu. Max Dashu is a land-walker and history sibyl who uses images to teach women's global history and heritages. Her legendary slideshows bring to light women of power who have been hidden from view, from ancient icons to female leaders, culture-makers, rebels, and medicine women. In 1970 Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives to research women in the global cultural record. From her collection of over 30,000 images, Dashu has created and presented hundreds of slideshows to all kinds of audiences, including at conferences in Italy, Switzerland, Britain, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Bulgaria, Guatemala, and the US. She also teaches via webcasts, online courses, audio podcasts, and via daily Suppressed Historiesposts on Facebook.  Max is the author of Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, the first volume to be published from her sourcebook Secret History of the Witches. Max has produc

Special broadcast of Susun Weed's Plant Deva Playshop lecture. Recorded live at the Midwest Herb Conference, June 2019.

Susun weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest Emilee Saldaya of Free Birth Society. Emilee Saldaya is the trail blazing leader and founder of Free Birth Society. She was a doula for over ten years, until the reality of her complicity with the obstetric system and the harms that it does to women and babies prompted her to find a better way. In aligning with freebirth, Emilee's dharmic path became clear. She quickly evolved into a "Radical Birth Keeper" who serves women birthing outside the system. She founded Free Birth Society prior to the conscious conception of her first child, and went on to give birth to her daughter freely, on Maui, Hawaii.Emilee’s acclaimed podcast (“The Free Birth Society Podcast”) quickly became a fan favorite and has reached millions of people.The Free Birth Society private membership has become a bastion of birth freedom, truth, and community, in a world in which women’s birth choices are increasingly curtailed. Emilee is an i

Sean is an herbalist, gardener, medicine maker. All are invited to call in on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm EST to ask questions and engage an ongoing discussion about herbal medicine, current events and trends. Send any of your clips and notes to peoplesmedicineshow@gmail.com

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by an interview with guest, Michael Breus aka "The Sleep Doctor." Michael Breus PhD is a Board certified Sleep Specialist and living in Manhattan Beach CA. Author of three bestselling books, Good Night: The Sleep Doctors 4-week program to Better Sleep and Better Health, The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep, The Power of When: Discover your Chronotype. Dr. Breus appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, The Doctors, CBS This Morning and Huffington Post Live. He contributes to The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and The Dr Oz Blogs. He is the official sleep expert for Princess Cruise lines where he helped to develop the "SLEEP by Princess" program and the Princess Luxury Bed.   Q & A topics in this episode include: 5 elements of healing in Chinese Medicineseaweed for thyroid supporttick biteyarrow to support teeth and gum healthdrawing energy from the Earth via nettle infusionmedicinal cannabis & pain

Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed answers your herbal health questions