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The Holistic Herbalism Podcast
Practical herbalism from practicing herbalists. Conversations, botanical deep-dives, Q&A with clinical herbalists Katja Swift & Ryn Midura of CommonWealth Holistic Herbalism.
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Interview with Ashley Bissonnette-Murphy
This week we’d like you to meet Ashley Bissonnette-Murphy, who is one of our Clinical Mentorship students. Ashley is advanced in her mentorship, and she’s been…
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Starting A Compounding Herbal "Apothecary"
This is the fourth in a series about herbal businesses. These videos cover what each kind of herbal business is and what kind of work you’d be doing, what…
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On Discomfort, Evasion, & Challenge
Discomfort and evasion are natural responses to our world. Our ancestors, from a single-celled organism up to Mitochondrial Eve, all survived only because they…
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[REPLAY] What You Should Know About Choosing An Online Herb School
IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS IN JULY 2024, USE CODE "LAVENDER" AT CHECKOUT TO GET 20% OFF ANY OF OUR COURSES OR PROGRAMS! This originally aired as Episode 188 of the…
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[REPLAY] Six Herbs for Cognitive Decline Prevention
IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS IN JULY 2024, USE CODE "LAVENDER" AT CHECKOUT TO GET 20% OFF ANY OF OUR COURSES OR PROGRAMS! This originally aired as Episode 139 of the…
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Emergency Readiness Needs A Meal Plan
With heat waves hitting heavy, and hurricane season on the move, we’re thinking about disaster preparedness – again! In this episode, we’re covering an aspect…
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Time Management & Productivity for Herbal Business People
The single most important factor in the success of your business is your ability to manage your time and be productive. Great – cause that’s not hard at all…
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Starting A Clinical Herbalism Business
We continue this week with Katja’s series: Starting Your Herbal Business! Today the focus is on the practice of clinical herbalism. Building and running a…
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Acknowledging Complexity Is Not Gatekeeping
When you’re an herbalist, it’s normal to get questions from people about herbs. Usually they’re thinking that it’s a simple question, and expecting a simple…
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Starting An Herb Shop
We continue this week with Katja’s series: Starting Your Herbal Business! Today the focus is on an herb shop or herbal apothecary, with or without a tea bar…
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Starting An Herbal Products Business
This week Katja brings you the first in a new series we’ve been wanting to produce for you: Starting Your Herbal Business! Today the focus is on herbal…
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Herbs A-Z: Zingiber 🫚
Today we reach the end of our apothecary shelves! This series started way back with episode 170 on Achillea & Acorus, and today in episode 227 we’ve finally…
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Herbs A-Z: Withania & Zanthoxylum
We’ve reached our penultimate Herbs A-Z episode this week, and we’re highlighting ashwagandha & prickly ash – it’s prickly ashwagandha! Withania somnifera…
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Herbs A-Z: Verbascum & Verbena
We have just three episodes remaining in our Herbs A-Z series! Today’s show features mullein and blue vervain. Verbascum thapsus, mullein, deserves its…
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Herbs A-Z: Urtica & Vaccinium
DECEMBER SALE: 20% off every course & program we offer, all month long! Use code KINDNESS at checkout! As we draw near the end of our tour of the home…
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Herbs A-Z: Ulmus & Uncaria
DECEMBER SALE: 20% off every course & program we offer, all month long! Use code KINDNESS at checkout! This week we return to our home herbal apothecary…
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Herbs A-Z: Trifolium & Turnera
Today our featured herbs are red clover & damiana – two complementary fluid-moving remedies. Red clover (Trifolium pratense) has a reputation as an herb that…
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Herbs A-Z: Thymus & Tilia
We’re on the final shelf of our home apothecary, and today we’re talking about thyme & linden! Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is our absolute favorite herb for a…
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Herbs A-Z: Taraxacum & Thuja
Our herbs for this week are dandelion & cedar! Both are diuretic, but their similarities pretty much end there. We are big fans of gardening your weeds, and we…
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Herbs A-Z: Solidago & Stachys
Today we proceed futher along our shelves, looking at the herbs we keep in our home apothecary. In this episode we discuss goldenrod and wood betony. When…
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Herbs A-Z: Schisandra & Scutellaria
Today we’re continuing our “herbs on our shelf” from A to Z series! This week, our herbs are schisandra and skullcap. Schisandra (Schisandra chinensis) is…
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Reality vs Reality in Herbalism
20% OFF EVERYTHING for the month of July! Use code ALLTOGETHER at checkout! There’s one reality, that of the human need for fundamentals like nourishing food…
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Herbs A-Z: Sambucus & Sassafras
We’re continuing our “herbs on our shelf” series from A to Z today! This time our herbs are elder and sassafras. The most famous part of elder (Sambucus nigra)…
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Don't Let the Feds Get You Down
There’s a basic rule when it comes to herbal businesses in the US: “Don’t tell and sell.” Due to rules and regulations set forth by the Food & Drug…
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The Herbal Sisters Project in Kurdistan, with Anna Rósa
We almost never do interviews, but our friend Anna Rósa is collaborating with The Lotus Flower to empower refugee women in Kurdistan to care for their own…
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Herbs A-Z: Salvia
Today’s herbs are sage & rosemary – two herbs whose botanical name Salvia indicates they can keep us “safe, healthy, and secure”, if we go with a literal…
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[REPLAY] An Herbalist's Guide to Successful Self-Experimentation
In this period of Fallow Month (see previous episode), we're re-airing a couple of our favorite episodes from the archives. This one was originally episode…
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[REPLAY] How To Practice Herbalism Every Day
In this period of Fallow Month (see previous episode), we're re-airing a couple of our favorite episodes from the archives. This one was originally episode…
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Fallow Month
In ancient agriculture, the farmers observed the need to let fields rest every year or two, so they could recover their fertility. Letting the fields lie…
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Herbs A-Z: Rubus
Today we’re discussing the entire genus of Rubus plants! We focus most on blackberry & raspberry, because we know them best, but with 1400+ species found on…
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Herbs A-Z: Rumex & Rosa
Snow-delayed by a couple days, here’s our next episode! Today we’re talking about yellow dock and rose. Yellow dock (Rumex crispus) is also known as curly…
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Herbalist Is A Verb
Is it more accurate to say “I am an herbalist” or “I’m doing herbalism”? To us, if “herbalist” is an identity, a name, a noun – then you’re subject to imposter…
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Herbs A-Z: Rhodiola & Rhus
Today we’ve got two astringent herbs to discuss, though their similarities pretty much end with that quality. Rhodiola and staghorn sumac are our topic!…
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Herbs A-Z: Prunella & Pulmonaria
Today’s herbs from our apothecary shelf are self-heal and lungwort! Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris, is a lovely lymph-moving herb who we often find in woodland…
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Herbs A-Z: Pedicularis & Polygonatum
Relaxants come in many varieties. Today we come to two herbs who relax tension patterns in the body, yet are quite different from one another. Pedicularis…
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Herbs A-Z: Pinus & Plantago
Our herbs this week are pine and plantain! A mighty tall tree and a humble herb of the packed earth. Pine trees come in many varieties. Around Boston we mainly…
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Herbs A-Z: Palmaria & Passiflora
A seaweed and a vine-flower, how are they alike? We started out this episode feeling like these two herbs were completely different from one another. By the…
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Herbs A-Z: Ocimum & Oenothera
Today’s herbs are two excellent friends to the human nervous & emotional systems. Tulsi and evening primrose are both nervines, and although they are rather…
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Herbs A-Z: Monarda & Nepeta
Happy new year everyone! May 2023 be an herb-filled year for all of us! Monarda species plants are sometimes known as bee balm, wild bergamot, horsemint, or a…
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Herbs A-Z: Mentha, Mentha, Mentha!
20% OFF ALL COURSES & PROGRAMS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER – USE CODE DECEMBER2022 AT CHECKOUT! Today we’re profiling a few of our favorite “minty” mints!…
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Herbs A-Z: Lycium & Matricaria
Tonight we’re talking about two of our favorite herbs, and two of the tastier herbs in our materia medica. Goji berry, Lycium barbarum / L. chinense, is an…
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Herbs A-Z: Lavandula & Leonurus
This week we highlight lavender & motherwort! Lavandula angustifolia (and many other Lavandula species), a well-known scent to everyone, recognizable and…
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Herbs A-Z: Inula & Juniperus
We’re back to our apothecary shelf herb profile tour! This week we have a pair of herbs who both support respiratory function. They demonstrate two types of…
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The Herbs We Didn't Pack
We’re almost moved! This week our episode is about the herbs we’ve kept on the shelves so that we have them available every day. These are plants that are…
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[REPLAY] Herbs For Physical Challenges (What Ryn Took To MovNat Level 3)
Ryn says: We've got another replay for you this week, and it's one of my personal favorites. (It also happens to be from right around the last time we moved!)…
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[REPLAY] 4 Medicinal Mushrooms: Shiitake, Maitake, Reishi, Lion’s Mane
We're replaying some of our favorite episodes from the back catalog of the Holistic Herbalism Podcast. In this one, originally aired as episode 142 on…
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[REPLAY] Equinox Thoughts On Balance & Amphoteric Herbs
We realized that the Autumnal equinox is coming up soon: Thursday 9/22 at 9:04 PM, for those of you keeping track! This made us want to re-air episode 155, a…
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We Don’t “Use” Herbs
One of our habits as herbalists and teachers is to avoid the word “use” with reference to plants. We don’t say “I use meadowsweet for headaches” or “I use…
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How To See Stress In Wild Plants
Yellow leaves, undeveloped fruit, long “leggy” stems between the leaf nodes – these are some of the key signs of a plant under stress. But if you’ve never met…
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Climate Change Is Reducing Herb Harvests
We’re back! We had a bit of an interruption in our podcasting schedule, and we’re sorry! We’re moving to our “forever home” very soon, and the podcast took a…
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Let's Practice - Anxious Insomnia
July sale! Use code TOGETHER2022 at checkout for 20% off any course or program! This week we’re presenting an exercise in practical herbalism. In this instance…
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Herbs A~Z: Tilia & Melissa
Today we have abandoned the alphabet! Well, not entirely, just for purposes of bringing you a pair of relaxant diaphoretic herbs in this summer heat. These are…
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Herbs A-Z: Hibiscus & Hypericum
Today’s featured herbs are excellent in sun tea. Simply spoon them into a jar, pour in water, cover it up, and place it in the sun for several hours. Sun tea…
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Herbs A-Z: Glycyrrhiza & Gynostemma
Today our apothecary shelves present us with a pair of adaptogens! As we continue our series looking at the herbs we keep on hand at home, this week we…
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Herbs A-Z: Filipendula & Foeniculum
We’re back on track! Today we continue our exploration of herbs in our home apothecary, giving you some unscripted thoughts about these herbs we work with very…
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What You Should Know About Choosing An Online Herb School
All herb schools are different, in their focus and their style. When you’re choosing an online herb school, whether for a short course or a long program, here…
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Herbalism In A Time Of Collapse
Collapse is not a single event that occurs everywhere, once and for all. It occurs in fits and starts, unevenly distributed across communities. When there are…
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Herbs A-Z: Erigeron & Eupatorium
We’re continuing on as we highlight the herbs in our home apothecary. Today we reach the end of our first shelf! Erigeron canadensis, E. strigosus, & E. annuus…
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Herbs A-Z: Elettaria & Eleutherococcus
This week we’re talking about cardamom & eleuthero! About Elettaria cardamomum, cardamom, we actually do have “one weird trick” for you today! Here it is: get…
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Herbs A-Z: Crataegus & Curcuma
In today’s episode we continue our exploration of the herbs on our home apothecary shelves. This week we made an extra effort to share formulation ideas for…