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Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest, Sarah Ellen

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal questions followed by a 30 minute interview. Sarah Ellen, the show's moderator, shares her personal experience allying with poison ivy.
Sarah Ellen is a student of life. She cherishes the opportunity to live with awareness, and experience the wholeness of being alive. Sarah Ellen lives at her home, Heartsong, in Barrington Hills, Illinois with her husband Jay, and their dogs, cats, goats and chickens. 
She intends each day to know and remember her inherent connection with the Earth and all the magic and beauty that surround her.
Sarah Ellen has studied virtually with Asia Suler, and personally with Linda Conroy, Pam Montgomery and her lifelong teacher and kindred Susun Weed. 
She gives great regard and gratitude to her unconditionally loving teachers and co~creators the plants, animals, elements and the well~spring of her own  blood and bones that hold the memories and knowings of all the Wise Women and their sons, who came before her. 
What gifts could be received from a poison ally? During a 2015 three season herbalism class at the Resiliency Institute in Naperville, Illinois taught by herbalist Linda Conroy Sarah Ellen found out. Asked to choose a plant ally Sarah asked that the plant choose her. Though not who she expected, when Poison Ivy appeared it was an invitation too curious to pass up.
Q & A topics in this episode include:
discomfort in left side under ribssubstitutions for 100 proof vodkavegan diets and breast cancer survivorsadrenal fatiguemaggot debridementyearly physicalsbuying herbstickssoftening scar tissuefertility testing

Ask Herbal Health Expert with guest, Linda Conroy

 
Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Linda Conroy.
Linda Conroy, MSS, MLSP is a Wise Woman, Bioregional Herbalist, A Wild and Whole Food Afficinado and a Community Organizer. She is the founder of Moonwise Herbs, The Midwest Women's Herbal Conference and Mycelium Mysteries, a Women's Mushroom Gathering.  She lives at her homestead in southern Wisconsin with the plants, mushrooms, ducks, chickens, rabbits, honey bees, great pyreness and familiar felines. She teaches classes and runs apprenticeship programs based on the wise woman tradition. She can be reached at www.moonwiseherbs.com or midwestwomensherbal.com
Q & A topics in this episode include:
caller follow-up: dog with pressure sorevisual disturbances following physical exertionscalp infectionfacial acnewillow barkbrahmibrain fog/improving sleep qualitycorneal abrasionallergic reaction/vaginal distress

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest, Maureen Smith

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Maureen Smith.
Maureen Theresa Smith is a writer, activist, and mom with a background in healing arts. She defines her life work as integrating spirituality into everyday practices and rituals that are inspirational and fun, in order to support girls and teens in becoming whole, strong women. Her company, Indigo Blooms offers personal coaching, support circles, workshops and products to empower girls* and those that care for them by enhancing intuition, awareness, and inner-authority with beauty, joy and a fierce commitment to self-love and compassion for all. Maureen offers visionary coaching and to girls and women in times of transition and facilitates Indigo Circles for tween and teen girls. She authored First Moon, Celebration and Support for a Girls' Growing Up Journey, New World Library, Spring 2005 and recently, Your Moontime Magic, A Girls Guide to Getting Your Period and Loving Your Body, New World Library, 2020.
Q & A topics in this episode include:
menopausal fatiguegallbladder painChinese herbal preparationsfacial skin complexion100 proof vodka for tintcuringcyst in the breast areacaller follow-up: improved blood pressure with yarrow and garliclindenflouride

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with her guest, Lisa Levart

 
Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Lisa Levart.
Hudson Valley artist and photographer Lisa Levart is on a mission.
Goddess on Earth, her life long assignment, celebrates contemporary women while drawing upon ancient stories to elevate their life journeys. Her archetypal imagery is created through the eyes of love to inspire other women to be their most powerful selves.
For over twenty years, Lisa has traveled the world creating iconic portraits that reveal the spirit of independent girls, ferocious women, powerful warrior activists and epic elders, and weaves together the personal and collective journeys of women's lives. Her work has been exhibited widely and is represented in the permanent collection of the 9/11 Memorial Museum in NYC. Projects have generously been supported by the NY State Council of the Arts and in 2015, 2018 and 2020 her work was recognized by the Julia Margaret Cameron Award's for Women Photographers.  Her first book, Goddess on Earth: Portraits of the Divine Feminine, won a Gold Nautilus Book Award and was named one of the 100 Best New Women's Spirituality Books by the California Institute of Integral Studies.
 
In June 2021, Goddess on Earth Oracle, A Divination Deck and Guidebook With Spirited Wisdom From Your Sisters will be released.
Q & A topics in this episode include:
fungal infection of the mouthdistorted sense of smell post-covidcaller follow-up: seasonal allergiesusing herbal simples vs herbal combinationsoveractive bladder bell peppersretinal tearkidney distressherbal infusionssugar cravingsdepression & ADHD

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest, Martha Libster

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Dr. Martha Libster.
Dr. Martha Libster is an international expert in the practice of nurse-herbalism, integrative nursing, and botanical self-care. Her work advances the art and science of nurse-herbalism and has been disseminated through publications, presentations, and community events on five continents. Her practice models on integrative nursing, health culture diplomacy, and precision botanical self-care have contributed to global health transformation, policy reforms, and wellness innovations. Dr. Martha is the author of 9 books. Her award-winning history, Herbal Diplomats (2004), documents the lost history of 19th century American nurses’ leadership during a nationwide healthcare reform movement focused on botanical self-care. Dr. Martha is now expanding her nurse-herbalist work to the public through her Self-care Institute and Self-care League. Her latest book, Gentle Medicine for Balance in Body and Peace of Mind, was released in 2020. It introduces her Elements of Care® program, a self-care program that builds on nursing’s centuries-old practice of precision self-care with plants as partners.
www.GoldenAppleHealingArts.com
www.DrMarthaLibster.com
Q & A topics in this episode include:
caller follow-up: UTIlidocainecataractsprednisonebeech saplings and fiddlehead fernstick bitescannabis tincturefragrance sensitivitiestinnitusheart health issuesinfusions vs tinctures
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest, Pam Kray

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Pam Kray.
Pam Kray is film/video/multimedia artist, writer and editor. Pam has exhibited in the United States and internationally through numerous solo screenings and festival participation and has collaborated artistically with filmmakers, audio composers, painters, sculptors, dancers and theatrical producers.     Her works include short and feature narrative, experimental and documentary films and videos. Her video documentary, Mushroom Seekers (2002), premiered at Anthology Film Archives in New York, again at the Telluride Mushroom Festival, and has screened repeatedly in the U.S. and Europe. Working in themes as diverse as gambling and wild mushroom picking, she has brought her observations of humans and their occupations together with her interests in plants as investigations of life, particularly in America. She hopes that her work in American studies strikes more universal points of understanding.
To view Pam’s film-video work online, go to: https://pamkray.com
Q & A topics in this episode include:
separation of partnershipcaller follow-up: seasonal allergiesherbal weight-loss supplementsrebuilding health with nourishing herbal infusionsgoitercompleting a miscarriagesunburned lipsstoring & restoring root tincturesdifferent alcohols for tincture makingtalking with plants

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Cyndi Dale

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Cyndi Dale.
Considered the “Teacher of Teachers”, Cyndi Dale is an internationally renowned author, speaker, intuitive energy healer, professor of energy medicine, and author of 27 books about energy medicine, intuition, and spirituality. She has worked with over 70,000 clients and presented hundreds of seminars and workshops across the Americas and in Russia, England, Wales, Amsterdam, Iceland, Costa Rica, Belize, Morocco, Peru, Scotland, and more. She is also a favored teacher and healer for China, leading in-person and on-line classes, and has been published in over 18 languages.
Her books include the bible of Energy Medicine and the winner of four internationally recognized Publisher’s Awards, The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy, and Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Chakras, the largest compendium of chakra knowledge ever produced (2016). Her latest release is Energy Healing for Trauma, Stress & Chronic Illness (Llewellyn, July 2020). Advanced Chakra Healing, a reissue of a popular book first printed fifteen years ago, is slated for release by Llewellyn in August 2021. Along with Dana Childs, Cyndi is also writing a book to be published in 2022 by St. Martin’s Press about making food and health choices through the chakras. 
Q & A topics in this episode include:
caller follow-up: seasonal allergiesleaky gut syndromenourishing herbal infusions guidelinesraw food vs cooked foodtincture of pineconcussionpurple dead nettleshould covid-19 recovered individuals receive the covid-19 vaccination?

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions.
Q & A topics in this episode include:
caller follow-up: allergenshealthy environmentcaller follow-up: dairy & meat digestionsupport for healing a compression fracturevioletsliver supportcaller follow-up: improved eye health and other benefits from diet changescaller follow-up: post-menopausal supportveganism

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest, Rachael Carlevale

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Rachael Carlevale.
Rachael Carlevale is the Founder and Director of Education of the Ganjasana Plant Medicine School where she leads cannabis yoga ceremonies, and facilitates CEU courses and trainings on regenerative farming, ganja yoga YTT, permaculture and biodynamics. Speaking on behalf of the natural world, Rachael honors the plants and life in the soil by transmitting their messages for the wellbeing of all—regenerating body, mind and soil for the collective. Rachael is a certified Mindfulness Educator, and Certified Yoga Instructor with an academic foundation in plant and soil sciences (receiving high honors Bachelors of Science degree from The University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Ayurveda, Women’s Health and ethnobotanical traditions. She works with many plant allies including a deep passion for cannabis, hemp, and ayahuasca. Rachael is also the founder of the Green Tent - Women’s Cannabis Circles, and contributes to GRAM Magazine with her ‘Cultivation Column.’ She offers her gifts by the ocean coast of Maine, where she lives in alignment with the natural rhythms of the sun, moon, and stars, and grows living soil, regenerative cannabis, and vermicompost. 
www.ganjasana.com 
Q & A topics in this episode include:
making violet honey with the leavesstrengthening the core & pelvic floorlowering blood sugar levels allergenstubal ligation & birth control choicesclaiming plant heritageplantar wartssharing remedies & medicinesanti-viral artemesia, Sweet Anniecannbis & anxietychickweed
 
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest, Nina Manolson

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed bya 30 minute interview with her guest, Nina Manolson.
Nina Manolson M.A. NBC-HWC is a Body-Peace® coach. She helps women end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body. Really at home. The kind of at home where you can run around naked and not worry about what is "good enough" or what others will think. The kind of good that allows you to feel ultimate freedom and body-peace.
 
Nina is also a  Certified Psychology of Eating Teacher, Nationally Board Certified Holistic Health Coach and Certified Body-Trust Guide. She helps her clients move past the deprivation-diet paradigm and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates deep, long-lasting change in and with their bodies. 
Nina works with individuals, groups and writes body-poems – all in service of helping women create a respectful and nourishing relationship with their body. Learn more at: NinaManolson.com
Q & A topics in this episode include:
menopausal symptoms - nourishment vs treatmentsprained wrist/ tendonitisurinary tract infectionhigh blood pressurelinden infusionherbal / nutritional book recommendationspoison ivy rash near eyessleep disturbancesdigestive issues / gut health