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Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Truth Worker Samara Gaev

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Samara Gaev. amara Gaev is a New York based activist, educator, theatre director, and performer. Her work has taken her to Zimbabwe, Senegal, Hawaii, Brasil, Peru, Cuba, and throughout the U.S. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Truthworker Theatre Company, a social justice based hip-hop theatre company for high school and college aged youth in NYC. Samara is honored to be the Resident Artist/Scholar at Columbia University’s Teachers College: Graduate School of Education. She serves as an educational specialist, teaching artist, and artist in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She is also the National Education Director for Question Bridge. Her work is political, spiritual, transformational, and examines class, race, the PIC, patriarchy, hetero-normative codes and culture, and systems of oppression that not only excuse, but enable cycles of violence.
this episode Q&A includes-
• when we short ourselves on sleep, we short ourselves on memory..
• benefits of garlic and garlic breath..
• bacterial vaginosis - explanation from Down There Sexual and Reproductive Health The Wise Woman Way  
• making hawthorne tincture from dried berries and how much should one consume?
• sage honey for a persisttent dry cough..
• cholesterol and cardiac bypass surgery..
• anti inflammatory diet- no hot spices, refined carbs, 
• psyllium husk and havesting plantain seed..
• plantar fasciitis- meadow sweet, chickweed, redclover, comfrey leaf oils...
• do make hypericum perforatum preparations from dried herb!
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Transpersonal Psychologist Susan Allison

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Santa Cruz therapist Dr. Susan Allison. Susan has a doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology and has maintained a private practice for 20 years. She was honored as a “Woman of the Year” in California by the Santa Cruz Women’s Commission for her counseling work with adolescents. She currently works with individuals and groups to bring about healing, using traditional therapies, as well as hypnosis, process therapy, shamanic journey, and energy medicine. Susan is also an ordained and licensed interfaith minister who loves to offer prenuptial counseling and perform wedding ceremonies.
this week Q&A includes:
• making tinctures from berries and flowers and how much to make..
• being up a tree and coming down into the swamp of life to be fully alive..
• mothering and taking time to yourself..
• hair loss at 47 and being in menopase..
• back pain and degenerative disc disease- being made of atoms, comfrey and skullcap..
• SIBO- aromatic seeds, cooking grains and the intelligence of the body...
• sweating a lot and sage infusion..
• wanting to terminate pregnancy..
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Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Dr. Robert Hustrulid on Marriage & Divorce

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Rober Hustrulid. Dr. Robert Hustrulid has been married and divorced twice. He has two children from his first marriage and he watched them struggle with the negative consequences of the marital disruptions.  As a physician practicing for more than 40 years, he also watched many others going through the same thing and wondered what, if anything, could be done to prevent the pain and suffering so many people experience. He shares his insightful breakthroughs in a new book, titled, Men Donít Marry for : Overturning the Assumptions on Why Men and Women Get Married.
this episode Q&A includes:
• raw milk...
• hurt shoulder- comfrey, hypericum and skullcap..
• sciatic pain- hypericum periforatum for pain in the nerve..
• traumatic injury- we're made of atoms- we are caught up in illusion of solidity..
• degernerative disc disease- hypericum!
• amalgam fillings- Susun loves them, but do not destroy your health by removing them..
• Susun is not concerned with detoxifying- she has complete trust her body will get rid of what it doesn't need- her job is nourishment..
• difference between tea, infusions and tinctures..
• atrial fibrillation
• leaky gut and slippery elm balls, comfrey, linden..
• torn meniscus and comfrey infusion..
• corn silk infusion 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Herbs for Children Sara Chana Silverstein

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Sara Chana Silverstein. 
Sara-Chana Silverstein is a mother of 7 children, a board certified lactation consultant, doula, AHG herbalist, and classical homeopath. For the past 20 years she has maintained offices in both LA and NY and has worked with over 5000 mother/baby dyads. She empowers women with the knowledge and understanding of the world of botanical s allowing them to be able to treat themselves and their children. 
She teaches women how to stand up for their rights in the medical world, and helps to educate them so they become partners in the decision making with their healthcare practitioners. She has had the honor to help birth a child, help them breastfeed, assist them through toddler-hood and watch them become adults! She teaches women how to identify plants tincture them, and use them to treat their loved ones!
this episode Q&A includes:
• constant urge to urinate at night- raw fruit acids very irritating to the bladder
• making infusions
• Susun revised one book 'Menopausal Years' to 'New Menopausal Years'
• dangers of eating sprouts and how to prepare seeds to eat..
• growing heirloom seeds and hybird seeds...
• the more protein we get the healthier we are- infusions high in protein..
• licorice and herpes? Susun prefers hypericum tincture..
• thyroid and bladderwrack...
• nettle seed and nettle root used for bladder issues..
• can I drink coffee brewed from nettle infusion? Sure..
• asthma- mullein, elecampane, osha..
• emotional problems, anxiety and motherwort and color exercise..
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Vineyard Herbs Holly Bellebuono

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with herbalist Holly Bellebuono author of Women Healers of the World: The Traditions, History & Geography of Herbal Medicine.  Holly has spent the past 2 decades as a traditional and certified herbalist, professional speaker, forager, award-winning formulator and apothecary, and writer. The Essential Herbal for Natural Health: How to Transform Easy-to-Find Herbs into Healing Remedies for the Whole Family and The Authentic Herbal Healer: The Complete Guide to Herbal Formulary & Plant-Inspired Medicine for Every Body System. Holly operates Vineyard Herbs Teas & Apothecary LLC.
this episode Q&A includes:
• menopausal symptoms and avoiding BRCA with gingko, red clover infusion and lentils..
• importance of weighing out herb for infusions and almost immediate results..
• bloating because of change in gut flora and a tea of almost any aromatic herbs..
• medical abortion pill, drinking nourishing herbal infusions helps the body to repair..
• the ability of liver loving herbs to clear the body of drugs too quickly...
• lung diseases, coming off addictive drugs, marshmallow infusion preparation, comfrey leaf infusion and mullein leaf infusion and pranayama..
• on a lot of medication and wanting to drink infusions..
• fat cells produce hunger hormones and specific exercise suggestions..
• wise woman tradition- pass it on..
• skin cancer- cooking your food for optimal nourishment and Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine poppy) to kill skin cancer cells..
• essential oils are drugs- they are extracted from plant, concentrated and purified
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Supporting Families Karen Kain

Susun Weed answers 90 Minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Karen Kain. 
Karen Kain is the author of  "A Unique Life Fully Lived: A Personal Journey of Love, Hope and Courage." She is also a parent advocate for children of disability and travels around the county inspiring families with her personal story of raising a medically fragile, vaccine-injured daughter as a single mom. Karen shares how she bridged the gap from special needs to creating mainstream experiences in all arenas of life for Lorrin: best friends, slumber parties, concerts, camping, beauty pageants, Girl Scouts, school dances, musicals and endless travels. Her book describes the unique and extraordinary life experiences that Karen created for Lorrin and the strong bond and soul connection between mother and daughter that continues to this day.
this episode Q&A includes:
• making dandelion tincture...
• thyroid and mercury toxicity from having fillings removed- start eating a lot of seaweed..
• how do you view yourself? first step in leading a healthy lifestyle..
• cancerous tumor with option for surgery and using castor oil packs and ointments and herbs to perforate the skin.. surgery probably the best option..
• dealing with cancer? throw out your supplements and start a meditation practice..
• craving for sweets is a diet lacking in minerals..
• tetanus- how to keep a pucture wound open..
• hawthorne for heart health working slowly for fabulous health..
• nettle infusion to restore flexibility to veins..
• resistant case of bacterial vaginosis- oak bark sitz bath..
• hair loss, menopause and trauma..
• and much more...

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Women’s Wellness Eve Agee

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Eve Agee. Dr. Eve Agee, Ph.D. is an international bestselling author, medical anthropologist, certified life coach and motivational speaker.  Her best-selling book, The Uterine Health Companion: A Holistic Guide to Lifelong Wellness (Celestial Arts, a division of Random House), is the winner of the International Book Awards for Women’s Health and and is also an Award-Winning Finalist for The USA Best Books of Book Awards’ Women’s Health Category.  She is also the co-author of the International Bestselling book, Ready, Aim, Excel: The Expert Insights Guide to Personal and Professional Leadership (Insights Publishing). In her work with groups and individuals, Eve provides an innovative whole-person approach to self-discovery, healing and personal and professional transformation that helps people more easily connect to their innate wisdom and power. The founder of the Transform Coaching Academy, her coaching programs and training courses inspire thousands of people throughout the world to create abundant lives and careers they love.
this episode Q&A includes:
• making herbal oils and decanting..
• tendons, ligaments, muscles and joints- comfrey..
• using fresh nettle for arthritis..
• long term hoarse cough in child- mullein milk or tincture..
• swollen tear duct- do nothing..
• menopausal- bleeding gums, cystic acne, managing bacteria and hormone production..
• beating yourself up? write down the mean things you say to yourself exercise..
• digestive enzymes, throwing up, taking a lot of pills -eating plain full fat yogurt, soup, rice water..
• storing herbs..
• hypericum oil used as sunscreen..
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Women’s Dances Laura Shannon

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Laura Shannon. Laura Shannon is one of the grandmothers of the worldwide Sacred / Circle Dance movement. She trained in Intercultural Studies and Dance Movement Therapy, and has been researching and teaching traditional women's ritual dances for nearly thirty years. In Balkan, Greek and Armenian villages, Laura searches out women's songs, dances, rituals and textile patterns which embody an age-old worldview of sustainability, community, and reverence for the earth. Laura gives workshops all over the world and her articles have been published in many languages. Her essay on Women's Ritual Dances appeared in Dancing on the Earth and is available from www.laurashannon.net. 
this episode Q&A includes: 
• migraine headaches- feverfew eaten from fresh plant..
• green goddess week offerings..
• osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and explanation of what might be causing pain.. 
• the only circulation the joints get is when they are moved..
• capsaicin, substance p and topical nerve pain relief..
• grieving after break up- not leaning into revenge and resentment- how does this open you up? smile!
• nettle is a kidney saver for kitties!
• uterine fibroids, lots of bleeding, anemia- nettle infusion, liver, yellow dock.lady's mantle to stop bleeding..
• testicular infection on lots of medication.. start with nourishing herbal infusions..
• dangers of cipro and other drugs..
• meditations on heart of the pain..

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Beyond Addiction Dr. Carrie Wilkens

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Beyond Addiction author. Dr. Carrie Wilkens is the co-founder and clinical director of the Center or Motivation and Change. Dr. Wilkens specializes in motivational treatments and group psychotherapy, and has worked with traumatized populations in both individual and group modalities. She is most recently a co-author on the new book Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change, a compassionate and science-based family guide for navigating the addiction treatment world, understanding motivation, and training in the use of CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) skills. Dr. Wilkens’ expertise is regularly sought by the CBS Early Show; Fox News; Newsweek; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Psychology +Today. 
this episode Q&A includes:
• severe osteoporosis and the danger of eating raw foods..
• positional vertigo- no need to see a specialist, story medicine, slowing down and NHI's..
• variety is what makes strong and healthy people..
• explanation of hernia- hernia repair, Shouldice Hospital, loving kindness, arnica jel on bottoms of feet, hospitals not a good place for healing and energy healing..
•  eating sprouts- intolerably greedy and options for more nutritional eating..
• lactofermentation method...
• circulation and cold hands and feet- stress and fear and creating safety for yourself..
• hashimoto's thyroiditis and recommendations for thyroid medication withdrawal..
• getting in touch with your body- doing a task you are not familiar with..
• and much more..

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Helpguide’s Dr. Jeanne Segal

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. Jeanne Segal. Jeanne Segal, Ph.D., Editorial Director, has been helping individuals and families for over 40 years as an innovator within the fields of emotional intelligence, holistic health, attachment, stress reduction and relationships. She coordinated a series of conferences linking brain development to the emotional relationship between infants and their caretakers. She has written five books, which have been published in 13 languages.
this episode Q&A- includes:
• endometrial cancer, chemo and metal taste- slippery elm balls to neutralize poisons..
• radiation and eating carotene rich foods such as baked sweet potato and carrot juice- after radiation wakame and kombu in soup or infusion..
• medicated abortion- any time a pregnancy ends we give birth and releasing the spirit from the womb..
• improving sperm count over time with pumpkin seeds, astragalus, oatstraw infusions, zinc rich foods, avocados, limiting heat exposure and more..
• vivid dreaming and pillow with artemisia vulgaris..
• nourishing the thyroid with fucus and changes in thinking..
•  acid reflux, fruit and dietary changes..
• oatstraw bath for comforting the grieving spirit..
• vaginal fluids and yeast infection..