New - Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Susan Fekety. Susan Fekety, RN, MSN, CNM is a Yale-educated nurse-midwife, now retired after 30 years of practice. In the Portland, Maine area since 1995, she wrote “The Pocket Midwife: Affirmations and Thoughts for Healthy Pregnancy and Normal Birthing” in 2003, which has been enthusiastically welcomed by women and birth professionals alike.  Susan holds a deep confidence in the power of every woman’s body/spirit to signal its wishes, desires, and dreams. www.pocketmidwife.com this weeks Q&A includes: • alcohol is very extractive of poisons- water is extractive of nutrients and volatiles.. • carrying a dead fetus and wanting to miscarry- you do not need to do anything. There is nothing wrong with you and you can conceive again... • you do not need a practitioner to help you through menopause- drink your nourishing herbal infusions... • during menopause sort through the holdings of a lifetime and decide what to bring with you for the next 50 years... • why are you drinking water? 2 quarts of water a day- 1 from food- the other from infusion... • motherwort rebuilds the capillary bed around the heart, keeping heart in perfect shape... • urinary tract infection- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi... • scarring and discutient herbal oils.. • vaginal itch- acidophilus capsules inserted up to cervix and red clover infusion and oatstraw infusion...  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Gill Stannard. Since childhood, Gill has been fascinated with herbs and was delighted to turn this passion into a profession after graduating from Southern School of Natural Therapies (Melbourne, Australia) in 1991. She ran a successful multidisciplinary clinic in Melbourne for 23 years, before taking her business online and moving to Sydney. Gill’s well known for her radio show, which aired for almost 20 years, and television appearances. With a move to Sydney in 2014, Gill refocused the way she practices by going back to the grassroots of natural medicine and working with clients in a health coaching framework. She also supervises naturopaths and herbalists struggling in practice through individual and group professional supervision, lectures and articles. Website: http://gillstannard.com.au this episode Q&A includes: • post traumatic stress change- make us stronger, healthier, broader... • can we change the immune system? Wise Woman Tradition nourishes wholeness... • get in touch with your anger so you're not so afraid of it... • joint health- bone broth, comfrey leaf infusion and jewel weed brew... • any part of dandelion harvested any time of year will make good medicine- most generous plant... • animal fat is so critical in fertility... • not menstruating is healthy for women.. • wild carrot seed for birth control- Robin Rose Bennett • are your concerns about herbs during pregnancy overblown.. • horse chestnut for varcosities.. • SMASH- Salmon, Mackerel, Anchovies, Sardines, Herring for omega 3 fatty acids.. • supplements cannot make us healthy..      

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Fiona Hamersley Chambers. Fiona is an ethnobotanist whose research focuses on how northwest coast First Peoples managed and co-evolved with their plant resources. Her PhD work, which is supervised by internationally-acclaimed ethnobotanist Dr. Nancy Turner, on BC’s central coast investigates how key berry plants were in cultivated and owned in ‘gardens’.  Ultimately, the hope is for this applied research to act as a link between traditional knowledge and practice and the needs of First Nations communities as well as our larger society today. Fiona is a long-time organic farmer and commercial seed grower specializing in organically-grown and locally-adapted food plants. Fiona spent her childhood in the First Nations communities of Nitnaht Lake and Penelakut Island, where she maintains close ties. She also volunteers her time to help communities create food gardens. this weeks Q&A includes: • symptoms of panic and heart attack are the same- motherwort tincture for panic attack- the lion hearted... • chickweed tincture dissolves ovarian cysts... • after surgery, what can you do to make it up to your body? massage... • wild yam tea or tincture is specific for treating digestive problems having to do with gallbladder complaints.. • difference of making tinctures from fresh and dried plants- dried and powdered herbs release more poisons into alcohol... • essential oils kill bacteria and once introduced into the environment they do not go away... • food not supplements!!! • no such thing as whole food vitamins! • no increase of mercury or radioactivity in seaweed... • do not use french press when making infusions.. • stage 4 mouth cancer...    

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a interview with Paula Youmell. Paula Youmell is a Wise Woman Nurse (RN), Certified Health Coach, NYS Health & Physical Education Teacher, Fitness & Yoga Teacher, Herbalist, Reiki Master.. Paula's path in this world is to support and guide others in their return to harmony of mind, body, & spirit through nature and natural lifestyle choices. Paula's Health Philosophy: The body is genetically programmed to heal.  Check out Paula's books at her website. Paula's website www.PaulaYoumellRN.com this episode Q&A includes: • hemorrhoids and internal varicosities- oakbark sitz baths, horse chestnut gel, comfrey leaf infusion, botox... • liver flush and gallbladder cleanses actually shut liver and gallbladder down- oil comes out in as crystals- damage and destroy... • nicotine, heroin and alcohol withdrawal... • dermoid cyst- ovarian cyst- fresh chickweed tincture dissolves cysts and visualization... • glycerin or alcohol tincture- ineffective or effective? • nourishing herbal infusions give your body the nutrients it needs to heal... • idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura... • teas, tinctures and infusions- volatiles, poisons and nourishment... • linden is a world class anti inflammatory... • nettle rebuilds adrenals and kidneys why not the spleen too? • moon lodges are a space to honor women... • alzheimer's, infusions and nourishing the caretaker... • dementia vastly improves from being in nature and soothing music from their younger years... • detoxifying and parasites- parasites highly unlikely with indoor plumbing..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of your health questions followed by an 30 minute informative interview with Robyn Griggs Lawrence. Robyn Griggs Lawrence, a writer/editor, yoga instructor and single mother, first helped introduce sustainable lifestyles and healthy homes to mainstream America with Natural Home magazine and explored the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection with The Wabi-Sabi House (2004), and Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House (2011). Her new mission is to educate people about how to safely prepare and imbibe organic, sustainably grown cannabis for health and wellbeing through The Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook, a collection of know-how, advice and recipes from America’s top cannabis chefs. this episode Q&A includes: • preparations for ground ivy- water, alcohol, vinegar, honey, oil... • fermenting herbs? any herb with tannins can be fermented with kombucha • tell your body what to do and it will listen... •  herbal support for long term traveling and choosing herbs with multiple uses- yarrow, hypericum, skullcap, wormwood, motherwort, slippery elm balls, arnica gel.. • slippery elm or marshmallow root? bark from limb of tree or root from perennial plant.. • what to eat raw and what to cook... • women who cook their salad with oil slash their breast cancer risk by 78%... • read about in Susun's book 'Down There'...

Health and diet advice you can trust...Susun Weed answers your health questions followed by an informative interview with Zoe Helene.  Zoe Helene (@cosmicsister.com), a multidisciplinary artist, cultural activist and psychedelic feminist, is connecting visionaries who share her commitment to women’s rights, animal rights and the right to journey with sacred plants. Zoe’s work has been featured in Forbes, Boston Magazine, Utne Reader, Outside Magazine, Boston Globe, Newsday, MIT Technology Review, and Fast Company. Her sustainability articles have been published in LA Yoga, Organic Spa, Coco Eco, Eco Salon, Conscious Living, Endangered Species Coalition, Huffington Post, Organic Authority and Ladybud. Zoe travels to remote regions with her husband and partner, ethnobotanist and Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, to promote medicinal plants, environmental protection and cultural preservation.  In 2007, Zoe founded Cosmic Sister®, a collective for women who understand that true balance of power between genders will bring peace, progress and sustainability. In 2013, she launched the Cosmic Sister Plant Spirit Grant, a merit-based program that supports women as they experience ayahuasca ceremony in the Peruvian Amazon. Two new companion grant programs, Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance and Cosmic Sisters of Cannabis, focus on helping women educate the public about the benefits and risks of psychedelics and responsible use of sacred plants such as ayahuasca, cannabis, peyote, and psilocybin mushrooms, in transformational mind/body/spirit work. Zoe’s mission is to bring more powerful stories about women’s frontline work in this arena to the forefront of public conversation. Through a fiscal sponsorship with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), donations for these projects are fully tax deductible. Please visit www.cosmicsister.com/support for more information.

Health and diet advice you can trust...Susun Weed answers your health questions followed by an informative interview with Sarah Salter-Kelly. Your ability to feel powerful, confident and capable is linked to how we have resolved the deeply painful experiences in our lives. We create value and meaning through venturing into the depths of our pain, transcending fear and making ourselves available to change. My gifts lay in illuminating this source of conflict within, and transforming its bondage, through understanding, compassion and ceremony. Sarah's website is http://www.sarahsalterkelly.com this episode Q&A includes: • one can be healthy when diagnosed with cancer and have no symptoms... • prostate cancer- if you act within two weeks of dianosis, you will regret it- survival rates of those with prostate removed- no best answer- chemo, radiation- close monitoring- drink nourishing herbal infusions.. • breast cancer and prostate cancer are basically the same thing... • breast cancer- phytosterols, estrogenic chemicals found in the environment, approximately 30 estrogens found in a woman's body... • estrogens are not found in plants except estrace in orange peels, pomegranate seeds and young green beans... • plastic has much more cancer feeding estrogens than any plant... • radiation protection- cooked red and orange vegetables and seaweed.. • be sure to buy only cultivated american ginseng- on United Plant Savers list of endangered plants.. • can't stand the taste of infusions- find a way to like them... • life isn't about making excuses, it's about finding ways to do it... • no essential oils on - lots of infused oil suggestions... • cayenne oil- no healing from cayenne...  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Carol Trasatto. Carol Trasatto is an herbalist who lives at the southern reach of the Salish Sea in Olympia, Washington. She’s been walking the green path for 35 years and is particularly in love with the weedy plants. Carol maintained a private herbal consultation practice for two decades. She teaches in the community, has worked as herb buyer and educator at Radiance Herbs & Massage for 23 years. She has been co-creating Plants & Planets with astrologer Rosie Finn since 1998, which is both a monthly gathering and newsletter available by subscription. Most recently, Carol has published Conscious Caregiving: Plant Medicine, Nutrition, Mindful Practices to Give Ease, a book detailing extensive support for anyone going through intense illness, invasive medical treatments, or dying— both those experiencing the disharmony and those offering care. Website: www.caroltrasatto.com this episode Q&A includes: • low cortisol? drink nourishing herbal infusions to bring all the nutrients your body needs into play... • almagan filling vs composite fillings... • extreme acne- herbal antibiotics and going deeper into immune system... • instead of antibiotics- echinacea... • hashimoto's disease- serenity medicine, fucus, immune supporting herbs... • muscle ache and body pain caused by flu- boneset, elderberry, saurekraut, hypericum... • the stronger the immune system- the stronger the response from the flu... • alopecia areata- nettle, animal fat at every meal, rosemary... • shingles- hypericum perforatum...