New - Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. AnnMarie Thomas. AnnMarie is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. Her teaching and research focus on engineering design, particularly as it relates to PK-12 education. With her students, AnnMarie explores the playful side of engineering exploring topics such as Squishy Circuits, the Engineering of Circus, and toy design. She is the mother of two young makers.  AnnMarie is the author of the recent book Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation, a book for parents and other educators—both formal and informal, who are curious about the intersections of learning and making. Through stories, research, and data, it builds the case for why it is crucial to encourage today’s youth to be makers. this episode Q&A includes:  • vaginal steams- why are you doing it? • St. John's wort and St. Joan's wort are the same thing- Hypericum perforatum  • hypericum used to treat pain that arises from the nerves • parasitic worms- drugs are usually more effective and less damaging than potent herbs.. • the sexual relationship with yourself is what counts most.. • plants do not contain estrogen, but do contain phytosterols which are precursors to hormones.. • seeds, roots and most leaves contain phytosterols.. • late 40's trying to conceive? vitex, red clover infusion, up the amount of animal fats in diet and petition the soul of unborn child.. • when we are sick it gives our immune system a chance to work.. • mental illness and coping strategies.. • essential oils used in diffuser- most dangerous because they go into lungs and directly into blood..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Mitzi Weinman.  Mitzi Weinman is the founder of TimeFinder, which offers practical approaches to personal productivity. As a coach, workshop leader, and professional speaker, she helps people develop good habits and techniques to reduce stress which can result from not planning, procrastinating, feeling disorganized, and overwhelmed, and rushing to get things done, at work and/or at home. Since 1989, TimeFinder’s programs have provided  ongoing support and professional and personal development to hundreds of companies, individuals and associations including New Balance, Reebok, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Pearson Education and Marriott University. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and lives in Needham, Massachusetts, with her husband, son and dog. this episode Q&A- includes: • PCOS- treatment to achieve fertility.. • cysts? consider dissolving herbs such as red clover or comfrey.. • varicose veins- witch hazel, plantain oil, fenugreek, horse chestnut and avoid spicey foods • how to make hawthorne tincture.. • Clostridium difficile colitis- slippery elm balls and corn silk infusions.. • why Susun does not use golden seal. • preventing premature rupture of membranes (PPROM)..  • yarrow for mouth care.. • hiatus hernia- explanation and recommendations.. • marijuana is a magnifier..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Michael Largo. Michael Largo is the author of God’s Lunatics, Genius and Heroin, The Portable Obituary, the Bram Stoker Award-winning Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die, and three novels. His latest book is THE BIG, BAD BOOK OF BOTANY: The World’s Most Fascinating Flora, an entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the world’s most amazing and bizarre plants, their history, and their lore. He is the former editor of New York Poetry and the researcher/archivist for the film company Allied Artists. He and his family live in Florida with their dog, two turtles, a parrot, two canaries, and a tank of fish.   this weeks Q&A includes: • making herbal medicinal vinegars • explanation of dosing different herbal tinctures • 4 types of plant poisons- alkaloids, glycosides, resins and volatile oils • why to make infusions, cook greens for an hour and the difference between seasoning herbs and nourishing herbs. • ingesting too many volatile oils in plants gum up the kidneys and liver • do plants contain estrogens? not many, but phytosterols which are precursors to be converted by intestinal flora.. • motherwort tincture to moderate blood pressure, no hydrogenated oils and movement.. • calcification in blood vessels? drink nettle infusion! • hormonal disruptors.. • motherwort, lavender and other mints in regards to the thyroid.. • poke berry seed safety.. • estrogens in the body and vitex berry tincture.. • anxiety, motherwort tincture, visualization exercise.. • why Susun uses 100 proof vodka for tinctures

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Rita Moran. Rita has been a healer for over 25 years. She first became introduced to healing in 1972 at the age of 8 when her mother took her to her first initiation of Transcendental Meditation, closely followed by yoga and the Ayurvedic diet. At different points in her life, she  has also been made deeply aware of a "knowing", where all her senses were heightened and she could see and know the person without them telling her their issues. As a result of thi s she studied energy healing and became a Reiki Master and has studied with different yogic healing traditions over the last 3 decades.    this episode Q&A includes: • trying to conceive and miscarriage- red clover infusions plus nettle,oatstraw infusion and vitex tincture.. • Susun's have a Healthy Heart course.. • taking care preparing for surgery- anti infective herbs, homeopathic remedies, loving kindness and pain killing drugs.. • harvesting nettle.. • eating restrictive diets.. • making tea from calyx of hibiscus.. • pyrrolizidine alkaloids in comfrey roots and using comfrey leaf to heal bones.. • alcohol in tictures and religious practices.. • safety of poke.. • using artemisia vulgaris for vision and dreaming.. • anxiety and motherwort or lemonbalm..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Judy Dean. Judy Dean is a board certified diagnostic radiologist who has specialized in women’s imaging for over 25 years.   She was a fellow in ultrasound and body imaging at Stanford University, and subsequently a faculty radiologist at Stanford.  Dr. Dean has been in private practice since 1987. Because of her interest in ultrasound she joined a research project in 2005 for ultrasound detection of breast cancer, and has co-authored peer-reviewed publications on the results of that trial. To date Dr. Dean has interpreted over 10,000 Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound studies, and detected dozens of small occult invasive breast cancers using ultrasound. She has three daughters and lives with her husband, who is also a physician. WEBSITES: www.sonocine.com, www.eachonetellone.com this episode Q&A includes: • omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids.. • having a relationship with a plant and understanding if it is natural by being in touch with it.. • biggest users of minerals in the body- nervous system, immune system and hormonal system • preparing and eating pears and other rose family fruits.. • cooked foods and raw foods- enzymes and vitamins. • bloodroot can only be used when it's fresh and is rare and dangerous.. • uses for powdered nettle.. • gingivitis- one drop of bloodroot twice a week on toothbrush and yarrow or echinacea in between.. • simples and working with one herb at a time.. • adding oil to salad to break cell walls of leaves..  

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!  

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.. • 

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