This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are celebrating our passion for plants in honor of Valentine's Day with the profoundly knowledgeable educator, author, "herbal matchmaker", and Director of the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine, CoreyPine Shane (RH).

Tune in as Thomas and CoreyPine explore how herbalist practitioners utilize matchmaking tools to recommend botanicals that align with a patient's unique health goals, as well as how nervines and adaptogens can help us adapt to external stressors we experience throughout our ever-changing and evolving world. Leaning on our plant partners through stressful events, such as the recent devastation and displacement caused by Hurricane Helene, is something CoreyPine is no stranger to. As a member of the Appalachian Herb Collective—a grassroots effort providing on-the-ground assistance to those directly affected by the catastrophe, CoreyPine understands the impact behind establishing connections with plants to help heal a community from the inside out.

As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Send us an email at [email protected] to let us know what solutions we should uncover within the vast world of herbalism next.

Learn more about CoreyPine below! ⬇

🌾 CoreyPine Shane (RH) has been running the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine since 1999, teaching people how to artfully blend Chinese and Western herbal traditions with a focus on local plants. His book, Southeast Medicinal Plants (Timber Press), covers how to identify, ethically harvest, and use the wild plants of the Southeastern U.S. and features his photography. CoreyPine has taught across the United States and in Europe, at many national herb conferences, and is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild. He strongly believes in the healing power of nature, including our own bodies, and that herbs and herbal philosophy have a special place in health care alongside conventional medicine.

🌿 Find out more about the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine in-person courses and a few online classes at: www.BlueRidgeSchool.org

❤️‍🩹 Discover how you can support the Appalachian Herb Collective's Hurricane Helene "re-leaf" efforts at: www.AppalachianHerbCollective.net

📚 Check the books CoreyPine mentioned during his interview:

• When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron
• My Grandmother's Hands, by Resmaa Menakem

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