Join host Sam Roberts for a deep dive into Chamomile.  In Sam’s opinion, Chamomile is one of the most undervalued herbs despite it being available in most grocery stores.  Listen in for an hour long exploration of Chamomile’s folk lore, physical and spirit medicine, medicine making and growing tips.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Join Emiliano Lemus and mycologist Patricia Ononiwu Kaishan for an exploration of how attunement with ecologies is central to belonging and healing. Patricia is the author of Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, as well as the curator of mycology at the New York State Museum and faculty with the Bard Prison Initiative.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Join Renée Camila in conversation with Maria Noël Groves for a deep dive into herbal gut health. Together, they explore the nuanced dance between stimulating digestion and soothing the gut, unpacking when each approach is most effective, how to sequence them, and the herbal strategies that support a balanced, resilient digestive system. Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG), is a clinical herbalist, instructor, and author of the new book Herbal Gut Health based in the pine forests of New Hampshire.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Happy New Year! Renée Camila and Emiliano Lemus chat about plants and practices to support new beginnings in the new Gregorian year. We’ll discuss how to have the structure and the flexibility to sustain new patterns, all rooted in growth and self-love.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Emiliano Lemus discusses plants and practices for meeting the end of the year, including doing a deeper emotional dive, recognizing patterns, and closing cycles.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Join Renée Camila and her guest Berenice Dimas, founder of Hood Herbalism, for a conversation about herbal support during birth ceremonies. In the episode, Berenice shares their perspective on the energetics of birth, herbs she includes in her birth kit, and the importance of spirit dosing with gestating people. Berenice (she/they) is a queer community based herbalist, partera (student midwife), educator, and published writer.

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Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Join us for part two of a two-part series exploring Winter Medicine. Emiliano Lemus explores the physical aspects of supporting our bodies in the winter, as we slow down and tend to this colder and darker time. We discuss immunity, nutrition, rest, and more. Fund drive.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Join us for part one of a two part series exploring Winter Medicine.  This hour looks at the energetics of winter and how we can tend our spirit during this time of year.  Sam Roberts dives into herbal support to help our spirits align with the season, embrace the darkness, welcome back the light and get through the holidays.

This is a fund drive episode.  Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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The winter season is an ideal time to prioritize rest. Sleep is vital for physical, emotional, and spiritual restoration, and yet challenges with sleep is more common than not. During this hour Renée Camila looks at the plants and practices that can support casting sleep spells.

Hosted and produced by Emiliano Lemus and Renée Camila. Additionally hosted by Sam Roberts and Violet Moon.

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Join Violet Moon ( @witchcraft_apothecary ) as she talks about working with grief and the importance of plant medicine and ritual in moving through and healing our grief on the individual and collective levels. Violet will speak to the inherent wisdom that arises in the process of grief and suffering, and how herbal medicine and ceremony can help connect and move people, place and plant kin towards collective liberation and joy.

Tune in Live Tuesday, November 25th at 1pm PST on @kpfaradio in the SF Bayarea and on @kpfk in Los Angeles, or stream the episode afterwards on the Planting Medicine podcast or at KPFA.org

Photo of Violet’s All Hallow’s Eve Ancestor Altar – by Violet Moon

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