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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.

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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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.

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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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.

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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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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Emiliano Lemus interviews Stascha Stahl about natural approaches to common STIs and generative system infections that affect people of all genders, including HPV, yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis (BV), and herpes. Stascha is a clinical herbalist, medicine maker, apothecarist, and educator practicing in the Lisjan Ohlone Territory – Oakland, California.

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

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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Join host Sam Roberts for an exploration of herbal monographs.  This hour looks at monographs as one way to collect and organize information about individual plants, what to include in your monographs, and how herbal monographs can push back on patterns of colonialism in herbalism.

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

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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The winter holidays can be both joyful and stressful. Join Renée Camila for an exploration of the herbs that can boost physical immune health, emotional regulation, and spiritual protection. This episode focuses on preventative support and includes listener call-ins.

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

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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Renée Camila interviews clinical herbalist Kelly McCarthy, RH (AHG), on weaving ancestral connection to Ireland through traditional plant wisdom. Kelly explores the plants and practices of Irish herbalism, and the ways she tends this lineage across distance.

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

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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Host Emiliano Lemus dives into the world of medicinal berries. Join them to learn about the special healing properties carried by these fruits.

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

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Sam Roberts discusses how to stock your pantry for maximum kitchen-based plant magic this fall and winter.  During this episode they detail tools and ingredients that are good to have on hand for the modern kitchen witch, and explore plant allies in cooking as spellwork.

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

Find archived episodes of The Herbal Highway here.

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