In this episode, our guests are herbalists Peter and Amy Galle, co-founders and owners of Yin Dew, a Glendale-based custom herbal medicine company.
Peter and Amy describe the process and creation of our product, Endure Blend, and how they chose the specific formulation.
You can learn more about Yin Dew HERE.
Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Birth of the Endure Blend
1:35 - Endure Blend results
2:15 - History of Yin Dew
5:52 - What is Shamanic Journeying?
7:38 - How Amy connected with datura and why the flower is Yin Dew logo
9:10 - How Amy’s art is guided by datura
11:12 - Anna’s realization about ayahuasca and plant communication
12:21 - Peter’s Chinese medicine journey
15:54 - Peter’s research into sourcing Chinese herbs
17:37 - Sacred Plant Medicine: The Wisdom in Native American Herbalism by Stephen Harrod Buhner
20:08 - The clash of Western anthropology and indigenous plant use
25:20 - Perception of the heart: the process for creating an herbal mix
27:54 - Finding herbs that specifically address the outcomes of endurance training
30:14 - How the process is like cooking
30:28 - How the process is like music
31:45 - How quickly do the plant compounds take effect in the body?
32:39 - Why angustifolia is effective for athletes through repetitive movements
34:09 - How proprioreception is compromised by stress response
35:10 - Nature’s inherent gift-giving
41:25 - Why observations are not equivalent to a medical paradigm or treatment modality
45:35 - Anna’s injury and how the Endure Blend has changed her life
46:45 - Special cordyceps process used for the Endure Blend
49:00 - How to determine the correct dosage
51:30 - Encouraging people to step into their own relationship with the medicine
55:55 - What if these plant medicines don’t work?
58:05 - Why dose-dependent response is important for synthetic compounds
