Discover the Celtic folklore and wisdom behind Halloween and herbs that are associated with the holiday including apple, rose, hawthorn, mint, sage, rosemary, mugwort, and elecampane, plus excerpts from Herbal Rituals by Judith Berger are read.

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Herbs with full podcast episodes:

rose, hawthorn, sage, rosemary, mugwort, elecampane

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Discover the story of coffee through its history, folklore, and medicine.

Learn more about coffee with The Plant Wonder Collective on their instagram and on their patreon Study Circle.

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Come along on an epic herb inspired spring day. Harvest and eat wild food, make a spring tonic syrup, create herb journals, read herb fairy stories, make tea, plan an herb garden for skin care, sip a cordial.

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Hawthorn is classically known as an herb to strengthen and improve heart function, but there is so much more this beautiful shrub has to offer us. An herb steeped in folklore of love and protection, hawthorn has benefits to our nervous system, connective tissue, digestion, and more! Learn how to prepare this plant to make easy home remedies that build health throughout the body.

Hawthorn is the herb of the month this February for the Plant Wonder Collective.  Learn more about what the Plant Wonder Collective offers to help you discover more about Hawthorn and other herbs on their instagram, at their study circle on Patreon, and their website where you can find Botanical Anthology.

You can reach out to Brighid Doherty on her instagram, website, Facebook, or email [email protected].

The taste of herbs tells us a lot about the actions of the plant. Brighid Doherty and Meghan Rhodes talk about this and other interesting topics about herbalism.

Meghan Rhodes is a qualified herbalist who has helped over 80 people start living herbalism, making healthier, safer solutions for themselves and their families a reality. As the founder of Rhodes Roots & Remedies, she has written 10 course books, authored the books Easy Herbal Remedies for Infants and Slow-Infused Self-Care, as well as developed a unique four season sense-based herbalism course and journey, Awaken Herbal Wisdom.

Meghan’s practice of herbalism is rooted in the belief that we must remember, reclaim and relearn our knowledge of our bodies, our autonomy and how to work with plant medicine in order to bring control of our own health back into our families and homes for a sustainable future for ourselves and the planet.

Meghan is a member of both the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy and the Ayurvedic Professionals Association.

Brighid interviews Mason Hutchison of HerbRally. We talk about Mason's early plant experiences, the inspiration behind HerbRally and The Art of Frugal Nutrition, some current plant allies, travel and a whole lot more.

The video of this interview is available on HerbRally's YouTube station, check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBZiYV95IXc

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Brighid provided a three and a half hour module on nourishing herbal infusions for HerbRally's frugal nutrition course. You can learn more about that here: http://www.herbrally.com/frugalnutrition

Frugal Nutrition is available on a sliding scale starting at FREE!  Now that's frugal.

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This episode covers the top herbs that I make sure I tincture every year and why. Learn how to decipher which herbs work best as tinctures and which do not, plus, how to find your dose of tincture.

Past episodes to check out, to dive deeper into herbs mentioned in this episode include:

Yarrow (episode 27)

Hypericum (episode 26)

Lemon balm (episode 38)

Echinacea (episode 35)

Bitters (episode 37)

yellow dock (episode 45)

burdock (episode 44) 

dandelion (episode 4)

spring roots (episode 13)

Wild plants (episode 63)

Comfrey (episode 31)

Nettle (episode 15)

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Learn about the 4 methods of making tinctures and the pros and cons of each one. Brighid discusses her favorite method, how to make a great tincture and a bit about dosing.

The spring issue of Botanical Anthology digital magazine is now available for download. Botanical Anthology is plant-centered, seasonal digital publication with over 55 articles from 42 contributors. Learn more about this herbal magazine here.

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This episode discusses what a tincture is, the history of tinctures and alcohol distillation, and general concepts around tincture making.

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Catnip is an herb that benefits humans in a number of ways. It supports the health of the digestive, immune, nervous and reproductive system health and is an especially helpful herb for children and elders.

Invasive Plant Medicine podcast episode that I referred to in this episode.

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